Imperva, a leader in enterprise security, has entered into an agreement to acquire cloud security gateway startup Skyfence. As part of the expansion, it has also made an agreement in principle to acquire the remaining shares of cloud-based web application security company Incapsula.
Imperva stresses security controls for cloud services that often run critical applications and store business-critical data. As cloud adoption accelerates, enterprises are prioritizing how to integrate and migrate existing systems, from Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems, to cloud-based platforms.
“Our acquisition strategy for Skyfence and Incapsula are very similar. We seeded Incapsula four years ago because we recognized that cloud delivery would change the web application security landscape,” said
![Mark Kraynak SVP, WW Marketing Imperva [credit:Imperva]](http://www.imperva.com/images/exec_mark_kraynak.png "Mark Kraynak SVP, WW Marketing Imperva [credit:Imperva]")
“For some time now, we’ve seen our customers take advantage of cloud-based services to reduce costs and increase flexibility. However, moving applications and data off-premise causes new and very significant risk exposure for organizations,” said
