SecureIQLab 2026 Cloud WAAP CyberRisk Validation Report
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100% Security Efficacy. Zero False Positives. Proven Leadership.
Imperva WAF and API Security earned a perfect 100% Security Efficacy Score in SecureIQLab's 2026 Cloud WAAP CyberRisk Validation report, achieving a Leader ranking while also delivering 100% False Positive Avoidance, 98.8% Operational Efficiency, and the highest Compliance Score of all vendors evaluated.
In SecureIQLab's independent evaluation of 12 leading cloud WAAP solutions, Imperva demonstrated exceptional performance across application security, API security, advanced threat protection, AI security, operational efficiency, and compliance.
Key results include:
- 100% Security Efficacy — perfect scores across web application security, API security, bot protection, AI-assisted bot protection, Layer 7 DDoS/DoS protection, resiliency testing, and WAAP vulnerability assessment
- 100% False Positive Avoidance — every legitimate transaction allowed while malicious activity was blocked.
- 98.8% Operational Efficiency — helping security teams deploy, manage, and scale protection with less operational burden and greater visibility.
- 100% API Security — perfect scores across all tested API security categories and protocols.
- Highest Compliance Score — the top compliance result in the benchmark at 87%, including a perfect score on the AI Security compliance layer.
Key results at a glance:
| Test category | Imperva result |
|---|---|
| Security efficacy | 100% |
| False positive avoidance | 100% |
| API security | 100% |
| AI security compliance layer | 100% |
| Operational efficiency | 98.8% |
| Overall compliance score | 87% — the highest of all 12 vendors |
| Vendors evaluated | 12 |
| Ranking | Leader |
Download the full report to learn why Imperva was recognized as a Leader in SecureIQLab's Cloud WAAP v5.0 CyberRisk Validation.
