Case Study: Top 100 University achieves enhanced web security and threat visibility with Imperva WAF Gateway

Leading University Selects Imperva WAF Gateway to Secure Web Applications

A top-100 global university with campuses on four continents needed better protection and visibility for critical web applications and cloud-hosted data as its existing network controls reached the limits of acceptable risk. Tasked with meeting ISO27001 requirements for clinical registries and protecting both cloud and legacy on‑premises apps (including workloads in Microsoft Azure), the IT Security and Risk team sought a fuss-free, multi‑cloud WAF solution that could be deployed quickly with minimal disruption to users.

The university deployed Imperva WAF Gateway alongside Imperva Cloud Application Security and adopted FlexProtect licensing to scale protection across on‑premise and cloud environments. The solution provided continuous application‑level traffic monitoring, detection and blocking of suspicious activity, and clearer visibility into Layer‑7 threats—allowing the team to focus on delivery and legacy app protection, scale securely in Azure, and reduce reputational and operational risk.