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Thalestoday announced the availability of Imperva for AWS, bringing its industry-leading web application firewall (WAF) to Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) Marketplace as a SaaS offering. Built on key AWS services, Imperva for AWS helps organizations protect web applications and APIs against common cyber threats and malicious bot activity.
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The 2026 Thales Bad Bot Report found that automated traffic now accounts for 53% of all internet requests, with 27% of bot attacks targeting APIs directly. As attackers increasingly bypass user interfaces to operate at machine speed, organizations need application security that can keep pace without adding complexity.
Imperva WAF delivers enterprise-grade protection natively on Amazon CloudFront. Unlike legacy content delivery network WAFs that route traffic outside the cloud provider network, Imperva WAF deploys directly on Amazon CloudFront, keeping all traffic within the AWS network with zero added latency. Available on AWS Marketplace with pay-as-you-go pricing.
Organizations can benefit from:
“Imperva for AWS makes it easy for customers to protect their applications and APIs with enterprise-grade security that works out of the box. By deploying natively on Amazon CloudFront’s 750+ Points of Presence, we keep all traffic within the AWS network, delivering protection at scale with zero added latency,” said Tim Chang, Vice President, Application Security, Thales.
Imperva for AWS is designed to help even the most highly regulated organizations secure modern applications without increasing operational overhead. By combining enterprise-grade protection with simplified deployment and centralized management, organizations can strengthen application, API and AI security while maintaining the agility needed to innovate in the cloud.
Imperva WAF is Thales’s latest advancement in its work with AWS. Customers can begin using Imperva WAF immediately here: AWS Marketplace.
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Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, has agreed to a tentative agreement with flight attendants to end a strike that led to hundreds of flight cancellations and thousands of stranded passengers over the weekend.
The union representing the flight attendants said Monday that if the deal is ratified, the work that flight attendants do before flights take off will be recognized.
The union, CUPE 8125, said that flight attendants will be returning to work now that the strike is over. The tentative agreement still faces a ratification vote.
WestJet cancelled 495 flights Sunday, snarling travel plans in Canada in the middle of a long holiday weekend.
A key issue in the dispute was how flight attendants should be paid for duties performed while still on the ground. The union said some of that work is unpaid, while the company said they staff was indeed compensated, citing pay through a “credit hour” system rather than an hourly rate.
“This tentative agreement represents meaningful progress," CUPE 8125 President Alia Hussain said in a statement. “It evolves the flight credit system by recognizing more of the work cabin crew are required to perform and with general increases to compensation for that work.”
The Canadian Union of Public Employees represents the 4,400 cabin crew at the airline.
The deal comes after 250,000 travelers had their trips canceled, according to WestJet. Some struggled to find accommodations while they were stranded away from home, and others were left unable to reschedule flights.
“We are pleased to have reached a tentative agreement that reflects the hard work and professionalism of our cabin crew,” WestJet CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech said in a statement. “We know this disruption has been frustrating for our guests and WestJetters and we’re sorry for that. Our teams are working hard to restore service and get our guests on their way to their destinations as quickly as possible and we appreciate everyone’s patience as we get back to normal.”
Before the strike began, WestJet had made a proposal that included a 13% wage increase in October, increases of 2.5% each January for the next three years, retroactive wage payment to last January, additional pay for all hours worked, and upgrades to other benefits, according to WestJet. Alia Hussain, president of the union that represents the cabin crew, had said that although negotiators tried until the very last minute to get a fair deal, what the airline proposed didn’t go far enough.
Last summer flight attendants at Air Canada, the country’s largest carrier, stranded more than 100,000 travelers during peak travel season with a strike partly over the same issue of unpaid groundwork. That work stoppage lasted three days before the sides came to an agreement.
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AP reporters Jim Morris and Michelle Chapman contributed to this report.
WestJet flights are pictured cancelled on an information board at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)
A traveller looks to an information board as WestJet flights are cancelled at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)
A traveller tries to check in for a cancelled WestJet flight at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)
WestJet flight attendants strike at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)
