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Tufin

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Tufin
Company typePrivate
IndustryNetwork Security
Founded2005; 19 years ago (2005)
Founders
  • Ruvi Kitov
  • Reuven Harrison
HeadquartersBoston, MA
ProductsTufin Orchestration Suite: SecureTrack, SecureChange, SecureApp, SecureCloud, Tufin Cloud
Owner
  • Turn/River Capital
  • (2022–present)
Number of employees
533 (in 2020)
Websitewww.tufin.com

Tufin is a security policy management company founded in 2005 that specializes in the automation of security policy changes across hybrid platforms and security and compliance.[1] The Tufin Orchestration Suite supports next-generation firewalls, network layer firewalls, routers, network switches, load balancers, web proxies, private and public cloud platforms and micro-services.

On August 25, 2022, Turn/River Capital completed the acquisition of Tufin.[2]

History

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Until its initial public offering in 2019, Tufin was privately funded.[3]

On April 6, 2022, Tufin announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by software-focused investment firm Turn/River Capital. The agreement valued the company at $570 million and was an all-cash deal. Since the closing of the transaction, Tufin is a private company.[4]

Products

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Tufin develops and markets the Tufin Orchestration Suite[5] which consists of:

  • SecureTrack: Firewall Operations Management, Auditing and Compliance[6]
  • SecureChange: Security Change Automation[7]
  • SecureApp: Application Connectivity Management[8]
  • SecureCloud: Hybrid Cloud Security[9]

The company releases updates to Tufin Orchestration Suite each quarter.[10]

The Suite is designed for large enterprises, along with managed security service providers (MSSP) and IT security auditors.[11] Tufin products help security teams implement and maintain their security policy on all of their firewalls, routers and network switches.[12] They accelerate service delivery through network change automation and expedite the process of compliance audits for security standards such as PCI DSS, NERC and Sarbanes Oxley.[13] Tufin products also help companies to manage and automate the daily configuration changes to network security devices.[14]

Innovation

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Tufin's innovation includes several technologies, such as the Automatic Policy Generator which refines security rules based on network traffic,[15] methods for automating security policy management[16] and the concept of managing network security policies from an application scope.[17]

Partnerships

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Other network security vendors provide operations management, auditing and change automation for Tufin products. Tufin technology partners include Check Point, Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper Networks, McAfee, Palo Alto Networks,[18] Stonesoft,[19] F5 Networks,[20] VMware, Zscaler, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, BMC, ServiceNow, Puppet Labs and others.[21]

References

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  1. ^ "The Security Policy Company". Tufin. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  2. ^ "Turn/River Capital Completes Acquisition of Tufin". GlobeNewswire. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  3. ^ "Company Overview of Tufin Ltd". Boston Business Journal. 2017.
  4. ^ "Tufin Enters Into Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Turn/River Capital in a $570 million Transaction" (Press release). 2022-04-06. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  5. ^ "Tufin Technologies Security Suite". SC Magazine. 2011. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "Tufin Technologies Wins Customers Hearts and Minds". Vigilance. 2011. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Products of the Week". Network World. 2011. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  8. ^ "Tufin's SecureApp Completes Trifecta Of Security Policy Management". Network World. 2012. Retrieved 28 Sep 2012.
  9. ^ "Tufin SecureCloud: Providing unified security policy management for the hybrid cloud". Help Net Security. 2020. Retrieved 13 Feb 2020.
  10. ^ "New products of the week 5.22.17". Network World. 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  11. ^ "IBM MSD Standardizes on Tufin SecureTrack". Info Security Products Guide. 2011. Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  12. ^ "Security's Risk And Change Management Tools: Drawing A Picture Of Security Posture". Dark Reading. 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  13. ^ "How to Conduct a Security Audit". Security Matters. 2010. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  14. ^ "Firewall Audit Tools: Features and Functions". CSO Data Protection. 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  15. ^ "Tufin tool automates firewall switch-on". 2009. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
  16. ^ "Tufin Talks 'Magic' in Network Security Abstraction". 2013. Archived from the original on 2017-12-10. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  17. ^ "Firewalls get simpler admin with Tufin SecureApp tool". 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
  18. ^ "Palo Alto Networks and Tufin Partnership". 2011. Archived from the original on 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  19. ^ "Stonesoft and Tufin Deliver Integrated Security Management Capabilities". 2013.
  20. ^ "F5 and Tufin SecureTrack Partnership Overview" (PDF). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  21. ^ "Tufin Technologies Revamps Partner Program". Channel Insider. 2008. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
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