Company:Tufin

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Tufin
TypePrivate
IndustryNetwork Security
Founded2005; 21 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

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

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

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

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

  1. ↑ "The Security Policy Company" (in en-US). https://www.tufin.com/company-overview. 
  2. ↑ "Turn/River Capital Completes Acquisition of Tufin" (in en-US). GlobeNewswire. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/08/25/2504691/0/en/Turn-River-Capital-Completes-Acquisition-of-Tufin.html/. 
  3. ↑ "Company Overview of Tufin Ltd.". Boston Business Journal. 2017. https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=58841719. 
  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. https://web.archive.org/web/20140303003002/http://www.scmagazine.com/tufin-technologies-security-suite/review/3499/. 
  6. ↑ "Tufin Technologies Wins Customers Hearts and Minds". Vigilance. 2011. http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2011/020711-products-of-the-week.html#slide18. Retrieved 28 June 2011. 
  7. ↑ "Products of the Week". Network World. 2011. http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2011/020711-products-of-the-week.html#slide18. Retrieved 2 July 2011. 
  8. ↑ "Tufin's SecureApp Completes Trifecta Of Security Policy Management". Network World. 2012. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/81496. Retrieved 28 Sep 2012. 
  9. ↑ "Tufin SecureCloud: Providing unified security policy management for the hybrid cloud". Help Net Security. 2020. https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/02/13/tufin-securecloud/. Retrieved 13 Feb 2020. 
  10. ↑ "New products of the week 5.22.17". Network World. 2017. https://www.networkworld.com/article/3197667/mobile-wireless/new-products-of-the-week-5-22-17.html#slide29. 
  11. ↑ "IBM MSD Standardizes on Tufin SecureTrack". Info Security Products Guide. 2011. http://www.infosecurityproductsguide.com/casestudies/2011/Tufin-Technologies.html. Retrieved 10 June 2011. 
  12. ↑ "Security's Risk And Change Management Tools: Drawing A Picture Of Security Posture". Dark Reading. 2010. https://www.darkreading.com/securitys-risk-and-change-management-tools-drawing-a-picture-of-security-posture/d/d-id/1134575. Retrieved 9 December 2017. 
  13. ↑ "How to Conduct a Security Audit". Security Matters. 2010. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120320213636/http://www.securitymattersmag.com/security-matters-magazine-article-detail.php?id=765. 
  14. ↑ "Firewall Audit Tools: Features and Functions". CSO Data Protection. 2010. http://www.csoonline.com/article/593150/firewall-audit-tools-features-and-functions. Retrieved 20 May 2010. 
  15. ↑ "Tufin tool automates firewall switch-on". 2009. http://news.techworld.com/security/118257/tufin-tool-automates-firewall-switch-on/. 
  16. ↑ "Tufin Talks 'Magic' in Network Security Abstraction". 2013. https://blog.fortinet.com/2012/07/30/tufin-talks-magic-in-network-security-abstraction. 
  17. ↑ "Firewalls get simpler admin with Tufin SecureApp tool". 2012. http://www.csoonline.com/article/717339/firewalls-get-simpler-admin-with-tufin-secureapp-tool. 
  18. ↑ "Palo Alto Networks and Tufin Partnership". 2011. https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/resources/techbriefs/palo-alto-networks-and-q1-tufin.html. 
  19. ↑ "Stonesoft and Tufin Deliver Integrated Security Management Capabilities". 2013. http://www.mcafee.com/uk/about/news/2013/q4/20131203-01.aspx. 
  20. ↑ "F5 and Tufin SecureTrack Partnership Overview". 2013. http://www.f5.com/pdf/solution-center/tufin-overview.pdf. 
  21. ↑ "Tufin Technologies Revamps Partner Program". Channel Insider. 2008. http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/Tufin-Technologies-Revamps-Partner-Program-170837/. Retrieved 29 September 2008. 



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