Tufin

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Tufin is a Tel Aviv-based 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.

Company typePrivate
IndustryNetwork Security
Founded2005; 21 years ago (2005)
Founders
  • Ruvi Kitov
  • Reuven Harrison
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Tufin
Company 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
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On August 25, 2022, Turn/River Capital completed the acquisition of Tufin, after which the company went private.[2][3]

History

The company was founded in 2005 by Ruvi Kitov and Rueven Harrison and went public on the New York Stock Exchange in April 2019.[4][5]

On April 6, 2022, Tufin announced 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. Following the sale's close, Tufin reverted to a private company.[2]

Products

Tufin develops and markets the Tufin Orchestration Suite[6] which consists of:

  • SecureTrack: Firewall Operations Management, Auditing and Compliance[7]
  • SecureChange: Security Change Automation[8]
  • SecureApp: Application Connectivity Management[9]
  • SecureCloud: Hybrid Cloud Security[10]

The company releases updates to Tufin Orchestration Suite each quarter.[11]

The Suite is designed for large enterprises, managed security service providers (MSSP) and IT security auditors.[12] Tufin products help security teams implement and maintain their security policy on all of their firewalls, routers and network switches.[13] They accelerate service delivery through network change automation and expedite compliance audit processes for security standards such as PCI DSS, NERC and Sarbanes–Oxley.[14] Tufin products also help companies to manage and automate the daily configuration changes to network security devices.[15]

Innovation

Tufin's innovation includes several technologies, such as the Automatic Policy Generator which refines security rules based on network traffic,[16] methods for automating security policy management[17] and the concept of managing network security policies from an application scope.[18]

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