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Tufin

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.

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:

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]

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

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]

Partnerships

Tufin technology partners include Check Point, Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper Networks, McAfee, Palo Alto Networks,[19] Stonesoft,[20] F5 Networks,[21] VMware, Zscaler, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, BMC, ServiceNow, Puppet Labs and others.[22]

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References

  1. The Security Policy Company Tufin, retrieved 2024-10-03^
  2. Luke Tress. US investment firm buys Israeli security company Tufin for $570 million The Times of Israel, 2022-04-06, retrieved 2025-12-18^
  3. Tufin to Be Bought by PE Firm Turn/River Capital for $570M retrieved 2026-02-04^
  4. Daniel D'Ambrosio. Tufin Goes Public, Generates $100 Million In Revenue In 2019 Forbes, retrieved 2025-12-17^
  5. Company Overview of Tufin Ltd. Boston Business Journal, 2017^
  6. Tufin Technologies Security Suite SC Magazine, 2011^
  7. Tufin Technologies Wins Customers Hearts and Minds Vigilance, 2011, retrieved 28 June 2011^
  8. Products of the Week Network World, 2011, retrieved 2 July 2011^
  9. Tufin's SecureApp Completes Trifecta Of Security Policy Management Network World, 2012, retrieved 28 Sep 2012^
  10. Tufin SecureCloud: Providing unified security policy management for the hybrid cloud Help Net Security, 2020, retrieved 13 Feb 2020^
  11. New products of the week 5.22.17 Network World, 2017, retrieved 2017-09-18^
  12. IBM MSD Standardizes on Tufin SecureTrack Info Security Products Guide, 2011, retrieved 10 June 2011^
  13. Security's Risk And Change Management Tools: Drawing A Picture Of Security Posture Dark Reading, 2010, retrieved 9 December 2017^
  14. How to Conduct a Security Audit Security Matters, 2010^
  15. Firewall Audit Tools: Features and Functions CSO Data Protection, 2010, retrieved 20 May 2010^
  16. Tufin tool automates firewall switch-on 2009, retrieved 2013-03-23^
  17. Tufin Talks 'Magic' in Network Security Abstraction 2013, retrieved 2017-12-10^
  18. Firewalls get simpler admin with Tufin SecureApp tool 2012, retrieved 2013-03-23^
  19. Palo Alto Networks and Tufin Partnership 2011, retrieved 2014-01-25^
  20. Stonesoft and Tufin Deliver Integrated Security Management Capabilities 2013^
  21. F5 and Tufin SecureTrack Partnership Overview 2013, retrieved 2014-01-25^
  22. Tufin Technologies Revamps Partner Program Channel Insider, 2008, retrieved 29 September 2008^