Tufin

Tufin
Company typePrivate
IndustryNetwork Security
Founded2005 (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 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:

  • 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]

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]

References

  1. ^ "The Security Policy Company". Tufin. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  2. ^ a b Tress, Luke (2022-04-06). "US investment firm buys Israeli security company Tufin for $570 million". The Times of Israel. ISSN 0040-7909. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  3. ^ "Tufin to Be Bought by PE Firm Turn/River Capital for $570M". Archived from the original on 2024-10-06. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  4. ^ D'Ambrosio, Daniel. "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. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Tufin Technologies Wins Customers Hearts and Minds". Vigilance. 2011. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Products of the Week". Network World. 2011. Archived from the original on 11 May 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. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  12. ^ "IBM MSD Standardizes on Tufin SecureTrack". Info Security Products Guide. 2011. Archived from the original on 19 June 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. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. ^ "Firewall Audit Tools: Features and Functions". CSO Data Protection. 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  16. ^ "Tufin tool automates firewall switch-on". 2009. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
  17. ^ "Tufin Talks 'Magic' in Network Security Abstraction". 2013. Archived from the original on 2017-12-10. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  18. ^ "Firewalls get simpler admin with Tufin SecureApp tool". 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
  19. ^ "Palo Alto Networks and Tufin Partnership". 2011. Archived from the original on 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  20. ^ "Stonesoft and Tufin Deliver Integrated Security Management Capabilities". 2013.
  21. ^ "F5 and Tufin SecureTrack Partnership Overview" (PDF). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  22. ^ "Tufin Technologies Revamps Partner Program". Channel Insider. 2008. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
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