Media Giant's Trusted Security Partner Ranks Tufin As Best
in Class for Policy Analysis, Rule Clean up and Optimization;
Deployment Significantly Reduces Firewall Management
Burden
December 1, 2009 - Tufin Technologies, the leading provider
of Security Lifecycle Management solutions and Nebulas Solutions
Group today announced Virgin Media, as a joint customer. As part of
an overall network infrastructure improvement program Virgin Media
turned to Nebulas Solutions Group to source a more resilient,
efficient firewall infrastructure. Knowing that bloated rule bases
are a major source of inefficiencies Nebulas underwent a rigorous
evaluation process and selected Tufin SecureTrack, to identify
obsolete, redundant and unnecessary firewall rules. By implementing
SecureTrack, Nebulas enabled Virgin Media to enhance Firewall CPU
and memory performance by 15 percent and reduce the management load
by 30 percent.
"One of the reasons we chose Nebulas to be our exclusive
security partner is the value they add with product analysis and
testing - its views are based on product integrity not just whether
they are resellers for a particular product," said Colin Miles, UK
Corporate Network Manager, Virgin Media. "Its assessment of Tufin
SecureTrack was spot on - it has dramatically improved firewall
performance, maximized the longevity of our current infrastructure
and given my team back about 30 percent of their day."
Virgin Media is the UK's leading entertainment and
communications company, and employs 20,000 people distributed
across 800 UK sites. Virgin Media's Check Point and Nokia firewall
infrastructure was ageing; some hardware had been installed for
almost a decade and needed updating. Firewalls were also not
running the most up-to-date versions of code, which had a negative
effect on both performance and security. Additionally, a specific
cluster of firewalls in a data center was experiencing serious
stability problems, which seemed to stem from the firewall rule
base, which was double the size recommended by the firewall vendor.
The load on CPU and memory were causing frequent failures of
service and resulted in change windows shifting to non-business
hours to avoid additional downtime, over-extending the operations
team.
Nebulas Solutions reviewed several products to help Virgin Media
tackle the unwieldy rule base and manage it more efficiently in the
future. The rigorous evaluations consisted of a written review of
three solutions based on rule cleanup capabilities, firewalls
supported, cost, and ease of use. Tufin SecureTrack was the
strongest across fronts and after a highly successful trial, Virgin
Media deployed SecureTrack, to analyze rule and object usage and
clean up unused rules without disrupting business operations.
"Virgin Media's experience validates what we hear across our
customer and partner base - that SecureTrack provides immediate,
dramatic, and quantifiable value," said Ruvi Kitov, CEO, Tufin
Technologies. "As a result, we have developed strong customer and
partner relationships that fuel our ongoing innovation. We are
delighted to add Virgin Media to our roster and look forward to a
long and fruitful relationship with Nebulas and Virgin Media moving
forward."
A detailed case study on Virgin Media's SecureTrack deployment
is available for download at
http://www.tufin.com/downloads/tufin_virgin_media_case_study_en.pdf.
About SecureTrack
Tufin SecureTrack™ is the market-leading Security Lifecycle
Management solution. SecureTrack enables organizations to enhance
security, reduce service interruptions and automate day-to-day
tasks through powerful firewall management capabilities and
reporting. SecureTrack helps security operations teams to control
and manage policy changes, analyze risks, and ensure business
continuity and allows managers to easily understand the big picture
and align operations with corporate and government security
standards.
About Tufin Technologies, Inc.
Tufin Technologies is the leading provider of Security Lifecycle
Management solutions that enable large organizations to enhance
security, ensure business continuity and increase operational
efficiency. Tufin's products SecureTrack™ and SecureChange™
Workflow help security operations teams to manage change, minimize
risks and dramatically reduce manual, repetitive tasks through
automation. With a combination of accuracy and simplicity, Tufin
empowers security officers to perform reliable audits and
demonstrate compliance with corporate and government standards.
Founded in 2005 by leading firewall and business systems experts,
Tufin now serves more than 400 customers around the world,
including leading financial institutions, telecom service
providers, transportation, energy and pharmaceutical companies. For
more information visitwww.tufin.com, or follow Tufin on:
Twitter at http://twitter.com/TufinTech,
LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=1968264,
FaceBook at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=84473097725,
The Tufin Blog at http://tufintech.wordpress.com/
About Nebulas Solution Group
Nebulas Solutions Group is a security, acceleration and
virtualisation specialist. The Group offers sophisticated
technology solutions, consultancy and implementation expertise to
help organisations address their key business issues of data
security, acceleration and availability. Nebulas Solutions Group
comprises three divisions: Nebulas Security is the UK's leading
provider of IT security, data privacy and compliance solutions.
Nebulas Xcelerate provides leading WAN optimisation and
applications acceleration solutions and Nebulas Virtualise offers
market leading virtualisation solutions. The Group's combined
expertise ensures that organisations can maximize the performance,
efficiency and security of their IT infrastructure, as well as
reducing operating costs. Based in London, Nebulas Solutions Group
has more than 200 customers worldwide, including many blue chip and
FTSE 250 organisations. For further information, go to www.nebulassolutions.com.
