LONDON – September 11, 2010 – Tufin Technologies, the award-winning provider of Security Lifecycle Management solutions, today announced it has released a set of 12 plugins, extending support of its robust solution set to a wider set of network devices. Showcasing the value and utility of Tufin's open extensible architecture, the Tufin Open Platform (TOP), Tufin has released plugins for switches and routers from industry leaders including Cisco, Juniper and HP. By extending Tufin's comprehensive, automated change tracking, in-depth security policy optimization, and built-in compliance reports across heterogeneous network infrastructures, Tufin enables organizations to cost-effectively manage network security policy, eliminate manual, error prone processes, comply with regulatory standards, and minimize IT risk. Supporting the broadest set of network infrastructure, Tufin continues to demonstrate its ability to innovate and successfully execute on its vision for Security Lifecycle Management.
"Firewall Policy Management functions are only part of the solution when controlling access to sensitive zones within the corporate infrastructure." said Eric Ogren, principal analyst of the Ogren Group. "Access policies that are enforced by high speed switches and routers need to cooperate, and be consistent with firewall rules for effective management of a secure network. Tufin's approach of converging analysis of leading network and security devices can help enterprises control dynamic networks for compliance and security."
Tufin has plugins for the following vendors immediately available for customers on the Tufin website:
Each plugin provides SecureTrack and SecureChange Workflow functionality, enabling operations teams to leverage SecureTrack's change monitoring, automated reports and support for industry standards to improve policy management for each device. The new plugin's come in addition to already supported security and network devices from the following vendors:
All plugins are available immediately for download off the Tufin website at http://www.tufin.com/TOP. Pricing starts at $495 per monitored device.
"From day one, our vision for Security Lifecycle Management was to streamline the convergence of network and security operations by automating policy management across the entire network," said Shaul Efraim, vice president of Products, Business Development and Marketing, Tufin. "Having leveraged the company's domain expertise in firewalls to deliver the most comprehensive and easy to use platform, we set the stage for expanding across the network with the launch of TOP earlier this year. With this set of plugins, we've taken a major leap forward, and now offer our customers with the most robust feature set for the largest set of devices. Moving forward, we will continue help our customers seamlessly integrate security management as a core component of their operations processes.
