There may be no shortage of opinions on generative AI, but there is one universal truth that cannot be disputed. The race to implement AI is fueling the largest data center expansion in a generation.
And there are already numbers supporting this very idea. McKinsey predicts that global demand for data center capacity could more than triple by 2030 in order to handle the massive processing and storage demands of AI workloads.
As these data center networks grow in size and complexity, security processes will increasingly become fragmented across teams, tools, and enforcement points. In the network security world, we know fragmentation leads to poor visibility, time-consuming manual processes, and overlapping technologies that slow operations and heighten potential risk exposure. We’ve seen it with every new technology introduced into the enterprise. SASE, Cloud, Segmentation, you name it.
AI is just the newest layer in an already overly complex network, complete with its own set of surprises.
For one, AI data centers present high-value targets for threat actors seeking to infiltrate and disrupt critical systems. One way attackers can exploit weak configurations and high utilization is by targeting AI models and training data, stealing them to gain access to intellectual property, manipulate results, or disrupt essential workloads. And it may seem obvious but the rise of agentic AI used maliciously is also concerning. Attackers can now systematically scan perimeters and social footprints to quickly identify and exploit data center weaknesses.
To address this growing complexity, Tufin has expanded support for HPE Aruba Networking CX switches and CX 10000 firewalls to help organizations unify visibility, enforce consistent security policies, and maintain compliance as they scale their AI data centers.
Bringing control to AI-scale networks
Secure and reliable connectivity is more critical than ever. Data centers are entering a new phase of massive growth driven by the increased demand for AI computing power. Moving forward, every AI model, application, and workload will depend on a network that can scale seamlessly without sacrificing visibility, compliance, and control.
As data centers scale to handle massive volumes of interconnected AI infrastructure, the network becomes increasingly more complex. Spanning thousands of switches, devices, and policies, this network complexity introduces operational risk, slows down application deployments, and makes it harder to maintain consistent security and compliance across environments.
To keep pace, network teams need a centralized approach to manage thousands of devices and policies across expanding hybrid environments. With Tufin’s unified control plane, organizations can confidently manage and protect resource-intensive AI data centers. The control plane provides a centralized management layer for orchestrating critical, network-wide processes across multiple vendors. These processes include connectivity, risk assessment, policy management, and compliance.
Tufin provides a single view to manage those functions across on-premises, cloud, and edge networks, and to orchestrate workflows with other critical processes in governance and security platforms. The integration of HPE Aruba Networking switches with Tufin represents a critical step in helping organizations navigate the explosive growth of modern data centers.
Tufin simplifies network complexity by extending centralized visibility and policy control deep into the network fabric. Our new HPE Aruba integration allows organizations to automate connectivity management, enforce consistent security policies, and maintain continuous compliance as they expand AI-driven infrastructure.
In short, the Tufin–HPE Aruba integration ensures that as data centers power the AI era, network security and governance scale alongside them.
Tufin support for HPE Aruba networking
Tufin now provides that control for HPE Aruba Networking environments. With unified visibility, automation, and compliance workflows, organizations can reduce risk and manage policy changes confidently at any scale.
Tufin’s unified control plane helps joint customers:
- Strengthen Security Posture. Gain end-to-end visibility and standardize policy controls across all network environments, minimizing exposure from misaligned or overly permissive rules.
- Simplify Operations. Visualize HPE Aruba switches, firewalls, and traffic flows accurately within Tufin’s detailed topology map, unifying fragmented processes and accelerating troubleshooting.
- Automate Policy Orchestration. Streamline security policy change management with built-in risk analysis, compliance validation, and automated implementation, ensuring consistency across Aruba and other environments while reducing misconfigurations.
- Establish Continuous Compliance. Maintain full audit trails, track every rule and change, and validate policies against regulatory and internal requirements to reduce audit prep time and limit compliance risk.
- Streamline Workflows. Integrate Aruba into ITSM systems such as ServiceNow for faster, policy-driven change approvals.
Enabling secure and scalable operations
With Tufin and HPE Aruba working together, teams can eliminate manual steps that slow change management and maintain consistent policy control as data centers grow. Network and security teams can now share visibility into how each rule affects traffic flows and compliance, allowing them to resolve issues quickly and approve changes with confidence. Every change is tracked automatically and validated against defined policies and regulatory requirements, creating a faster, safer process from start to finish.
As AI continues to reshape enterprise infrastructure, visibility, automation, and compliance will define the next generation of secure data centers. The collaboration between Tufin and HPE Aruba Networking gives organizations the foundation to manage this growth safely, bringing unified policy control and continuous security to the networks powering AI innovation.
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