Tufin Technologies Introduces the Industry's First
Comprehensive Firewall Management and Auditing Solution for
Next-Generation Firewalls
Feb. 8, 2011-Tufin Technologies, the leading
provider of Security Lifecycle Management solutions, today
announced it is the first firewall management company to offer
comprehensive support for next-generation firewalls from market
leaders such as Palo Alto Networks.
The latest update of SecureTrack - Tufin's firewall operations,
auditing and compliance product - introduces the industry's first
solution that provides network security teams with seamless,
comprehensive management and auditing capabilities for both
next-generation and network-layer firewalls. Palo Alto Networks
customers can now benefit from improved management, policy analysis
and reporting found in the Tufin solution.
Announced today, Tufin's support of Palo Alto Networks firewalls
will be jointly demonstrated next week at the RSA Conference 2011
in San Francisco - in Tufin's Booth No. 2551, and in Palo Alto
Networks' Booth No. 2145.
"Tufin SecureTrack has enabled us to streamline our existing
firewall rule sets, and has helped us enhance our compliance
program with comprehensive reporting of changes," said Craig
Hanrahan, Sonus Networks senior manager of IT infrastructure. "With
Palo Alto Networks, having one device do as much as it does keeps
us from the complexity of multiple devices, and its AppID keeps us
from having to create a bunch of application rules or worrying
about every port. Tufin's new support of Palo Alto Networks is
helpful because it supports all the log types of Palo Alto
Networks. The visibility we gain with Tufin into the effects of
rules changes and managing these changes within Palo Alto Networks
will help us down the road, as well."
Palo Alto Networks' next-generation firewalls are unique in the
industry in their ability to see and control applications, users
and content - not just ports, IP addresses and packets. Palo Alto
Networks' next-generation firewalls enable enterprises to create
granular, business-relevant security policies and safely control
applications instead of the block-or-nothing approach offered by
traditional port-blocking firewalls.
The new Tufin SecureTrack makes it easier to manage
next-generation firewalls and meet auditing and compliance
requirements. In a wide variety of views, policy analysis queries,
and compliance audit reports, SecureTrack uniquely enables security
teams to identify firewall policy rules according to advanced,
application-layer identification technology.
"Tufin SecureTrack is a highly complementary management layer to
our core value proposition, which is to help organizations gain
visibility and control of applications, users, and content within
their networks," said Punit Minocha, Palo Alto Networks VP of
Business and Corporate Development. "Our mutual customers can gain
more robust operations management, auditing and compliance for
their network infrastructure."
SecureTrack's comprehensive support for Palo Alto Networks also
includes:
- Support for both physical and virtual systems, including shared
objects between virtual systems.
- Support for Palo Alto Networks Panorama central management
system's global rules and objects that are shared among multiple
physical or virtual firewalls.
- Real-time change tracking of Palo Alto Networks' content
updates.
"Palo Alto Networks has realized significant growth and has been
a shining star in the network security industry over the years,"
said Shaul Efraim, Tufin VP of Products, Marketing and Business
Development. "We saw strong demand from customers and channel
partners for support for Palo Alto Networks in our Tufin Security
Suite. We are committed to supporting customers and channel
partners, and quickly responded to this need to enhance our
award-winning Security Lifecycle Management Security Suite."
Availability and Pricing
Tufin Security Suite 5.3 support for next-generation firewalls,
including Palo Alto Networks, is planned to be released for general
availability on 21-Feb-2011. Pricing starts at $20,000.
About Tufin Technologies
Tufin™ is the leading provider of Security Lifecycle Management
solutions that enable companies to cost-effectively manage their
network security policy, comply with regulatory standards, and
minimize IT risk. Tufin's award-winning products SecureTrack™ and
SecureChange™ Workflow help security operations teams to manage
change and perform reliable audits while dramatically reducing
manual, repetitive tasks through automation. Founded in 2005 by
leading firewall and business systems experts, Tufin serves more
than 700 customers in industries from telecom and financial
services to energy, transportation and pharmaceuticals. Tufin
partners with leading vendors including Check Point, Cisco, Juniper
Networks, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, F5, Blue Coat, McAfee and
BMC Software, and is committed to setting the gold standard for
technological innovation and dedicated customer service.
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