Tufin Announces General Availability Of Security Policy Orchestration Solution For The Software-Defined Data Center
Interoperability with VMware NSX Network Virtualization Platform Enables Micro-Segmentation Across Physical and Virtual Networks
BARCELONA, Spain, Oct. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- VMworld Booth # 143: Tufin® today announced general availability of Tufin's Security Policy Orchestration solution for the VMware NSX™ network virtualization platform. This first-of-its-kind offering enables security managers to visualize and implement a unified security policy across physical and virtual networks. Tufin's automated and centralized security policy management provides visibility and control over granular security policies, enabling secure and continuously-compliant software-defined data centers. Through interoperability with VMware NSX, Tufin helps ensure network micro-segmentation can be defined and visualized uniformly across physical and virtual network infrastructure, and enforced by firewalls from all leading vendors, including VMware.
The solution is available immediately from Tufin and is already being trialed by customers around the world. VMware and Tufin will be demonstrating the joint solution this week at VMworld Europe, during session SEC2238, "NSX Distributed Firewall and Micro-segmentation Use Cases," on Tuesday, Oct 14, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Hall 8.0, Room 33
"The ability to maintain consistent security policies across our physical and virtual networks is a critical requirement and benefit for us, as we evaluate emerging models such as the Software Defined Data Center," said Sanjay Bhandari, Senior Security Architect at Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. "We are excited to see this collaboration between Tufin and VMware, to help address the need for advanced security. The interoperable solution promises to provide organizations with comprehensive visibility into the security of our virtual and physical environments, at a very granular level."
Security Policy Orchestration for the Software Defined Data Center
Tufin Orchestration Suite for VMware NSX automates the design, provisioning, analysis and auditing of network security policy changes, delivering the ability to:
- Manage and control micro-segmentation across heterogeneous networks
- Centrally manage security policies on firewalls, routers and switches throughout the entire physical and virtual data-centers via a single interface
- Assess the risk posture and perform risk assessment before making policy changes
- Perform real-time compliance monitoring, analysis and alerts on NSX security policy changes
- Continuously track security policy configuration changes across enterprise firewalls
The interoperable solution helps enterprises streamline micro segmentation, speed up application deployments, and automate security policy change processes. More on Tufin's offering can be found here.
"Enterprises are looking to realize the full agility, efficiency and cost benefits of a Software-Defined Data Center, while ensuring network resources are protected by business- appropriate security policies," said Reuven Harrison, CTO at Tufin. "The combination of the Tufin Orchestration Suite with VMware NSX will help automate the design, provisioning, analysis and auditing of network security policy changes, from the application layer down to the network layer, across the entire data center."
"Enterprises use VMware NSX micro-segmentation capabilities to secure multi-tiered data center applications," said Hatem Naguib, vice president, networking and security, VMware. "The interoperable Tufin and VMware NSX solution provides data center security teams single pane of glass security policy management across physical and virtual environments critical for operational and compliance purposes."
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About Tufin
Tufin® is the leader in Security Policy Orchestration, automating and accelerating network infrastructure changes while maintaining security and compliance. By improving network change processes, organizations using the Tufin Orchestration Suite™ will have a positive impact on the business by reducing the time and cost spent implementing network changes by up to 80%. Taking a holistic view of IT, the Tufin Orchestration Suite helps organizations automate security and efficiency into day-to-day operations, enabling them to be more agile and leverage technology to gain a competitive advantage. Founded in 2005, Tufin serves more than 1,400 customers in industries from telecom and financial services to energy, transportation and pharmaceuticals. Tufin partners with leading vendors including Check Point, Blue Coat, Cisco, Juniper Networks, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, F5, Stonesoft, McAfee and BMC Software, and is known for technological innovation and dedicated customer service.
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