Tufin has announced the release of Tufin Orchestration Suite (TOS) 5.3, an update designed to enhance security operations and maintain consistent control across complex, multi-vendor hybrid environments. The new version expands Tufin's Unified Control Plane with additional integrations, AI-powered intelligence, and automation capabilities.
The company states that the update aims to address the challenges enterprises face in governing connectivity across a growing array of vendor-specific tools, including cloud, firewalls, SASE, SD-WAN, and microsegmentation. Research cited by Tufin indicates that nearly half of organizations manage more than 20 security tools, contributing to fragmented governance and slower policy changes.
A key component of the release is the new AI-powered Segmentation Intelligence solution. This tool continuously analyzes an organization's segmentation policies to understand their intent, identify policy gaps and drift, and recommend corrective actions. Tufin asserts that this solution provides continuous visibility, replacing periodic audits and manual checks to help security teams proactively address potential flaws or neglected coverage areas.
TOS 5.3 also introduces several new capabilities to expand its multi-vendor network security platform. These include enhanced AWS Firewall Support, which provides native topology, policy, and compliance visibility for AWS-native firewall environments, extending governance deeper into cloud infrastructure.
The update also offers expanded Palo Alto Strata Cloud Manager Support, enabling end-to-end automation of IP-based access requests from initiation through provisioning. For VMware environments, the release adds NSX-T Access Request Automation, which automates access requests for Distributed Firewall rules, even in environments with incomplete network topology visibility.
Furthermore, Tufin has included Cisco Meraki Provisioning Support, extending automated policy provisioning to Cisco Meraki deployments. This aims to broaden consistent policy management across branch and distributed enterprise networks.
Tufin emphasizes that these updates are intended to reduce manual effort, accelerate policy changes, and apply consistent governance across heterogeneous environments, all powered by its Dynamic Network Connectivity Graph. The company's goal is to provide an intelligent control layer for understanding connectivity, governing change, and maintaining continuous security posture control across various environments, irrespective of the vendor.
