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Tufin automates 'application connectivity management' for firewalls

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Tufin automates 'application connectivity management' for firewalls
Today's next-generation firewalls are "application aware" but they aren't aware of the connectivity needs among applications. It's common for a change in a firewall rule for one application to break the business process of another application because no one understood that the rule impacted more than one application. Tufin Software Technologies has a new tool that automates that process to maintain business continuity. Read More


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