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One issue that consistently derails segmentation efforts is choosing a technology before the design is fully defined. Teams often select a tool early, then try to force their zoning strategy to fit whatever limitations or features that product supports. As the project unfolds, they discover the technology cannot operate at the necessary scale, does not work consistently across environments, or introduces constraints that were never considered during initial planning. Once the tool becomes the anchor, design flexibility disappears. Teams spend more time working around product limitations than building a segmentation model that truly fits the organization. Progress slows, complexity increases, and frustration grows across engineering, security, and operations. Organizations that design first and select technology second see far stronger results. Separating zoning principles from enforcement tools preserves scalability, reduces rework, and creates room for long-term growth across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. For more insights to better manage your segmentation projects, read the full Gartner® report here: https://okt.to/Ujh8el

Two forces are converging into a perfect storm for network and security teams. The network is now fragmented across vendors and platforms, each with their own consoles and policies to manage. At the same time, teams are expected to support more frequent network changes with fewer resources. This network complexity is turning into chaos and a loss of confidence for organizations worldwide. According to a study commissioned by Barracuda, the security complexity of a modern organization keeps over a third (38%) of security professionals awake at night, as 65% of organizations believe they have too many security tools, and over half (53%) say their tools can’t be integrated. Our mission at Tufin is to help teams regain control of complex, hybrid networks. Learn more about how we are improving Tufin as a control plane for network security via Tufin R25-2 Hot Fix 1: https://okt.to/NonuQe

How do you operationalize Zero Trust when your network spans cloud, on-prem, and SASE? For many organizations, separate policy processes across platforms create silos, blind spots, and slow application delivery. Manual changes make it even harder to enforce least-privilege access consistently across a hybrid, multi-vendor environment. Join our upcoming 30-minute webinar to see how a unified control plane removes these silos through end-to-end automation - accelerating secure deployments while enforcing Zero Trust everywhere. You’ll learn how to: • Enforce policy consistency with a single security standard across Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Check Point, spanning on-prem, cloud, and SASE. • Gain end-to-end visibility with unified policy views and accurate access path analysis across your entire hybrid network. • Enable zero-touch provisioning by automating security policy changes from request through enforcement, at scale. Register here: https://okt.to/WR3Lf0

“By 2026, cloud observability and security will be inseparable disciplines. As enterprises embrace multi-cloud and cross-network architectures, performance degradation and misconfigurations will often share the same root cause: policy inconsistency.” This prediction comes from our CTO Erez Tadmor in an feature from APMdigest that explores how cloud will evolve and impact business in 2026, including the convergence of observability and security, rising pressure on cloud cost optimization, the evolution of FinOps, and more. See the other predictions here: https://okt.to/mDuWTV

How do you operationalize Zero Trust when your network spans cloud, on-prem, and SASE? For many organizations, managing security policies across disparate platforms leads to blind spots and elevated risk. Relying on manual processes make it even harder to enforce least-privilege access consistently across a hybrid, multi-vendor environment. Join our upcoming 30-minute webinar to see how Tufin gives teams a unified control plane to get closer to achieving Zero Trust initiatives. You’ll learn how to: - Enforce policy consistency with a single security standard across Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Check Point, spanning on-prem, cloud, and SASE - Gain end-to-end visibility with unified policy views and accurate access path analysis across your entire hybrid network - Enable zero-touch provisioning by automating security policy changes from request through enforcement, at scale Register here: https://okt.to/FnaIGC

Network security teams are managing more frequent changes across a wider range of environments and technologies than ever before. We’ve just released Tufin Orchestration Suite R25.2 Hot Fix 1 to address the growing gap between how modern networks are built and how they are managed. The pace, scope, and surface area of networks have fundamentally shifted, driven by cloud adoption, distributed applications, and new access models that extend beyond the data center. R25.2 Hot Fix 1 strengthens Tufin’s unified control plane, providing a consistent way to manage risk, policies, and compliance across on-premise firewalls, multi-cloud, and SASE. This release includes: • Enhanced hybrid topology visibility for AWS connectivity • Simplified Azure onboarding and subscription management • More accurate risk and compliance analysis • Faster insights through natural language device search with TufinAI Together, these updates improve the accuracy and reliability of Tufin so that teams can make faster, more confident security decisions. Read what’s new in Tufin R25.2 Hot Fix 1 here: https://okt.to/8J7pbN

Have you ever wondered why segmentation projects continue to stall inside so many organizations? Many teams begin with project scopes that are simply too broad. The ambition is to segment entire environments in a single motion, but the effort expands faster than planning and design can support. As the scope grows, teams struggle to maintain clarity, timelines start to slip, and the project becomes increasingly difficult to guide toward completion. A phased, incremental approach tends to produce stronger outcomes. Breaking the work into smaller, well-defined steps gives teams more control, supports earlier wins, and reduces the operational strain that comes with attempting everything at once. For more insights to better manage your segmentation projects, read the full Gartner® report here: https://okt.to/C8OLsp

Anyone working in security will tell you that silos are a major point of friction. But how that friction actually shows up in the day to day is not talked about enough. Consider the very common scenario where a developer working on a business application requires access to multiple systems, perhaps a database, a cloud service, or an asset sitting inside a highly segmented part of the network. Without coordination, each request touches several teams sequentially. Security must validate permissions, networking must adjust configurations, and operations must provision resources. In a siloed environment, no single person has full visibility. The result is delays, duplicated effort, and growing frustration across the board. Identifying these points of friction requires leaders to take a step back and examine workflows from end to end. - Which departments are involved? - What dependencies exist? - Where are communication breakdowns occurring? By mapping the broader ecosystem of people, processes, and technology, organizations can pinpoint where convergence efforts should focus. Erez Tadmor talks about how technology, teams, and AI converge to drive organizational success in his recent Forbes article. Read more here: https://okt.to/6n4eWX

Microsegmentation is a hot topic right now, and vendors like Illumio, Akamai Technologies, Cisco, and VMware are leading the way with best of breed solutions. Which vendor is best? That depends on a variety of factors, since each takes a different approach to controlling traffic across workloads and hybrid environments, including how remote access sessions are segmented and monitored. Learn more in our blog: https://okt.to/EI4TcG

Modern networks are a complex stack of layers. It began with centralized data centers. A new layer was added with private cloud and public cloud via AWS, Azure, and GCP. SD WAN introduced more efficient routing. Another layer. SASE extended security to a distributed workforce. Another layer. Now, microsegmentation brings granular controls inside cloud and on premises networks. Another layer. Each new technology did not replace the older one. It simply stacked on top of the previous and added more enforcement points where traffic could be shaped, allowed, or blocked. Teams now manage legacy firewalls. They manage cloud security groups. They manage SASE policies alongside on premises next generation firewalls. They manage microsegmentation alongside routing rules, ACLs, and Zero Trust access tools. The result is too many layers of policy enforcement without a unified view. This is the reality shaping every network and security decision today.