
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall achieves Recommended Rating in group test
We are pleased to announce that the Barracuda CloudGen Firewall has achieved a Recommended Rating by NSS Labs in their 2018 Next Generation Firewall Group Test. The testing criteria included security effectiveness, performance, stability and reliability, and total cost of ownership (TCO). The Barracuda CloudGen Firewall was tested against this criteria alongside nine other enterprise firewalls.
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is a family of hardware, virtual, and cloud-based appliances that protect and enhance your dispersed network infrastructure. They deliver advanced security by tightly integrating a comprehensive set of next-generation firewall technologies, including Layer 7 application profiling, intrusion prevention, web filtering, malware and advanced threat protection, antispam protection, and network access control. The model tested in this NSS Labs group test is the Barracuda Networks CloudGen Firewall F800.CEE v7.2.0.
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To get more details on how Barracuda performed in this test, download the free Security Value Map (SVM) that shows our performance on security effectiveness and TCO. To download a full report, visit NSS Labs here. To learn more about Barracuda NextGen Firewalls visit our corporate site here and our Barracuda Campus CloudGen Firewall site here.
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