Barracuda Network and Application Security

Security, Access, and Reliability for Cloud-Connected Networks and Applications

Traditional security strategies and firewalls were never intended for today’s cloud-integrated infrastructures and workloads. They can’t give branch offices direct access to your cloud applications. They often don’t support cloud-friendly consumption models, and they don’t have the scalability and flexibility that cloud-hosted applications demand.

Barracuda CloudGen Firewalls and Web Application Firewalls are the industry’s first solutions purpose-built for securing cloud-connected networks. They protect all your users, applications, and data – regardless of what your infrastructure looks like. They ensure secure and reliable connections among multiple sites on premises and the cloud with consumption-based pricing, saving you money on infrastructure costs.

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Cybersecurity Has Become a Major Liability for Online Retailers

September 24, 2018 by Mike Vizard

Once again cybersecurity issues pertaining to online retailers are back in the spotlight. Newegg, an online retailer, reported this week that credit card data it collected had been compromised. That breach follows similar attacks against online sites operated by British Airways and Ticketmaster that are being attributed to a team of cybercriminals known as Magecart that injected malicious JavaScript code that skimmed credit card data into the Newegg website.

It’s still anybody’s guess just how widespread these types of attack have become. But a report published this week by SecurityScorecard, a provider of cybersecurity rankings, finds that over 90 percent of the retail domains analyzed indicated non-compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) standard. Based on an analysis of 1,444 domains in the retail industry that digital footprints consisting of more than 100 IP addresses, the 2018 SecurityScorecard Retail Cybersecurity Report also notes that in terms of application security the retail sector ranks second to last among all the vertical industries tracked.

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Mike Vizard

Mike Vizard has covered IT for more than 25 years, and has edited or contributed to a number of tech publications including InfoWorld, eWeek, CRN, Baseline, ComputerWorld, TMCNet and Digital Review. He currently blogs for IT Business Edge and contributes to CIOinsight, The Channel Insider, Programmableweb and Slashdot. Mike also blogs about emerging cloud technology for SmarterMSP.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelvizard

Now Available for MSPs: Barracuda Content Shield

September 17, 2018 by Chris Crellin

We are delighted to introduce Barracuda Content Shield, the most recent addition to the Barracuda MSP portfolio of security and data protection solutions.

Barracuda Content Shield is a web threat protection and content filtering solution specifically designed to help MSPs protect their customers against malicious sites and the risks associated with inappropriate content. It’s a cloud-based solution that relies on Barracuda’s extensive threat intelligence network to provide timely, up-to-date protection, even against threats that may be lying dormant.

Chris Crellin

Chris Crellin is Senior Director of Product Management for Barracuda MSP, a provider of security and data protection solutions for managed services providers, where he is responsible for leading product strategy and management. Connect with him on LinkedIn here.

https://www.barracudamsp.com

Barracuda WAF recognized as a Challenger in 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant

September 11, 2018 by Anthony Kros

We are pleased to announce that the Barracuda Web Application Firewall (WAF) has been recognized as a Challenger in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls. We have details in the press release here.

What is the Gartner Magic Quadrant?

The Gartner Magic Quadrant (MQ) is an enterprise-focused and easily recognizable, graphical representation of an IT market or segment and is one of the most influential analyst reports published today. It allows for a vendor landscape to be consumed “at a glance” and it is generally the report of choice for many, from c-suite executives to product managers, to quickly gain insight into who the major players are. Vendors are ranked on two axis: Completeness of Vision (solution strategy, roadmap, and future potential) and Ability to Execute (how does the vendor perform against that strategy, including revenue and market share totals) and placed into one of four quadrants ranging from Leaders (upper right) to Niche (lower left).

Download a complimentary copy of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls

Anthony Kros

Anthony (Tony) Kros is the Analyst Relations Manager for Barracuda. Connect with him on LinkedIn here.

https://www.barracuda.com

Free webinar series – Comprehensive Security for K-12 – Reserve Your Place Now

September 10, 2018 by Jennifer Braun

Happy Back-to-School! Make sure your IT security and compliance investments are up to date and ready for this year’s trending threats. Join us for a pair of webinars and get the info you need to harden your school’s IT against the newest threats targeting K-12 organizations—using real-world case studies that show you just how your peers are creating safer, more enriching IT environments for enhanced learning.

Webinar #1: Network and Web Security for the 2018-19 School Year

Enjoy a deep dive into the emerging challenges you face around ensuring student safety and regulatory compliance—including advanced threats, escalating costs, and limited resources.

See for yourself how to:

Protect against advanced threats including ransomware
Enforce content policy on all devices including Chromebooks
Reserve bandwidth for critical applications such as testing apps
Secure data privacy for students, faculty, and staff

Date: September 18 at 11am PDT

Register here.

Jennifer Braun

http://www.barracuda.com

Migrating Websites and Applications to the Public Cloud — is that Secure?

September 10, 2018 by Christine Barry

In this customer story, we show you how Barracuda helped a global food producer and processor migrate to the cloud.

Customer: Smithfield Foods is the world's largest producer and processor of pork products. They have been in business for over 80 years and now employ 52,000 people worldwide.

Customer Challenge: To migrate all external-facing websites and applications to the public cloud while ensuring security against cyber threats

Public Cloud Platform: Amazon Web Services (AWS) for scalability and rapid provisioning

Barracuda Solution: Barracuda Web Application Firewall, for its features, simplicity, native integration with AWS, and cost-effectiveness

Christine Barry

Christine Barry is chief blogger and social content manager at Barracuda.

What WannaCry and NotPetya Revelations Mean for IT

September 7, 2018 by Mike Vizard

It’s fairly common for people to blame themselves whenever they experience some form of trauma that in reality occurred because of some set of circumstances well beyond their control. Organizations that fall prey to cybersecurity attacks are no different. There’s always a sense that someone somewhere inside that organization could have been done something different that would have resulted in a different outcome. In recent weeks, however, it’s become clear that two of the most virulent forms of malware to wreak havoc around the globe were the work of entities engaged in cyber-warfare.

Mike Vizard

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelvizard

Labor Issues Are Now Top of Mind When It Comes to Cybersecurity

August 31, 2018 by Mike Vizard

Labor Day has its roots in a 19th-century effort to celebrate the contributions organized labor unions made to advancing prosperity in the U.S. But in IT security circles labor as an issue has become a very hot topic in the 21^st century indeed. Organizations are investing more in security automation with each passing day that makes extensive use of machine and deep learning algorithms to automate a wide variety of security tasks.

In fact, those technologies are now starting to seep into the IT infrastructure layer. For example, VMware at the VMworld 2018 conference this week unveiled a Platinum Edition of VMware vSphere that embeds VMware AppDefense security software in the hypervisor. That security software makes use of machine learning algorithms to make sure that applications only execute code that is specifically permissioned. Michael Adams, senior director for the cloud platform business unit for vSphere, says VMware expects that in very short time the platinum edition will become the default option employed by most IT organizations.

Mike Vizard

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelvizard

Barracuda Web Application Firewall-as-a-Service Now Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace

August 15, 2018 by Rich Turner

As a key provider of security solutions to Microsoft Azure customers, Barracuda today announced the availability of its Web Application Firewall-as-a-Service in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure. Barracuda customers can now take advantage of the productive and trusted Azure cloud platform, with streamlined deployment and management.

Organizations have relied on Barracuda’s CloudGen WAF – including advanced bot protection, proactive DDoS protection, and deep integration with DevOps toolchains – for securing applications in their hybrid/cloud datacenters for years. When they want to migrate applications, or build new apps in the public cloud, and they desire a Software-as-a-Service solution, their options that provide similar levels of control have been limited until now. That has led to under-secured web applications across hybrid environments, despite the original goal of faster time to market, agility, and cost-efficiency.

Rich Turner

Rich is the Product Marketing Manager, Information Management. He's been with Barracuda since the acquisition of C2C Systems in 2014. Rich specializes in cloud-deployed solutions, information management, and archiving systems. His experience includes extensive work on OEM opportunities and the legal community.

If you'd like to get in touch with Rich, you can connect with him on LinkedIn and follow him on Twitter.

You can email Rich at rturner@barracuda.com.

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall achieves Recommended Rating in group test

August 10, 2018 by Christine Barry

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.

Christine Barry

Christine Barry is Senior Chief Blogger and Social Media Manager at Barracuda. In this role, she helps bring Barracuda stories to life and facilitate communication between the public and Barracuda internal teams. Prior to joining Barracuda, Christine was a field engineer and project manager for K12 and SMB clients for over 15 years. She holds several technology credentials, a Bachelor of Arts, and a Master of Business Administration. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan.

Connect with Christine on Twitter or LinkedIn.

https://blog.barracuda.com

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