
The Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall is an integrated hardware and software solution designed to protect your email server from spam, virus, spoofing, phishing and spyware attacks. It leverages 12 comprehensive defense layers to provide industry-leading defense capabilities for any email server within large corporate or small business environments.
As the No. 1 most widely used spam filtering appliance, and winner of numerous industry honors, leading organizations around the world continue to trust Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewalls for complete protection against Spam and its resource demanding consequences.

- 12 layers of defense protect networks against spam, virus, spoofing, phishing, denial of service and malware
- Tagging, quarantine, blocking of email messages
- Provides three layers of virus protection
- Outbound filtering to prevent data leakage
- Authenticates senders and suppresses invalid bounce messages
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The Barracuda Web Filter is designed to enforce organizational Internet usage policies through content filtering, application blocking, and best-of-breed spyware protection. It also facilitates automatic removal of spyware from previously infected Windows PC’s with the integrated Barracuda Spyware Removal Tool.
Having just received 5 of 5 stars, and SC Magazine’s “recommendation” for its performance, feature set, cost and ease of use, the Barracuda Web Filter is one content filtering solution that organizations of all sizes cannot afford to overlook

- Policy management for granular control by user, group, IP address range or time
- Internet application filtering by type, IP address or bandwidth usage
- SSL and proxy filtering for more stringent control of Web usage
- Gateway malware and integrated desktop spyware protection
- Integrates with LDAP and NTLM-based authentication servers to detect user events and gather credentials

The Barracuda Web Application Firewall provides superior protection against hackers’ attempts to exploit vulnerabilities in Web sites or Web applications to steal data, cause denial of service or deface Web sites.
By integrating application delivery capabilities, the Barracuda Web Application Firewall is an affordable and comprehensive application firewall that can secure Web applications, as well as increase their performance and availability.

- Protects against common Web application attacks, including SQL injections, cross site scripting, session tampering and buffer overflows
- Blocks or cloaks attacks to prevent sensitive outbound data leakage, such as credit card, identification numbers or identifying details of Web infrastructure
- Provides application access control for a single point of policy
enforcement and control - Integrates SSL offloading and SSL acceleration
- Designed to achieve PCI compliance and offer full set of appliance logs

The Barracuda NG Firewall is a family of hardware and virtual appliances designed to protect your network infrastructure, improve your site-to-site connectivity and simplify administration of your network operations.
Beyond its powerful network firewall and VPN technologies, the Barracuda NG Firewall integrates a comprehensive set of next generation firewall technologies, including Layer 7 application profiling, intrusion prevention, Web filtering, anti-virus, anti-spam and network access control.

- Consistent security posture and policy enforcement across the enterprise
- Real-time accounting and reporting across multiple gateways
- Comprehensive history and rollback of configuration and policy changes
across the network - Centralized version control of anti-spam, anti-virus, Web filter and network access control updates

The Barracuda SSL VPN enables secure, clientless remote access to internal network resources from any Web browser. Designed for remote employees and road warriors, the Barracuda SSL VPN provides comprehensive control over the services and applications exposed to remote or external users.
Accessible anywhere at anytime, the Barracuda SSL VPN offers flexible authentication to maintain user access and logs external use to protect against information leakage for an organization of any size.

- Enables access to corporate intranets, file systems or other Web-based applications
- Tracks resource access through auditing and reporting facilities
- Scans uploaded files for viruses and malware
- Leverages multi-factor, layered authentication mechanisms, including
RSA SecurID tokens - Integrates with existing Active Directory and LDAP directories
- Utilizes policies for granular access control framework
- Supports any Web browser on PC or Mac


The Barracuda Load Balanceris an affordable, scalable and comprehensive solution for distributing network traffic across multiple servers. The Barracuda Load Balancer offers network administrators reliability, speed and security through session persistence with cookie data, SSL acceleration and network intrusion prevention.

- Load balancing for any IP applications with session and cookie persistence
- Reliable failover in case of server failure for high availability
- SSL offloading or hardware SSL acceleration for faster processing of secure data
- Multiple deployments and scheduling policies for the most flexible load balancer
- Integrated protection against network intrusions

The Barracuda Link Balancer is an affordable and powerful solution for routing and managing traffic across multiple Internet connections. Designed to scale for high bandwidth requirements and provide business continuity for an organization of any size, the Barracuda Link Balancer optimizes the use of multiple Internet links, such as T1s, T3s, DSL and cable connections from one or multiple Internet service providers. Capable of automatic failover in the event of link failure, the Barracuda Link Balancer helps assure that your network is always connected to the Internet.

- Aggregates Internet connection links
- Automated failover
- Bandwidth management
- Quality of Service (QoS) for Internet applications
- Traditional firewall


A complete and affordable email archiving solution, the Barracuda Message Archiver is designed to effectively index and preserve all emails, achieve legal and regulatory compliance needs, and make more efficient use of storage technology inside the IT organization.
Leveraging standard policies and seamless access to messages, email content is fully indexed and backed up to enable administrators, auditors and end users quick retrieval of any email message stored in an organization’s email archive.

- Compatible with industry standard email servers
- Comprehensive archiving, search and retrieval, and reporting
- Granular policy management for legal, regulatory and corporate compliance
- Archives for internal or external via CIFS or iSCSI
- Roles-based interface for users, auditors and IT manager

The Barracuda Backup Service is an affordable data backup solution, providing a full local data backup that is combined with a storage subscription to replicate data offsite. This approach provides the best of both worlds - onsite backups for fast restore times and secure, offsite storage for disaster recovery. Block level deduplication is applied inline to reduce traditional backup storage requirements by 20 to 50 times while also reducing backup windows and bandwidth requirements.

- Offsite backup to 2 geographically separate locations
- Secure data transfer to offsite data center
- Redundant disk-based storage
- Best-of-breed data retention policies
- Single transfer from location to save bandwidth
- Centralized Web interface for granular controls
- Detailed, easy-to-use reports and usage graphs
- Quick and easy restoration from Web interface
- Direct FTPS data access with point in time restore



The Barracuda Web Filtering Service is a cloud-based secure Web gateway that protects users from malware, phishing, identity theft, and other harmful activity online. The service enforces organizational Internet usage policies through content filtering, URL filtering and application blocking. It is centrally managed with real-time consolidated reporting and provides proactive defenses against a quickly evolving threat landscape. Enterprises simply point their Web traffic to the service, and it protects users online regardless of location or physical device, including laptops and mobile devices.
- Inspects outbound Web traffic for safety and compliance
- Analyzes Web site response traffic for malicious programs and untrustworthy users
- Provides global visibility through comprehensive and flexible reporting to the user level
- Protects users accessing the Web in the workplace, on laptops and via mobile devices

Barracuda Web Security Flex is a revolutionary offering that lets network professionals focus on the Web security they need instead of specific technologies. Barracuda Web Security Flex delivers advanced cloud-based malware protection, URL filtering and application control with the flexible deployment options needed to cover all users in unique enterprise environments regardless of location and mobility status - under a cloud portal for centralized management and reporting.
- Virus and Malware Protection
- URL and Content Filtering
- Application Control
- Flexible Deployment Options
- Centralized Policy Management
- Centralized Reporting and Monitoring

The Barracuda Email Security Service is a comprehensive and affordable cloud-based email security service that protects both inbound and outbound email against the latest spam, viruses, worms, phishing and denial of service attacks. Barracuda Email Security Service also includes email encryption and Data Loss Prevention features.
Spam and viruses are blocked in the cloud prior to delivery to the customer, providing additional Denial of Service protection. In addition, cloud-based filtering offloads any processing required for spam and virus filtering from the email server.
- Protect inbound and outbound emails from spam and viruses
- Includes Data Loss Prevention and email Encryption features
- Cloud-based, without hardware of software to install
- Email spooling for up to 96 hours


Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall Vx is a virtual appliance providing the same powerful technology, comprehensive features and ease of use found in the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall hardware solution. It is ideally suited for organizations that are standardizing hardware platforms or deploying virtual environments.
- 12 layers of defense protect networks against spam, virus, spoofing, phishing, denial of service and malware
- Tagging, quarantine, blocking of email messages
- Provides three layers of virus protection
- Outbound filtering to prevent data leakage
- Authenticates senders and suppresses invalid bounce messages

Barracuda SSL VPN Vx is a virtual appliance providing secure, clientless remote access to internal network resources from any Web browser. It is ideally suited for organizations that are standardizing hardware platforms or deploying virtual environments and provides the same powerful technology, comprehensive features and ease of use found in the Barracuda SSL VPN hardware appliance.
- Enables access to corporate intranets, file systems or other Web-based applications
- Tracks resource access through auditing and reporting facilities
- Scans uploaded files for viruses and malware
- Leverages multi-factor, layered authentication mechanisms, including
RSA SecurID tokens - Integrates with existing Active Directory and LDAP directories
- Utilizes policies for granular access control framework
- Supports any Web browser on PC or Mac

Barracuda Web Application Firewall Vx is a virtual appliance providing complete and powerful security for Web applications and Web sites. It offers every capability needed to deliver, secure and manage enterprise Web applications from a single appliance through an intuitive, real-time user interface.
- Single point of protection for inbound and outbound traffic for all Web applications
- Protects Web sites and Web applications against application layer attacks
- Delivers best practices security right out of the box
- Monitors traffic and provides reports about attackers and attack attempts

Barracuda NG Firewall Vx is a virtual appliance providing the same powerful technology, comprehensive features and ease-of-use found in the Barracuda NG Firewall hardware solution. It is ideally suited for organizations that are standardizing hardware platforms or deploying virtual environments. Beyond its powerful network firewall, IPS and VPN technologies, the Barracuda NG Firewall integrates a comprehensive set of next generation firewall technologies, including Layer 7 application control, availability and traffic flow optimization across the wide area network, Web filtering, anti-virus, anti-spam and network access control enforcement.
- Consistent security posture and policy enforcement across the enterprise
- Real-time accounting and reporting across multiple gateways
- Comprehensive history and rollback of configuration and policy changes across the network
- Centralized version control of anti-spam, anti-virus, Web filter and network access control updates