Barracuda Forensics and Incident Response vs. Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Barracuda Forensics and Incident Response
Score 9.2 out of 10
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Barracuda Forensics and Incident Response automates response to email securirty incidences to ensure quick identification of the nature and scope of attacks, eliminate malicious emails, and carry out remediation actions to halt the attack’s progress and minimize damages.N/A
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Traps replaces traditional antivirus with multi-method prevention, a proprietary combination of malware and exploit prevention methods that protect users and endpoints from known and unknown threats.N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
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Incident Response Platforms
Comparison of Incident Response Platforms features of Product A and Product B
Barracuda Forensics and Incident Response
8.1
2 Ratings
8% below category average
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
-
Ratings
Company-wide Incident Reporting8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Other Security Systems7.82 Ratings00 Ratings
Attack Chain Visualization7.82 Ratings00 Ratings
Centralized Dashboard7.82 Ratings00 Ratings
Machine Learning to Prevent Incidents9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
Live Response for Rapid Remediation8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Barracuda Forensics and Incident ResponsePalo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
Likelihood to Recommend
7.8
(2 ratings)
9.0
(13 ratings)
Usability
7.8
(2 ratings)
5.9
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
7.8
(2 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Barracuda Forensics and Incident ResponsePalo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
Likelihood to Recommend
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
The Barracuda Forensics and Incident Response is best suited as an addition to the Barracuda Sentinel. After Barracuda Sentinel discovers a phishing email or account takeover, the Barracuda Forensics and Incident Response allows you to quickly dive into the details of the email(s) to determine if the email is legitimate or not. It does a very good job finding and deleting any and all emails related to the attack.
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Palo Alto Networks
Malware that doesn’t leave files behind has become widely available. Anyone who can afford to reverse this trend should purchase technology. Application whitelisting isn’t for everyone, and Palo Alto Networks Traps can help. Enterprises looking for a low-affected, next-generation solution with high protection should consider it. PAN Traps is a great product at a reasonable price, and I highly recommend it.
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Pros
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • Easy user interface
  • Simple application with 2 tasks only
  • Integrated in the Barracuda Total Email Security Suite
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Palo Alto Networks
  • Direct Access to devices via Live Terminal which provides operations with scripting, triage, and preservation of artifacts.
  • Behavioral Indicators of Compromise which provides alerts on events regarding groups of hosts and their signatures.
  • Querying complex data sets involving a variety of devices for network connections, hashes, DNS, etc.
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Cons
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • If you own the total security suite, the use of the app becomes less important
  • It would be nice to post a mail yourself in order to delete this mail from other mailboxes. If possible, it is not clear how to do this.
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Palo Alto Networks
  • Traps doesn't seem to function as a traditional A/V very well, so it's better as another layer to your endpoint protection
  • Traps can cause issues with some legacy or custom programs, so exceptions may have to be made
  • Traps falsely identifies things as malicious at times, this is not often though
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Usability
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
The dashboard is intuitive and easy to use. One can create a remediation in a minute and have it deployed to remove a threatening email(s) in minutes, instead of hours, across your Exchange network.
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Palo Alto Networks
Cortex XDR does a very good job of blocking suspicious and threatening items. However, as with all software of this nature, it will sometimes block known-good items. The difficulty is in manually whitelisting these known-good items. The interface to whitelist is confusing even for a seasoned IT professional and has been the single most frustrating experience of using Cortex XDR
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Support Rating
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Barracuda has always been known for its support team. I have experienced that if you ever have any questions, issues, or problems with any of the Barracuda software, their support team is always available to help resolve your issue.
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Palo Alto Networks
The support we receive from Palo Alto is one of the best aspects of Traps. It is very easy to recommend their support. It seems much easier to connect directly with someone with a deep understanding of the product rather than other companies where you basically have to make an airtight case that it is some kind of non-standard issue that can't be solved with existing documentation. Palo Alto digs deep and helps with advanced troubleshooting to get things working.
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Alternatives Considered
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
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Palo Alto Networks
Traps is the slickest interface, easy to use and intuitive rule making, and the rest just didn't quite stack up to the performance level of Traps. McAfee and Kaspersky just hog processor and RAM power. I didn't like the interface and functionality of SentinelOne as much as Traps. Palo Alto really put a lot of time into the development of this software, and had some of the founding fathers of IT Security heading the development process. Can't beat that.
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Return on Investment
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • It provides a uniform way of reporting bad mail.
  • Without scripting knowledge, you can eliminate bad mail from users mailboxes.
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Palo Alto Networks
  • After putting Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR on a user's system, users came back with a positive response that there are no performance issues now.
  • We are able to track and control granular suspicious and malicious activities.
  • Web controls are missing, which if they would have been there would have been very helpful.
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