Barracuda Security Awareness Training

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Barracuda Security Awareness Training
Score 7.0 out of 10
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Barracuda's Security Awareness Training (formerly Barracuda Phishline) provides a suite of applications supporting phishing social engineering simulations with data analytics for evaluation of results as well as targeted training and education to boost readiness. PhishLine was acquired by Barracuda in January 2018, and is now part of Barracuda's security portfolio.N/A
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Barracuda Security Awareness Training
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeOptional
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Barracuda Security Awareness Training
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Offered more choices and a deeper library. Reporting was also easier to present to customers.
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
Better prepared campaigns in the library and more detailed platform with lots of features.
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
Ease of use and tracking better.
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
Have not researched or used other similar tools.
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
365 defender has a tool for user security training, it is much more rudimentary than Barracudas, but the interface is much nicer. Both offer email attack testing, reporting, and training, but barracuda offers additional attack types, like file and SMS testing. Both seem to …
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
Integration with existing Barracuda products and a large library, lots of features.
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
No-nonsense platform with very competitive pricing as it is bundled with an anti-spam mail solution (email gateway).
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
Barracuda Security Awareness Training from Barracuda Networks was already included in our TEP environment.
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
I didn't evaluate other products yet or don't need to, this has been recommended to me.
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
Diversity of campaigns, library depth, and integration with the security stack.
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
It was recommended by a number of people and we were impressed by Altinet
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
We used internal cyber security training, yearly one hour mandatory, Barracuda enhances this program.
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
Barracuda is much more price-conscious and offers a total package of security products along with their training. I believe SANS training is much deeper and offers a more diverse training program, as well as ramifications for those gamified users or those not passing initial …
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
Both products are very similar in providing a complete package for security awareness training, education, assessment, and ongoing evaluation. KnowBe4 has more functionality for the gamification aspect and a slightly richer template base for phishing simulations. Barracuda …
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
Barracuda is our leading backup solution for our customers so the product fits well
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
Our decision for phishing awareness training was based on multiple factors, we wanted an all-in-one suite for email protection and awareness training for the company. Barracuda security sweet covered everything we needed but the company's needs. We didn't want a piecemeal from …
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
Barracuda Security Awareness Training is part of a much larger platform of security tools. It is nice to have Security Awareness Training baked into a sweet of products that are already being used to secure our environment. While KnowBe4 is great, the suite they offer is either …
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
The simulation can't be scheduled. They are by default scheduled 2 weeks after the end of the module. No customization in the training. The training path is not flexible. Users are forced to go through different topics one after another. It's not possible to choose for example …
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
Barracuda offers a large, feature-rich platform that deeply integrates with their other email security products. It is easy to set up and it offers a large library of English campaigns
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
Overall the products are very similar however as Barracuda offers a one-stop shop for email security and awareness training this is better preferred from an IT Admin Perspective
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
More detailed library overall, better reports and better integration with security stack
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
Very far behind other platforms such as KnowBe4, i alsmot get the impression that Barracuda is a 10 year + older product that is no longer able to compete with the newer products. A complete overhaul is required to make it user friendly and competitive again. Phishline looks …
Chose Barracuda Security Awareness Training
Easier multi-tenant platform, better integration with the existing Barracuda email security stack.
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Features
Barracuda Security Awareness Training
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Barracuda Security Awareness Training
7.1
33 Ratings
16% below category average
Single sign-on capability7.030 Ratings
Role-based user permissions7.331 Ratings
Security Awareness Training
Comparison of Security Awareness Training features of Product A and Product B
Barracuda Security Awareness Training
6.9
39 Ratings
19% below category average
Training Content Library7.139 Ratings
Multilingual Training Content6.722 Ratings
Training Gamification6.834 Ratings
Industry-Specific Security Training6.434 Ratings
Individualized Security Training Plans6.832 Ratings
Phishing Simulations7.438 Ratings
Security Reporting7.339 Ratings
Integration with Security Tech Stack7.028 Ratings
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User Ratings
Barracuda Security Awareness Training
Likelihood to Recommend
7.3
(41 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.3
(1 ratings)
Usability
6.8
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
6.1
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
Barracuda Security Awareness Training
Likelihood to Recommend
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Barracuda Security Awareness Training is well suited for companies that are looking to automate and schedule phishing simulation, education, and training on a regular basis. It would be less appropriate for companies that already have a security awareness training platform already implemented.
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Pros
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • The software helps us create emails that look exactly or almost exactly the same as the phishing emails we found in our email gateway.
  • We already use the ESS gateway from Barracuda Networks, and in the TEP bundle, this software is included, so it's not that much work to also configure this.
  • In the software, we can see reports on how our users performed. We can make a selection of users that are more prone to click on "false" links, and this way, we can help them individually.
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Cons
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • Providing animated templates for custom campaigns would be helpful, potentially a "builder site" where templates could be put together with custom questions/answers.
  • Reporting through functional could use some work. We typically create phishing tests to help our users learn how to spot concerns, and the reports do not provide who actually "reported" the phish as opposed to who did not. This has been a year-long request to Barracuda, and the same issue is present in our campaigns as well.
  • We would love to see an annual release of new training topics and campaign ideas.
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Likelihood to Renew
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Although cost competitive, we still feel like we are not digging deep enough to train our staff. We have little to no way other than digging through reports that have not proven to be adequately documented (hey you, Barracuda campaign reports) to identify and require users to take more training who have not passed their requirements.
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Usability
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Once you are started it is great. The only issue is to get started. The administrator interface [I feel] is not intuitive enough. It lacks some kind of quick start wizard. The templates are good and fit several regions. So we can do our Belgian campaign and French campaign, each with a different template.
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Support Rating
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Working with Barracuda PhishLine support is always a good experience. They are very professional, they are attentive and they are courteous. When I first purchased Barracuda PhishLine a few year ago it was new to them as well. At the time, the support staff could been better trained. That said, they worked hard to help and resolve my issues.
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Alternatives Considered
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
365 defender has a tool for user security training, it is much more rudimentary than Barracudas, but the interface is much nicer. Both offer email attack testing, reporting, and training, but barracuda offers additional attack types, like file and SMS testing. Both seem to come free with other software and can be brought as add-ons.
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Return on Investment
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • We have seen a huge improvement in user non-engagement with phishing emails.
  • We now have a well-educated group of employees that are very adept at knowing malware when they see it.
  • A great tool for IT staff that saves time with training resources.
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