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Barracuda Application Protection Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 8.7 out of 10
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8.7 out of 10

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Barracuda WAF has proven to be a valuable tool for protecting web applications from various attacks, including the OWASP top 3.2 rules, according to users. With the convenience of WAF-as-a-Service, users have been able to safeguard their public-facing web applications without the need for on-premise installations, resulting in improved performance and revenue. The product's ability to relieve users from the tedious task of debugging basic code has increased productivity and brought benefits to their companies. Furthermore, Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service offers Advanced Bot Protection, utilizing machine learning to identify and block malicious bots while allowing legitimate traffic to continue with minimal disruption. It has successfully defended multiple web servers against DDoS attacks. Users appreciate the flexibility of customizable rules that can be adaptable to their specific needs. Overall, Barracuda WAF provides application security, serves as a web gateway, and offers comprehensive DDOS protection. This solution has been widely deployed by various users, finding success as an out-of-the-box solution with minimal maintenance required. Additionally, it has been utilized as a secure gateway in healthcare settings to protect the integrity of mobile apps and secure data transmission. The product is also effective in safeguarding web applications hosted on AWS, ensuring that sensitive information remains accessible to team members without compromising security. Finally, the support for load balancing provided by the product allows for efficient distribution of web application loads.

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Rating: 10 out of 10
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I used to work on this technology for lot of customers and its been owned from numerous health care institutions to financial sectors and it provides a lot of compliance features related to the below security modules

OWASP Top 10 threats

DDoS attacks

Bot attacks

Zero-day vulnerabilities

Credential stuffing

API abuse

Pros

  • Client Fingerprinting
  • Risk Scoring
  • Bot idenitification
  • Mitigation of false positives
  • Easy to deploy in seconds
  • Very user friendly

Cons

  • More bot categories should be integrated
  • URLs profiles should be user friendly the one feature which is bit complicated
  • client side integrity should include more mitigation techniques
  • there should a feature where you can achieve out of the box requirements means the feature which is not available can be included by writing a code

Likelihood to Recommend

-Healthcare domain (where patient's medical reports matter the most)

-Financial domain (where transactional security matters the most )

-Education domain (where confidential papers matters the most )

-Enterprise level domain (where the huge traffic needs to be processed)

-Gaming domain (where the traffic can be routed through server resources)

VU
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Barracuda Application Protection
2 years of experience

Barracuda WAF as a service perfect for a basic environment

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Security protection to several web applications hosted in AWS.

We were looking to deploy a WAF out of the box with not to much maintenance and that will work out if the box.

One of the key Elements also was the WAF support for load balancing as we were looking to distribute the load of the web applications.

Pros

  • Automated policies
  • Easy to use
  • Identification of known attacks
  • Straight forward configuration

Cons

  • User interface
  • Slow response

Likelihood to Recommend

Simple Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service were out of the box standard policies can be applied. this Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service is perfect for a basic environment and protection in particular if you have already other barracuda Infrastruture elements in your network. Easy to deploy configure and get it running with in a few hours. Definitely not the type of WAF for a complex web application.

VU
Verified User
C-Level Executive in Information Technology (201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Barracuda Application Protection
2 years of experience

Exceptional piece of Security in a Virtual and Remote World

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It's being used for our mobile apps we used and for the remote users we have. We used this as the secure gateway to protect the apps' integrity as well as the data going from the hospital campus to the users remotely as well as the ones in-house.

Pros

  • Provides full-spectrum security DOD-level protection; which is a big help for us for security of our data.
  • Ease of setup on her firewall for security for VPN users.
  • Configuration is easy to do and use for our security team with its features and pictures of instruction.

Cons

  • More innovative solutions for sniffing more on the network.
  • Have the advanced ability to close off ports when they could be getting tested from hackers for intrusion.

Likelihood to Recommend

Good in providing threat protection especially our emails that come in from the outside. Capturing potential spam and malware from emails from outside our network has been good. Keeps us alert for anything coming in from the outside that could compromise our network.

JM
James Moody Jr
Information Technology PC Specialist/Analyst in Information Technology at UF Health Shands Medical Center (5001-10,000 employees)
Vetted Review
Barracuda Application Protection
6 years of experience
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