Barracuda Web Security Gateway

The Barracuda Web Security Gateway is a reliable and easy-to-use web security option for any organization. It is equipped with a series of tools that allow you to view web traffic and analyze it to determine usage and risks. I am a Software Engineer, in my case, The Barracuda Web Security Gateway allows me to control and manage web traffic efficiently. It also helps protect our applications, social media platforms including Instagram and Twitter against threats and detect untrustworthy content in real time. We also easily connect the Barracuda Web Security Gateway with other Barracuda products, including the Barracuda Web Application Firewall and the Barracuda Email Security Gateway, to provide maximum end-to-end protection.

Barracuda Web Security Gateway is employed by our IT team for all network users who have company email. It blocks email messages that may be insecure. The system is very sensitive in what it holds back from delivery, so it is important to check regularly. Anytime you start using a new site, the registration emails will get caught in the filter. Additionally, verification code emails will get caught.

We currently use the Barracuda Web Security Gateway across our entire company and organization. It allows our organization to benefit to use online applications, websites, tools, downloads, etc., without exposure to web-borne malware and viruses. We can control what areas or sites users are allowed to visit, as well as monitor user sites/domains visited, time spent, bandwidth used. For us, bandwidth can be easily consumed by a few users or a division and we always want to control it.

I have implemented Web Filter appliances for clients when they are needing to perform thorough Content Filtering. The Web Filter appliance does an amazing job of producing detailed reports of web usage as well as blocking / allowing websites for different groups of users across an organization.

We use the Barracuda Web Filter server as our primary device to control access to websites used by our employees. All web requests are scanned by the device for content, blacklists from Barracuda, and our own internal blacklist. Our primary firewalls can also do web content filtering, but we were limited to the number of groups that could be used. Barracuda allows us to get down to the individual level for access/denial.