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Barracuda Web Security Gateway

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What is Barracuda Web Security Gateway?

Barracuda Web Security Gateways now available in the 200 through 1000 series provide web content filtering as well as access and advanced threat protection, and are available as physical appliances, virtual appliances, or as a SaaS.

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The Barracuda Web Security Gateway has been widely used by organizations to efficiently control and manage web traffic. According to …
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Barracuda Web Filter Review

8 out of 10
December 27, 2017
We are resellers of the Barracuda Web Filter. Our clients use the Barracuda Web Filter for several reasons. Content filtering, web usage …
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What is Barracuda Web Security Gateway?

Barracuda Web Security Gateways now available in the 200 through 1000 series provide web content filtering as well as access and advanced threat protection, and are available as physical appliances, virtual appliances, or as a SaaS.

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  • No setup fee

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  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Details

What is Barracuda Web Security Gateway?

The Barracuda Web Security Gateway is designed to let organizations benefit from online applications and tools without exposure to web-borne malware and viruses, lost user productivity, and misused bandwidth. As a comprehensive solution for web security and management, it unites award-winning spyware, malware, and virus protection with a policy and reporting engine. Advanced features ensure that organizations adapt to emerging requirements like social-network regulation, remote filtering, and visibility into SSL-encrypted traffic.

Barracuda Web Security Gateway Features

  • Supported: Hardened and Secure OS
  • Supported: Content Filtering
  • Supported: Advanced Policy Creation
  • Supported: Network Threat Protection
  • Supported: Spyware Removal
  • Supported: Summary Reports
  • Supported: Role-Based Administration
  • Supported: Advanced Threat Protection

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Barracuda Web Security Gateway Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Barracuda Web Security Gateways now available in the 200 through 1000 series provide web content filtering as well as access and advanced threat protection, and are available as physical appliances, virtual appliances, or as a SaaS.

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Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 9.4.

The most common users of Barracuda Web Security Gateway are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

The Barracuda Web Security Gateway has been widely used by organizations to efficiently control and manage web traffic. According to users, it offers effective protection against threats on applications and social media platforms, thanks to its real-time detection of untrustworthy content. The seamless integration with other Barracuda products enables maximum end-to-end protection, ensuring a comprehensive defense against web-borne malware and viruses. With the Barracuda Web Security Gateway, organizations can easily regulate access to websites and monitor user activities, such as the sites visited, time spent, and bandwidth utilized. The detailed reports generated by the Web Filter appliance allow for precise web usage tracking and enable the blocking or allowing of websites for different user groups within an organization. Additionally, IT teams rely on the Barracuda Web Security Gateway to block insecure email messages and guarantee secure email delivery. By effectively restricting access to malicious websites and logging web activity if required, the product provides an extra layer of security and compliance measures. It also grants flexibility in controlling access through options to allow or block specific sites. In various industries, such as retail, the Barracuda Web Filter is employed to limit internet access to certain websites while offering an intuitive interface for monitoring web browsing activities. Overall, this product offers essential features like content filtering, security measures, reporting capabilities, bandwidth usage control, and compliance enforcement that address the diverse needs of organizations across different sectors.

Seamless Integration with Other Barracuda Products: Users highly appreciate the seamless integration of this product with other Barracuda products, such as the Barracuda Web Application Firewall and the Barracuda Email Security Gateway. This integration allows for a comprehensive network security solution, which has been positively received by many reviewers.

Effective Bandwidth Management: The product effectively manages bandwidth, resulting in significant improvements in network performance. Reviewers have consistently mentioned how this feature has helped them optimize their network resources and achieve better overall performance.

User-Friendly Interface: The product boasts a user-friendly interface that receives praise from users across multiple reviews. Its intuitive design makes it easy to navigate through various settings and features, ensuring that users can quickly understand and utilize its functionality without any steep learning curve.

Confusing Rule Setup: Some users have found the process of setting up specific rules for a website or user to be confusing, requiring additional time and effort to navigate through the configuration settings.

Cost Prohibitive for Smaller Companies: According to some users, the Barracuda Web Security Gateway may be cost prohibitive for smaller companies due to its pricing structure, potentially making it less accessible for businesses with limited budgets.

Installation and Configuration Assistance Required: Several reviewers have expressed that proper installation and configuration of the software may require the assistance of an engineer, which could add complexity and extra costs to the implementation process.

Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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Sharon Cienci | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Integrates with other Barracuda products, including the Barracuda Web Application Firewall and the Barracuda Email Security Gateway.
  • Helps manage bandwidth to improve network performance.
  • Easy to use.
  • Allows you to perform SSL inspections to view content on social networks.
  • Help prevent data loss.
  • Protect our privacy.
  • My experience with the Barracuda Web Security Gateway is exceptional, it is easy to use, affordable, and offers a variety of security features, including the ability to check SSL content.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Control of domains/sites allowed for access. We can be sure our users are not using their online activity to accidentally, or intentionally, to go to malicious, threatening, intolerance, hate, or pornography.
  • Reporting is easy and informative. Reports allow you to summarize for specific time periods, and then drill down to see time spent, or bandwidth used.
  • Blocking and/or allowing instantly for a specific user or groups is easily done and takes effect immediately.
  • I don't think I have anything to mention here. The Barracuda Web Security Gateway does everything we need it to do.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • It can integrate with active directory to place restrictions based on a specific user or group if required - or alternatively to allow a user/group to access more on the web if needed.
  • The application blocking features have been especially useful in our enterprise, and there is a large number of applications & web applications available to block/allow as needed.
  • More configuration in the reporting options would be helpful; there are a number of reports available to run, however more options for customisation would be useful.
  • The ability to add a list of domains/URL patterns to whitelist or block would be beneficial; while you can do a bulk edit, you can't just copy and paste the URLs in, you have to modify the line of text so that it matches the format, and adds it to the list. The ability to just import a list of addresses would be a huge time saver.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Provides an easy to use weblog that is searchable by a number of different criteria.
  • Blocks malicious sites and helps prevent malicious downloads.
  • Gives you multiple ways to set up policies. You can use content filtering, block certain applications, certain domains, and web applications.
  • Easy to export policy and import to another filter at a different location.
  • There are 2 different policies; authenticated and unauthenticated. Sometimes the filter does not pick up the user that is logged in. When this happens, that user could potentially access sites that would normally be blocked.
  • Sometimes blocking one thing could block something you need. We had an instance where we use remote software. We block BitTorrent but for some reason, the filter was seeing this remote software as BitTorrent traffic. I got support on the line and we were eventually able to figure out a solution.
  • We put in certain applications. One of them is supposed to be blocked but a lot of the time it doesn't get blocked.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Reseller
  • Content filtering
  • Security
  • Reporting
  • Ease of setup
  • 4 year refresh cycle
  • It may be a tough sell, as a lot of firewalls have some type of content filter built in (but the Barracuda Web Filter is exponentially better)
  • It may be cost prohibitive for a smaller company
  • It will likely need an engineer to properly install/configure it
Derek Schroeder | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
  • Extremely detailed Content Filtering allows for customized access based on Username or Security Group within Active Directory or simple IP Address filtering.
  • Reporting features to review website usage, duration, and frequency. Executives love to review these reports to determine employee productivity.
  • Useful categories of websites to blanket stop access to social media, shopping, gaming, etc.
  • As a web filtering appliance, it truly does not have any flaws. There are multiple appliances based on throughout and storage space. As long as the appliance is adequately sized it works very well.
  • Pricing could be a consideration. There are many products that perform thorough Content Filtering, but this is the "Cadillac" of Content Filtering for companies that want thorough reporting.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • The ability to whitelist and blacklist websites easily
  • The ability to see which end user prompted an alert and which web page they attempted to access clearly.
  • Compatibility with many different web browsers
  • They can work on the interface a bit more. Other products are a bit easier to work with.
  • Can use more categories to choose from to really narrow down specific sites
  • Other products have built in functionality to limit hardware usage for example, lock down CD Rom drives but not sure if Barracuda is capable of that
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Easy reporting.
  • Allows customization down to the individual level.
  • Setting up specific rules for a website or user can be confusing.
  • Would like to be able to create a rule from the usage log. Example: Find a site that should not be allowed, right click on it, and have the option to create a rule from the information already found.
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