Barracuuuuuuuuuuda keeps you protected
August 30, 2019
Barracuuuuuuuuuuda keeps you protected
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Barracuda Web Security and Filtering
We use a Barracuda Web Filter at multiple locations here in the US. It is used to help prevent users from accessing malicious sites. It is also used to lock down different user groups from accessing certain websites and applications. This is done through the filter and Active Directory users and groups.
- 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.
- It has helped block many spyware webpages.
- It has helped block malicious downloads.
- It has helped keep users from spending time on websites not related to work.
This is a different type of filtering than the Symantec. The Barracuda web filter does just that, filters web traffic. The Symantec filters the emails that come into the company so I do not really have something else to compare it to. Overall, I would say that this is a good solution and has done the job well.