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Barracuda Networks Integrates Next Generation Firewall and Cloud Web Security
February 2012 by Marc Jacob
Barracuda Networks Inc. announced the integration of the Barracuda NG Firewall and Barracuda Web Security Flex. This integrated offering marks the first solution to combine powerful cloud-based Web filtering technology with next-generation firewall capabilities, providing maximum protection both on- and off-network, while offloading intensive security and reporting functions to the cloud.
This integrated offering allows enterprises to regain control of today’s dynamic networks–protecting a myriad of users with disparate devices, accessing applications and network resources, both on- and off-network. By moving Web filtering to the cloud, organisations are able to:
Simplify capacity planning – Organisations are not so rigidly bound to the compute cycles available on the on-premises firewall as the cloud will automatically scale-up or scale-down depending on the number of users or sessions that need to be filtered without impacting on-premises infrastructure.
Maximise security across all locations – Organisations can right-size their on-premises firewalls while still providing advanced malware scanning, content filtering and centralised reporting to branch office locations.
Extend Web security to off-network machines – The Barracuda Web Security Agent is now available to Barracuda NG Firewall customers, extending Web filtering to remote off-network machines. Barracuda Networks is the first and only next-generation firewall vendor to provide comprehensive Web security and policy enforcement to remote users, regardless of location or device.
Centralise policy management – Barracuda Web Security Flex provides a simple cloud-based policy management interface that is seamlessly integrated with the Barracuda NG Control Center. This provides centralised management of Firewall rules and Web usage policies across multiple locations.
Barracuda Networks has regional data centres located in the EU and traffic is forwarded to the nearest location for filtering.
