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Barracuda Web Security Gateway
4.6
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About Barracuda Web Security Gateway
Barracuda Web Security Gateway is a cloud-based platform designed to help small and medium-sized organizations secure applications and social media platforms from cyber threats, malware, spyware or virus attacks.
Barracuda Web Security Gateway enables administrators to enforce policies, monitor device configuration changes and track access to websites or applications. With its dashboard, IT professionals can identify potential risky patterns, TCP connection usage and current user activities. SSL inspections can be performed to monitor content across social media, search engines or email. Other features include SSL filtering, bandwidth usage, tagging, alerts, and reporting.
Barracuda Web Security Gateway offers integration with various third-party applications such as LDAP, NTLM, or Kerberos servers. Pricing is subscription-based and support is extended via documentation, live chat, phone and community discussions.
Barracuda Web Security Gateway pricing
Barracuda Web Security Gateway does not have a free version but does offer a free trial.
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Barracuda Web Security Gateway Reviews for UK Users
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- Industry: Environmental Services
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 12/04/2019
Works Too Well
Pros
Barracuda software has unfortunately been on my work computers for the better part of 5-6 years now. The software has done exactly what it's supposed to do. Stop me from visiting websites I'm not supposed to at work. I can't imagine the countless times this software has stopped others in the company from visiting malicious sites.
Cons
The biggest con for me is actually a positive for the software. This con is that the software works too well. I'm just trying to visit my fantasy football website. My IT department should loosen the grip a little. Please?
Cody
- Industry: Financial Services
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
4
Reviewed on 25/05/2021
Web Filter Appliances vs. DNS Filtering
Pros
I have used a Barracuda Webfilter 410 for years. We purchased the appliance to replace the Web Blocker service on our Watchguard firewall. Setup is a breeze. Active Directory synchronization was always a problem with the way the device mapped users to IP addresses. Reporting was adequate but slow to generate. For a shop with limited IT resources these devices provide an easy point and click way to keep your staff on task by blocking some, most or all of the fun on the Internet.
Cons
As mentioned above, the reporting was slow and the ability to accurately map a user to an event required too many work arounds.
Erika
- Industry: Medical Practice
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Review Source
3
Reviewed on 03/12/2019
Good Basic Web Filter
Pros
Barracuda Web Security does its job as simple to use and quality software product.
Cons
There are some ways to get around the web filter, so not all off-limits sites are completely inaccessible.
Roberta
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 19/02/2020
Added Security to Trust
Initially I was overwhelmed with the Barracuda experience. My former filter was easy to manage and it didn't block quite so much and so eagerly. After a few tweaks, the filter works smoothly and there are less issues of educational websites being blocked. I like that the Barracuda will scan any PDF before it allows it to open. Once it has done this it remembers the PDF and won't scan it again. Our experience has been very positive.
Pros
We use the Barracuda filter for our school and the Web Security is an added feature. Since the Barracuda is our CIPA filter for the school, we decided that having the addition of another virus program was to our benefit.
Cons
Honestly, the Barracuda does its stuff behind the scenes and there is never any reason to have an issue with it. I find it a little cumbersome to manage when the need arises but that is few and far between for us.
Larry
- Industry: Automotive
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 25/11/2019
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Once we installed the Web Security Gateway we could rest at ease knowing that employees could only access work related sites and having additional security is never a bad thing.
Pros
Barracuda Web Security Gateway is a very easy to setup/manage security solution. It is extremely accurate and reporting capabilities are robust.
Cons
There are no cons that I am aware of, the solution may be a little pricey for a smaller organization however.
