Reader favorites from 2022

The end of the year is always a great time to show off some of our favorite content. These are the most popular Barracuda blog posts of 2022. We hope you enjoy them!

Back to the Basics

• MITRE ATT@CK®: What it is and how it improves security
• What is SASE (Secure Access Service Edge)?
• What is Zero Trust?
• What is identity-as-a-service and why should you care?

Research

• Threat Spotlight: The untold stories of ransomware
• Majority of attacks against SMB protocol attempt to exploit EternalBlue
• Threat Spotlight: In-depth look at a cryptominer attack exploiting the Confluence bug
• Barracuda XDR Insight: Threat severity rises during vacation months

Special Reports

• Report: The state of industrial security in 2022
• Spear-phishing report: Social engineering and growing complexity of attacks
• e-book: Threat Spotlight: Protecting your business in 2022
• e-book: The new ABCs of application security

Data Protection

• Do you need to backup Microsoft 365?
• Below the Surface: Why you need a cloud-native backup strategy
• Understand and combat insider threats
• Lessons on tax scams from the IRS Dirty Dozen over the years

Ransomware Protection

• Anti-ransomware must-haves: Immutable backups and air-gap security
• What is it about healthcare?
• Cyber insurance won’t save you from ransomware
• The three email threat types that are hardest for users to detect

Barracuda

• Barracuda Secure Connector receives 2022 IoT Evolution Industrial IoT Product of the Year Award
• Barracuda named a Visionary in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Network Firewalls
• Barracuda recognized as a finalist for 2022 CRN Tech Innovator Awards
• Barracuda: Continuing the journey
• Barracuda honored by Comparably for Best Global Company Culture

Old favorites

Some topics just do not get old.  These posts give practical advice on email security, and they are reader favorites every year.

• The business risks of personal email accounts
• Ham v Spam: What’s the difference

Looking forward to 2023

We’ll keep writing about the latest cyberthreats, best practices, and the trends and opportunities in digital transformation. If you’d like to get notified when we have new content, please subscribe to our blog and choose either a daily or weekly update.

Best wishes for a happy new year, from all of us at Barracuda.