Barracuda honored for innovation in extended detection and response (XDR) and email protection

It’s been an exciting couple of weeks for award wins at Barracuda! We recently won two product innovation awards from CRN and CyberSecurity Breakthrough:  

• Barracuda Managed XDR was named Best Cybersecurity Offering in the CRN MSP Innovation Awards.  CRN awards are among the most respected and sought-after in the industry and have a long-standing reputation for recognizing excellence. This award recognized Barracuda Managed XDR for its outstanding threat detection and response capabilities.
• Barracuda Email Protection earned the title of Email Security Platform of the Year in the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards.  This award is based on a comprehensive evaluation process that assesses a wide range of criteria, including innovation, impact on businesses, and overall benefit to users.  Barracuda Email Protection was recognized for revolutionizing email security with robust threat protection.

These are the latest in a series of wins for Barracuda offerings, which have already been recognized this year in the CRN Annual Report Card and CRN Security 100, Global InfoSec Awards, Cybersecurity Excellence Awards, Storage Awards, and more. 

Award-winning technology

These recognitions spotlight the strength of Barracuda’s vision and execution as we work to help customers and partners stay ahead of complex threats. They join a long list of industry awards that recognize Barracuda’s product innovations and security solutions across multiple attack vectors.

• Robust protection. CRN recognizes Barracuda Managed XDR for its outstanding threat detection and response capabilities, and Cybersecurity Breakthrough pointed to Barracuda Email Protection’s advanced threat protection capabilities.
• The power of AI and automation. Barracuda Managed XDR helps organizations strengthen cyber resilience by combining the power of 24/7 security operations center (SOC) monitoring with AI to accelerate threat detection and response. Barracuda Email Protection uses AI and machine learning to deliver high threat detection accuracy.
• Peace of mind. With Barracuda Managed XDR, organizations get around-the-cloud coverage from seasoned security operations specialists, which helps reduce strain on internal resources. Barracuda Email Protection’s automated incident response and post-delivery remediation quickly identify all instances of malicious emails, removing threats from inboxes and mitigating potential damage.

Barracuda Managed XDR

Barracuda Managed XDR is a powerful and comprehensive security solution that detects and responds to threats across multiple attack surfaces like email, endpoints, servers, firewalls, and cloud devices. This solution builds layers of security around your data, users, and other important assets with 24/7/365 Security Operations Center (SOC) monitoring, global threat intelligence, and AI-driven automation.

The award-winning Barracuda Managed XDR platform provides internal teams and SOC specialists with a real-time view of your entire digital estate. Continuous monitoring, AI-powered analytics, and automated incident response significantly strengthen cyber resilience while reducing the workload of internal IT and business resources.

 “We are incredibly honored to earn recognition from CRN and CyberSecurity Breakthrough as the gold standard in cybersecurity with our industry-leading email and managed XDR solutions. “Barracuda is committed to helping resource-constrained organizations stay protected against an ever-growing volume of complex threats. We’ll continue innovating and enhancing our platform to meet the evolving needs of our partners and customers.” 

— Hatem Naguib, CEO at Barracuda Networks

Barracuda Email Protection

Barracuda Email Protection provides robust, AI-driven defense against advanced email-based threats such as phishing, ransomware, and business email compromise (BEC). Global threat intelligence continuously trains the system's machine learning, content analysis, and other AI.  This gives Barracuda Email Protection the power to identify sophisticated attacks, recognize emerging threats, and minimize false-positive identifications.

One of the key strengths of this award-winning solution is its automated incident response, which rapidly removes malicious emails from inboxes and performs a series of other mitigation tasks as configured. Administrators can create automated response playbooks and orchestrate incident response across multiple Barracuda solutions.

“Overreliance on email gateways alone can leave organizations vulnerable to advanced personalized threats. Email attacks are becoming more prominent with almost half of organizations experiencing phishing or social engineering attacks in the past few years. Barracuda continues to revolutionize email security by providing customers with multiple layers of protection to safeguard email from cybercriminals. We’re excited to recognize the Barracuda team with our 2024 ‘Email Security Platform of the Year’ award for helping organizations to manage their ever-evolving cyber risk.”

— Steve Johansson, Managing Director, CyberSecurity Breakthrough

How these awards help you

If you are looking for modern, AI-powered cybersecurity solutions, industry awards can be a good place to start your research. While there are many different types of awards, most have a legitimate testing and/or evaluation process. When companies like CRN and CyberSecurity Breakthrough bestow an award, they are validating a choice within the criteria. Awards highlight innovative solutions and can help demonstrate the value of a solution to stakeholders.

“Today’s email attacks are becoming increasingly complex and difficult to detect and mitigate. Cybercriminals are leveraging AI to craft highly convincing messages, and traditional security technologies are simply no longer enough to stay protected.​ Barracuda combines powerful AI with a global threat intelligence database to stop email threats that others can’t. We’re committed to delivering comprehensive threat protection that’s easy to buy, deploy, and use, and this award is validation of our relentless efforts to keep organizations protected against complex threats.”

— Olesia Klevchuk​, Barracuda Networks ​Director of Product Marketing

What’s next?

The Barracuda platform is  powered by AI and global threat intelligence. Our solutions fiercely defend all attack vectors with advanced threat protection and automated incident response that can be orchestrated across solutions. Visit our website to schedule a demo and see how it works.