It’s always great when our solutions receive industry recognition, but having the Barracuda NextGen Firewall for Azure named “Best Security Product” by the editors of Redmond really hits home as a truly special honor. As the first Microsoft Azure Certified Security Solution Provider, Barracuda is working closely with Microsoft across our entire organization to secure customer applications in Azure. Here’s what you need to know about this particular award: Recognition: 2017 Redmond Channel Partner Editor’s Choice Awards: Best Products for Microsoft Partners Category: Best Security Product Barracuda Solution Honored: Barracuda NextGen Firewall for Microsoft Azure Redmond says: “The public cloud has the potential to both complicate and simplify security. Complications come from the additional attack surface, the many connections to other areas of the enterprise and a general lack of experience with the issues in this relatively young sector. Simplification comes from the ability to make deployment of security solutions easier by spinning them up in the cloud. Addressing both areas is the Barracuda NextGen Firewall for Azure.” Redmond added, “The firewall from Barracuda Networks Inc., which is also the winner of the 2016 Microsoft Azure Certified ISV Solution Partner of the Year award, is designed to secure connectivity between offices, virtual networks, datacenters and multiple clouds.” Get the full story here: https://rcpmag.com/Articles/2017/04/01/Editors-Choice-Awards-2017.aspx?Page=3#security Barracuda NextGen Firewall for Microsoft Azure offers:
- Granular security and policy management
- Full application visibility / full user awareness
- IPS, URL filtering, antivirus and Advanced Threat Protection
- Outstanding traffic visibility tools
- High availability support
Key Use Cases include:
- Securing connectivity between offices, VNets, datacenters, clouds
- Providing flexible VPN remote access from laptops, tablets and smartphones
- Segmenting and monitoring multi-tier network architectures
- Enhancing Azure ExpressRoute security
You can find more information about the Barracuda NextGen Firewall, and other Barracuda security solutions available on Azure here: https://www.barracuda.com/programs/azure
