What cyber security tools do I need to protect my business?

In today’s digital world, cyber security should be a top priority for businesses of all sizes. The increasing complexity and danger of cyber-attacks highlights how important it is for organisations to protect themselves from potential threats. It is now an absolute necessity for business owners and IT teams to implement comprehensive cyber security solutions and policies in order to avoid falling victim to cybercrime.

Barracuda are global leaders when it comes to business cyber security. Their solutions are effective in protecting organisations from advanced threats, data breaches and unscheduled downtime. In this blog, we will be taking an in-depth look at the following Barracuda cyber security solutions:

Barracuda Complete Protection

Comprehensive protection against all 13 email threat types

91% of cyber-attacks start with an email, making it the most common vector for cybercrime. Email attacks are becoming more complex and dangerous, with many of today’s threats harnessing social engineering tactics to target users and bypass email security gateways. To protect your business and data, it’s essential to stay ahead of cybercriminals and deploy a comprehensive email protection solution.

Barracuda Complete Protection provides protection against all 13 email threat types, from spam and ransomware to socially engineered threats such as spear phishing, business email compromise, and account takeover. Barracuda Complete Protection prevents threats from breaching your systems by securing three touch points; your email-gateway, your inbox and the web.

Barracuda Email Protection provides the highest detection efficacy when compared to alternative cyber security solutions thanks to the combination of a global threat intelligence database and artificial intelligence (AI). It also protects you from lateral attacks by layering email security with Zero Trust Access for Microsoft 365, enabling you to continuously verify the identity and trust of your workforce and devices.

Barracuda Impersonation Protection

Real-time protection against impersonation attacks

Impersonation attacks are one of the most prevalent and dangerous techniques used by attackers. These attacks use social engineering and impersonation tactics to trick users into providing credentials, paying invoices, or sharing sensitive documents. To protect your organisation from these threats, it’s essential to implement a comprehensive impersonation protection solution.

Barracuda Impersonation Protection stops impersonation email attacks in real-time. It provides direct integration with Microsoft 365 to prevent personalised fraud attacks that traditional email gateways cannot detect in real-time. The solution outsmarts targeted attacks with AI-based threat detection, securing your inboxes with an intelligent defence that learns your environment and detects social engineering attacks and messages sent with malicious intent.

Additionally, Barracuda Impersonation Protection protects every employee in your organisation, unlike other providers that limit the number of users who are protected from impersonation. It detects threats that email gateways can’t, by recognising the malicious intent of these messages and working silently in the background to block attacks from reaching their intended targets.

Barracuda Security Awareness Training

Empowering employees to recognise and respond to potential security risks

While prevention technologies can block new email threats from reaching users, it’s also essential to educate employees and train them to recognise and respond to potential security risks. Barracuda Security Awareness Training is designed to empower users to identify the 13 email threat types and mitigate the risk of phishing and impersonation attacks.

The solution simulates email threats by providing access to hundreds of real-world threat templates taken directly from Barracuda’s extensive threat database. This allows users to be exposed to the latest email threat types and learn how to identify and respond to potential security risks. The solution also provides detailed metrics on user behaviour, allowing organisations to assess their security risks and build an effective training program.

Barracuda Security Awareness Training enables businesses to create a completely customised program or quickly launch a prebuilt awareness campaign in less than a minute. Additionally, the solution meets compliance with specialist designed training, making it easy for organisations to meet regulations and stay secure. What’s more, Barracuda Security Awareness Training also provides monthly ClickThinking™ content bundles including infographics, posters, and additional videos to supplement training campaigns and cultivate a security culture.

In summary

In today’s digital landscape, cyber threats are a reality that businesses of all sizes face. Email is one of the most common vectors for these attacks, making email protection a crucial aspect of any security strategy. Barracuda offers a comprehensive portfolio of cyber security solutions with its Complete Protection, Impersonation Protection, and Security Awareness Training products.

Barracuda Complete Protection provides the most comprehensive protection against all 13 email threat types, including spam, ransomware and socially engineered attacks such as spear phishing, business email compromise, and account takeover. Impersonation Protection stops impersonation email attacks in real-time, protecting every employee in your organisation and detecting threats that email gateways cannot. Security Awareness Training empowers users to defeat the 13 email threat types and mitigate the risk of phishing and impersonation attacks.

By implementing these comprehensive cyber security solutions, businesses can protect their email communication, detect and respond to malicious attacks and unauthorised activity, and ensure compliance. With Barracuda, organisations can protect their business, data and employees, and stay ahead of cybercriminals.