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Barracuda Web Application Firewall pros and cons

4.1 out of 5

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PROS

Barracuda Web Application Firewall offers a range of security features including machine learning, URL encryption, and DDoS protection.
Users praise its simplicity of configuration and straightforward setup process.
Barracuda Web Application Firewall excels in issue discovery capabilities and effectively automates security updates.
It has robust support services receiving high ratings from customers.
Advanced features such as bot protection and parameter protection significantly enhance web security posture.

CONS

Barracuda Web Application Firewall's documentation is inadequate compared to competitors like Juniper or Cisco, requiring expansion for better usability.
There are issues with handling false positives, affecting client transactions and leading to blocked transaction complaints.
Scalability is a concern, needing enhancement to support more expansive and demanding environments.
Integration with external tools like SIEM and vulnerability scanners is limited, necessitating manual report imports.
Log storage capacity needs improvement to retain logs for extended periods, impacting incident reporting and auditing.
 

Barracuda Web Application Firewall Pros review quotes

it_user1194 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Infrastructure at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Jul 17, 2012
The Barracuda Networks Web Application Firewall can protect your vital web applications from various exploits by hackers.
it_user848259 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network & Security Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Apr 1, 2018
This product gives us visibility into what is going on in two servers, including connections and sessions, real-time alerts, very good reporting, and KPIs. It makes managing security of a critical server very easy, with a friendly GUI.
NN
IT Security Administrator at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jul 30, 2018
We run it with no downtime, because it has good support.
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Director85d9 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Systems Infrastructure at a tech vendor
Aug 5, 2018
It allows us to scale out to multiple phase servers.
AG
Consultant & Instructor -Cyber Security,GovernanceRIskCompliance (CISO as a Services) at Independent
Dec 12, 2018
The updating and signature features are my primary use case for the solution. These features are beneficial to my organization.
HA
Assistant to the General Manager at a tech services company with self employed
Feb 10, 2019
The volumetric DDoS defense is very good because I had a problem with a lot of volumetric DDoS attacks on my servers. After using Barracuda, those attacks have stopped and all the traffic is going smoothly to my servers and the system is working really well.
it_user1030257 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Operations Manager at samergl
Jun 26, 2019
I find the solution very stable.
SolomonAwosina - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at GCET
Aug 30, 2019
The most valuable feature of this solution is the simplicity of configuration.
Carlo Bertini - PeerSpot reviewer
It consultant and Project Manager/ CTO technology officer at Cabar at Cabar SRL
Sep 5, 2019
The most valuable feature is the automatic content filtering.
IB
Security Engineer at a tech services company
Sep 19, 2019
It's very simple and predictable, because Barracuda provides a vision of the current state of your application. It gives you an understanding of what is happening on your site and any attempts against you at your source. This is the main value that Web Application Firewall provides our company. These aspects are also the main reason for this documentation process.
 

Barracuda Web Application Firewall Cons review quotes

it_user1194 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Infrastructure at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Jul 17, 2012
Barracuda Networks Web Application Firewall is not tightly equipped to handle application layer security threats.
it_user848259 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network & Security Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Apr 1, 2018
This product could easily progress to be among the industry leaders. I think they need to improve enterprise level automation. It integrates with a small number of vulnerability scanners, so report results should be imported manually; same for SIEM integration.
NN
IT Security Administrator at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jul 30, 2018
It is not stable nor mature.
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Director85d9 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Systems Infrastructure at a tech vendor
Aug 5, 2018
If you know nothing about networks, then you can't set it up.
AG
Consultant & Instructor -Cyber Security,GovernanceRIskCompliance (CISO as a Services) at Independent
Dec 12, 2018
I would suggest that someone implementing this product is knowledgeable in the IT field, and with the network needs. It is complex.
HA
Assistant to the General Manager at a tech services company with self employed
Feb 10, 2019
I would like to see better controlling of the traffic.
it_user1030257 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Operations Manager at samergl
Jun 26, 2019
The solution could use more reports.
SolomonAwosina - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at GCET
Aug 30, 2019
I would like to see an improved capacity to store logs so that they will be available for a longer time.
Carlo Bertini - PeerSpot reviewer
It consultant and Project Manager/ CTO technology officer at Cabar at Cabar SRL
Sep 5, 2019
The usability of the interface could be improved.
IB
Security Engineer at a tech services company
Sep 19, 2019
I think the main area for improvement in this product is learning it, as can be seen when comparing it to the F5 web application firewall. F5 has a very powerful learning phase when you start using your web application firewall against your site. Barracuda has something like this, but not with the same functionality from my point of view.