Protection Against All Threats
The Barracuda Web Filter family of products is designed to protect your network against spyware, inappropriate web content and virus attacks. The Barracuda Web Filter combines preventative, reactive, and proactive measures to form a complete anti-spyware and content filter solution with the following features.
- Content Filtering:
The Barracuda Web Filter not only blocks spyware websites, but also blocks offensive and inappropriate content using enterprise-class policy enforcement. - Spyware and Virus Downloads:
The Barracuda Web Filter blocks spyware installed without the user's knowledge or consent, also known as drive-by installs or downloads, as well as any installations from known spyware web sites. The Barracuda Web Filter further protects your network by blocking all virus downloads. - Detection and Blocking of Spyware Activity:
The Barracuda Web Filter secures the organisation by detecting spyware access to the Internet, blocking it, and then notifying the administrator.
Integrated Spyware Protection
The Barracuda Web Filter integrates spyware web site blocking, spyware download blocking and spyware detection into one easy to use appliance. By utilizing both rule based and signature based blocking, the Barracuda Web Filter not only blocks spyware sources, but also detects and blocks spyware access to the internet.
Integrated Web Content Filtering
The Barracuda Web Filter incorporates content filtering for those organizations that need to block inappropriate Web sites. An extensive Web site category list is updated hourly via Energize Updates. The Barracuda Web Filter also includes flexible enforcement options for easy administrative management.
Integrated Virus Protection
The Barracuda Web Filter provides complete virus protection for all downloads in addition to blocking spyware. By utilizing dual layer virus blocking, decompression of archives and file type blocking, the anti-virus engine in the Barracuda Web Filter further protects your network from crippling threats.
Barracuda Energize Updates
A team of security engineers at Barracuda Central monitor the Internet for trends in spyware and virus attacks. As they detect trends, updates are created for the Barracuda Web Filter. The Barracuda Web Filter is then automatically updated hourly with new spyware rules, spyware algorithms, and virus definitions. The Barracuda Web Filter will continue to deliver comprehensive protection even as the methods of spyware change.
Logs and reports
System administrators can view logs or generate reports. The Barracuda Web Filter can provide information on infected clients, downloaded spyware and viruses, top blocked spyware websites, and many more items.
No per user charges
Barracuda Web Filter pricing is simple. Each of the Barracuda Web Filter's is designed to handle an approximate number of users. With the Barracuda Web Filter our robust features are included in one fixed cost and there are no per user charges.
