Challenges:

• Protect against sophisticated attacks
• Ensure uninterrupted online access
• Support a multi-application environment
• Prevent loss of personal/sensitive data
• Scale easily
• Easy to install and manage

The Barracuda CloudGen WAF provides an extra layer of fine-grained security, which allows the engineers to closely monitor traffic profiles and automatically mitigate unusual behavior and attacks. Hyundai was impressed with how easy it was to install and manage, and how well it performed. The experts at Barracuda Central work 24x7 to monitor and block the latest Internet threats. Data from more than 150,000 collection points is analyzed to create and deliver protection against previously unknown threats within minutes of their discovery via Energize Updates. As new types of threats emerge, the Barracuda Web Application Firewall will acquire new capabilities to block them. Hyundai found that Barracuda Networks was the right security and application delivery partner to protect it from sophisticated attacks, optimize its network, and keep IT resource needs low with its ease of installation and use. Barracuda Networks provided a complete, affordable, scalable solution that filled the application delivery and network security needs of this company. Results:

• Network is always up and running
• Confidential data is safe
• Easy to manage and monitor web applications across the network

Challenges

• Unreliability of environment
• Uneven levels of demand throughout the year
• Highly sensitive data
• Current solution meant waiting for weeks to receive additional web encoding servers
• New solution required the additional security needed to keep customer data safe and maintain levels of customer experience

Platinum Bank was already familiar with Barracuda, having utilized the Barracuda Email Security Gateway for cyber threat prevention. The company came to the conclusion that it needed an additional firewall solution to protect their data center. The goal was to log more information on the subnets’ inbound and outbound traffic. Platinum Bank determined that the Barracuda WAF was the right choice. Since deploying the Barracuda WAF, Platinum Bank has warded off many cyberattacks. In addition, Platinum Bank is now able to fix their own issues within five minutes, whereas their outsourced provider solution took weeks, saving a significant amount of time and money. Results

• Increased uptime
• Better security and more comprehensive compliance
• Automation of new threat blockers
• Little additional training required
• Engineer time saved, so can be spent on improving customer experience
• Cost effective solution