Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service excels in threat detection and mitigation, with features including robust bot mitigation in combination with Microsoft CDN, and the effectiveness of its Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) service. It provides an ease of policy management. I rate it a nine out of ten.
I don't know what to say about the product after seeing the solution have a downtime twice in a span of two months. I cannot recommend the product to others. If I consider the solution's downtime, because of which it is not possible for the product to offer its features to support backend processes, I rate the overall product a six out of ten.
Manager Information Technology at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
2021-08-16T14:13:59Z
Aug 16, 2021
I would recommend this solution to others because Barracuda has been in the industry for more than 20 years. There are many use cases for this solution. I rate Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service an eight out of ten.
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A Web Application Firewall (WAF) is a specialized security tool designed to protect web applications by monitoring and filtering HTTP traffic between a web application and the Internet. It plays a crucial role in safeguarding against threats and vulnerabilities.WAFs help defend web applications from several common threats by analyzing requests to prevent malicious data from passing through. These solutions work by effectively blocking common attacks such as SQL injection and cross-site...
Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service excels in threat detection and mitigation, with features including robust bot mitigation in combination with Microsoft CDN, and the effectiveness of its Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) service. It provides an ease of policy management. I rate it a nine out of ten.
I don't know what to say about the product after seeing the solution have a downtime twice in a span of two months. I cannot recommend the product to others. If I consider the solution's downtime, because of which it is not possible for the product to offer its features to support backend processes, I rate the overall product a six out of ten.
I would rate this solution 7 out of 10.
I would recommend this solution to others because Barracuda has been in the industry for more than 20 years. There are many use cases for this solution. I rate Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service an eight out of ten.
I would recommend Barracuda WAF to potential customers. On a scale from one to ten, I would give Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service an eight.