Barracuda Web Filter Vx

Within leading virtual environments, best Web filtering and antimalware protection is obtained through Barracuda Web Filter Vx™. With multiple editions and affordability, it is suitable for scalable businesses; it helps administrator in creating effective web policies as it offer clear visibility into Web activity. Barracuda Web Filter Vx makes sure that end level objectives are achieved along with high level of network performance.

Technology

Definitions available via real-time updates, Barracuda Central and our 24×7 security operations center are used by Barracuda Web Filter Vx for protecting the network gateways against malware, spyware, viruses, adware and other forms of malicious applications. It helps in blocking “drive-by” installs, downloads, attachments & installation from known malicious or spyware websites.

Higher level of comprehensive and flexible Web filtration is achieved along with effective malware protection through Barracuda Web Filter Vx. Administrators can apply access options line blocking access, giving warning, monitoring or allowing access to six super categories covering 95 predefined sub-level-categories of content and media like pornography, games, social media. Option for creating custom categories is also available to the administrators.
– Based on content category, different URL patterns and domain names, blocks user
– Based on file type (MIME type), file downloading is blocked
– Image “Safe Search” is already integrated with popular image searching engines
– External add-on/agents are utilized for enforcing Web policies on off-network computers

Barracuda Web Filter Vx offers administrators to create custom policies for individual groups & users across customizable time ranges flexibility and it is integrated with LDAP directory servers including Active Directory for authentication and group membership to apply custom policies.

Features

Monitoring and Reporting

With feature to schedule customized reports for automatic delivery, Preformatted reports are easily produced once after administrators view logs, these reports offer complete visibility within the enterprise about domain activity, category activity, user activity, infected clients and other aspects of usage & attacks.

Remote Security and Filtering

For securing off-network over Windows and Mac, Barracuda Web Filter Vx provides downloadable agents software; which works transparently in remote client computers and ensure consistent antimalware protection and policy enforcement to all users in internal and external networks.

Easy to Use

Support of most of the popular hypervisors including VMware ESX, VMware ESXi, VMware Server, Citrix XenServer and Microsoft Hyper-v is given to Barracuda Web Filter Vx virtual appliances. Everything from hardware configuration, operating system and application modules are encapsulated for easy deployment in the virtual appliance and intuitive web-based UI makes is more easily for the administrator to work after the installment and configurations are made. Gradual system updates are made free through Barracuda Central.

Barracuda Web Security Agent can be installed or settings can be made on client Web browsers (forward proxy), in order to route web traffic to virtual appliance.

Affordable

Same flexibility & affordability as the Barracuda Web Filter hardware appliance with additional convenience & advantages of VM is achieved through Barracuda Web Filter Vc virtual appliance without per-user license fees.

Editions

Up to four CPU cores are supported in all four editions of Barracuda Web Filter Vx. Administrators can pool multiple virtual appliances for load balancing, in order to increase capacity as well higher availability. Performance & capacity of one of the Barracuda web Filter Vx’s edition (BYF 610vx) can also be expended by licensing it to operate on additional CPU cores on the virtual host pool.

Models

V310

V410

V610