Email remains the number one threat vector for cyberattacks. Yet most organisations still rely on a patchwork of disconnected tools and manual processes to secure it. This fragmented approach creates significant challenges.
A lack of a centralised view across email security layers means security teams must jump between logs and systems to investigate threats. This slows response times and gives attackers more time to do damage.
Even setting up multiple email protection tools, each with separate interfaces and deployment steps, introduces complexity and increases the likelihood of misconfigurations and incomplete coverage.
Why KBS Recommends Barracuda Premium Email Protection for Your Business
In today’s digital landscape, email remains one of the most critical—and vulnerable—communication channels for businesses. At KBS Group, we understand that protecting this channel is not just about filtering spam; it’s about safeguarding your entire operational integrity. That’s why we strongly advocate for Barracuda Premium Email Protection as a cornerstone of our clients’ cybersecurity strategy.
Strategic Shift Toward Premium Protection
KBS is transitioning all clients from legacy email protection solutions to Barracuda Premium Protection. This move is driven by the upcoming end-of-life for older email protection products in August 2025 and the need to offer more robust, scalable, and cost-effective security
What Makes Barracuda Premium Protection Stand Out?
Barracuda Premium Protection offers:
- Advanced Threat Detection: Real-time scanning for phishing, malware, and zero-day threats.
- Data Loss Prevention: Ensures sensitive information doesn’t leave your organization unintentionally.
- Email Continuity: Keeps your email running even during server outages.
- Cloud-to-Cloud Backup: Seamless integration with Microsoft 365 and Entra ID for full data recovery
Client-Centric Implementation
We’re not just deploying software—we’re delivering a managed service. From onboarding to monthly service reporting, our IT Managed Services framework includes:
- Endpoint patching and management
- SOC services and attack simulation
- Business continuity and disaster recovery
- Email protection via Barracuda Suite
This holistic approach ensures that Barracuda Premium Protection is not just a product—it’s part of a broader security ecosystem designed to protect your business.
Features
Barracuda Email Protection is a comprehensive cloud-based solution designed to secure Microsoft 365 environments and other email platforms against a wide range of threats. It combines gateway defense, inbox protection, AI-powered threat detection, and automated incident response.
- Spam, Malware, and Advanced Threat Protection
Identify and block spam, viruses, and malware delivered via email messages. Using virus scanning, spam scoring, real-time intent analysis, URL link protection, reputation checks, and other techniques, Barracuda scans email messages and files
- Impersonation Protection
Automatically detect and prevent impersonation, business email compromise, and other targeted attacks. Barracuda’s AI engine learns your organization’s unique communication patterns and leverages these patterns to identify anomalies and prevent social-engineering attacks in real-time.
- Account Takeover Protection
Stop phishing attacks used to harvest credentials for account takeover. Our AI detects anomalous email behavior and alerts IT, then finds and removes all fraud emails sent from compromised accounts.
- Email Encryption and Data-loss Prevention
Secure your mail by encrypting it during transport and at rest for storage in the cloud. Create and enforce content policies to prevent sensitive and confidential data from being sent out by email.
- Domain Fraud Protection
Prevent email domain fraud with DMARC reporting and analysis. Barracuda provides granular visibility and analysis of DMARC reports and helps you minimize false positives, protect legitimate email, and prevent spoofing.
- Incident Response
Remediate threats quickly and efficiently by automating investigative workflows and enabling direct removal of malicious emails. Take advantage of fully automated, post-delivery incident response and threat-hunting capabilities.
- Security Awareness Training
Get access to advanced, automated education technology that includes simulation-based training, continuous testing, powerful reporting for administrators, and active incident response awareness.
- Cloud-to-Cloud Backup
Data protection and cloud backup for Microsoft 365 data, including Exchange Online mailboxes, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Teams. Fast, point-in-time recovery in the event of accidental or malicious deletion.
- Cloud Archiving
A cloud-based, indexed archive that allows for granular retention policies, extensive search, role-based auditing/permissions, legal hold, and export. Easy compliance with e-discovery requests and regulatory and policy-retention requirements.
- Data Inspector
Barracuda Data Inspector automatically scans your OneDrive for Business and SharePoint data for sensitive information and malicious files. Take control of your environment, ensure ongoing compliance, and cut the risk of hefty regulatory fines and loss of reputation.
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