WSG100 - Barracuda Web Security Gateway Certified Sales Representative

Barracuda Web Security Gateway

WSG100 – Barracuda Web Security Gateway Certified Sales
Representative

Barracuda Web Security Gateway

WSG - Topics
• What is the Barracuda • In-depth Content Filtering
Web Security Gateway?
• SSL Inspection
• Simplicity
• Visibility and Reporting
• Spyware and Virus
Protection • Flexible Deployment
• Social Media Regulation • Simple Licensing
• Application Control • Additional Resources
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What is the Barracuda Web Security Gateway

The Barracuda Web Security Gateway lets organizations benefit from
online applications and tools without exposure to web-borne threats, lost
user productivity, and misused bandwidth. As a cloud-based solution for
web security and social-network regulation, it unites award-winning
spyware, malware, and virus protection with a powerful policy and
reporting engine. The Barracuda Web Security Gateway uses a continually
updated database to identify and block access to sites known to host
spyware and viruses.

WSG – Simplicity
The Barracuda Web Security Gateway
• Provides an intuitive interface for a quick understanding of
threats and activities
• Requires no database administration for reporting
• Can be managed through the Barracuda Cloud Control (BCC)
web-based management portal
• Enforces content and access policies for unlimited remote
users
• Quick and non-intrusive network deployment

WSG – Spyware and Virus Protection

The Barracuda Web Security Gateway
• Protects both on-site and remote users against web-borne
threats
• Identifies and blocks access to sites known to host spyware
and viruses via a continually updated database
• Detects installed spyware trying to access the Internet and
notifies the administrator
• Uses dual-layer virus blocking, decompresses archives, and
blocks file types
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WSG – Social Media Regulation

The Barracuda Web Security Gateway
• Provides granular control over Web 2.0 sites and web
applications, including social media platforms
• Allows administrators to monitor and archive outbound web
application communications
• Scans and inspects SSL encrypted traffic for specific
categories or domains or from specific client network
• Enables granular policy enforcements based on users, groups,
time, bandwidth and more

WSG – Application Control

The Barracuda Web Security Gateway
• Enables complete control over application usage
• Integrates Layer 7 protocol analysis with policy controls
• Uses real-time deep packet inspection technology to
analyze protocols

WSG – In-depth Content Filtering

The Barracuda Web Security Gateway
• Filters for content, malware, social media and rogue app threats
• Uses over 95 content categories to control user access to 99.7% of
commonly visited websites
• Supports image/multimedia safe search for Google, Yahoo and
MSN
• Supports filtering policies to restrict specific websites or URLs
• Allows administrators to inspect web file downloads based on file
types
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WSG – SSL Inspection

The Barracuda Web Security Gateway
Gives control over content found in social-media platforms, web-based
email, and search engines over HTTPS
Provides block/allow policies for Google Consumer Applications
Allows decryption and scanning of SSL-encrypted traffic (capabilities
based on model)
Enforces granular access for secure websites (e.g. Facebook, Google
Apps)
Can generate suspicious activity alerts based on captured social media
content like tweets, Facebook posts, or chats

WSG - Visibility & Reporting

The Barracuda Web Security Gateway
• Provides a real-time overview of infection activity, including
potentially suspicious activities
• Displays a live view of network usage and summary data
• Lets administrators generate more that 60 different reports
on Internet activity
• Generates keyword-based alerts when suspicious content is
posted to social media portals and search engines

WSG – Remote users

The Barracuda Web Security Gateway
• Extend security and policy to remotes users with the Web
security agent
• The Barracuda Web Security Agent (WSA) is a tamper-
proof client that can be installed on remote, off-network
laptops or desktops
• Supports Windows and Mac OS X.
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WSG - Flexible Deployment

The Barracuda Web Security Gateway can be deployed:
• As an on-premise physical appliance
• As a virtual appliance for VMware, MS Hyper-V, Xen, and
Citrix
• As clustered appliances for high availability

WSG - Simple Licensing

The Barracuda Web Security Gateway
• Requires no per-user or per-feature fees
• Offers content filtering and advanced malware
protection as an all-inclusive subscription without any
per-user fees
• Includes the Barracuda Cloud Control management
portal free of charge

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