Barracuda NG Firewall Delivers Strong Performance in Independent NSS Labs Test

Protect your network with the first in its class firewall to successfully complete the independent 2014 NGFW NSS Labs Test, achieving 100% in all of the following areas: 

• Provides 100% policy enforcement
• Application control
• User awareness
• Resistance to IPS evasion tests

Put the Barracuda NG Firewall’s powerful performance to work for you. Key report findings include:

100% of “traditional” firewall tests: Passed ALL comprehensive security requirements of the conducted test. It also achieved 89.7% of “untuned” out-of-the-box protection against live exploits, and did not fire IPS false positives on non-malicious content.

100% of firewall stability and reliability: Remained operational and stable throughout the entire test procedure, even under heavy traffic load.

100% of application control: Correctly identified applications and sub-functions , including Skype, VoIP, popular Social Media, and Instant Messaging applications, etc., taking the appropriate action based upon the application usage policy.

100% of User and Group Awareness: Successfully identified users and groups, and took the appropriate action based upon the defined firewall policies. In addition, NSS Labs stated that “integrating the Barracuda NG Firewall F800 with the Active Directory implementation was simple and intuitive.

100% of Resistance to IPS Evasion Techniques: Successfully identified and prevented attacks using evasion and obfuscation tactics.

For more information, download NSS Labs Report.