Barracuda Networks
Barracuda Networks provides cybersecurity solutions for email, networks, applications, and data.
- Categories
- Email security, Firewalls, Backup and cyber recovery, Managed detection and response, WAF and bot protection
- Based in
- Campbell, United States
- Founded
- 2003
- Ownership
- Owned by KKR since 2022
About Barracuda Networks
Barracuda Networks provides cybersecurity solutions for businesses of all sizes. It sells products that protect email, data, applications, and networks, along with a managed XDR service. The company also offers AI data security and identity resilience solutions. Its customers include small businesses, enterprises, and managed service providers (MSPs). The BarracudaONE platform unifies these solutions in a central dashboard. It uses AI to detect and respond to threats and includes the Bailey AI assistant for guidance. Barracuda states that its platform covers all major threat vectors and automates incident response. It also offers 24x7 support and easy deployment, with most products set up in minutes. Barracuda serves industries such as manufacturing, retail, education, healthcare, financial services, and state and local government. It provides solutions for cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform, as well as on-premises and SaaS deployments.
Products
- BarracudaONEAn AI-powered cybersecurity platform that unifies email, data, application, and network protection in a central dashboard.
- Email ProtectionSecures email and users against phishing and other email threats.
- Data ProtectionProtects against data loss and helps with cloud-to-cloud backup.
- Managed XDRA managed service for detecting and responding to threats.
- Network ProtectionSecures users, devices, and sites from network threats.
- Application ProtectionProtects websites and applications from attacks.
Ownership and deals
Companies owned by KKR lists all 3 in the directory, with the deals on record.
- Barracuda Networks acquired Evo SecurityReport on Barracuda Networks buying Evo Security (opens in a new tab)
- KKR acquired Barracuda NetworksReport on KKR buying Barracuda Networks (opens in a new tab)
- Barracuda Networks acquired SKOUT CybersecurityReport on Barracuda Networks buying SKOUT Cybersecurity (opens in a new tab)
Acquisitions come from SecurityWeek's monthly M&A round-ups from 2021 onwards, from Cybersecurity Ventures' quarterly M&A reports for 2020, and a few from Wikipedia lists. Funding rounds from 2022 onwards come from Return on Security's weekly Security, Funded newsletter. These are dated to the month. A few deals added from the news are dated to the day. Smaller deals may be missing. Amounts are in US dollars.