Complete Spam Protection
Email protection
Because spammers are always trying to bypass anti-spam techniques by changing the methods they use to send spam, it’s best for corporations to protect themselves with a spam blocking solution that uses more than one spam blocking technique. Each one of these techniques has advantages, disadvantages, as well as limitations.
To minimize the amount of spam that enters an organization, a spam blocking solution that includes a combination of the most effective techniques should be implemented.
Email is essential for communications.
Email has undoubtedly become a key tool for communications among companies worldwide. However, with frequent virus attacks and the alarming rate that spam has been filling up inboxes, email is quickly becoming a less efficient means of communicating. In fact, the Radicati Group, a market research firm in Palo Alto, California, predicts that by 2007, there will be 50 billion spam messages each day, costing companies almost $200 billion per year. This is simply astounding and unacceptable. It’s time to take control of spam.
This device is an integrated hardware and software solution that has the power of an enterprise class solution, and the ease-of-use and affordability that businesses of all sizes demand.
The Barracuda Spam Firewall delivers powerful, easy to use, and affordable enterprise-class spam and virus protection.
Powerful, Enterprise-Class Solution
The Barracuda Spam Firewall is a powerful, enterprise-class solution, supporting 30,000 active email users and handling 20 million messages each day. Its architecture leverages open source virus and spam solutions, in conjunction with
ten defense layers:
- Denial of Service and Security Protection
- IP Block List
- Rate Control
- Virus Check with Archive Decompression
- Barracuda Virus Check
- User-Specified Rules
- Spam Fingerprint Check
- Intent Analysis
- Bayesian Analysis
- Rule-Based Scoring
Easy to Use and Maintain
With no software to install and no modifications required to existing email systems, installation is extremely easy, typically taking only five minutes. Once installed, the system administrator uses an intuitive web interface for monitoring and maintenance. The Barracuda Spam Firewall requires minimal maintenance because its innovative design incorporates reliability into every aspect of the product. Energize updates are automatically retrieved by the Barracuda Spam Firewall, enabling maximum spam and virus protection while eliminating administrative overhead. These updates are provided by Barracuda Central, an advanced technology operations center where engineers continuously monitor the Internet for trends in spam and virus attacks.
Affordable
The Barracuda Spam Firewall is affordable for businesses of all sizes—small or large. It has no per user license fees, making it the most affordable enterprise-class spam and virus protection solution available. Learn more about the spam firewall.