Barracuda Cloud Gen WAF for AWS - Advanced Protection Subscription
Enhance your AWS application security with the Barracuda Cloud Gen WAF Advanced Protection subscription, offering comprehensive threat defense for one year.
- Advanced Threat Protection: Coverage against sophisticated web attacks, including DDoS, SQL injection, and cross-site scripting.
- Cloud Native Integration: Seamless deployment within your Amazon Web Services environment for immediate security.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps meet regulatory requirements by providing robust security controls for web applications.
- Continuous Monitoring: Entitlement to ongoing security updates and threat intelligence to stay ahead of emerging risks.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Barracuda Cloud Generation Web Application Firewall (CG WAF) for AWS provides advanced security for your web applications hosted in the Amazon Web Services cloud. This subscription offers comprehensive protection against a wide range of cyber threats, ensuring the integrity and availability of your online services.
This solution is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who need to secure their critical web applications running on AWS. It integrates directly into your AWS infrastructure, providing a vital layer of defense without requiring extensive on-premises hardware or complex management.
- Advanced Threat Defense: Protects against zero-day attacks, botnets, and advanced persistent threats.
- API Security: Secures your APIs against common vulnerabilities and abuse.
- DDoS Mitigation: Defends against distributed denial-of-service attacks to maintain application availability.
- Bot Mitigation: Identifies and blocks malicious bots while allowing legitimate traffic.
- Centralized Management: Simplifies security policy management and monitoring through a unified interface.
This Barracuda subscription is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking enterprise-grade web application security for their AWS deployments.
What This Solves
Enable teams to protect against web exploits
Enable teams to defend against common and advanced web application attacks, including SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and zero-day threats. Streamline the process of securing sensitive customer data and maintaining service uptime.
cloud-native applications, microservices architectures, API-driven platforms
Streamline API security and access control
Streamline the protection of your APIs by implementing granular access controls and threat detection specifically for API endpoints. Automate the enforcement of security policies to prevent unauthorized access and data exfiltration.
SaaS platforms, mobile application backends, IoT data gateways
Automate DDoS and bot mitigation
Automate the defense against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and malicious bots that can disrupt services and degrade user experience. Ensure continuous availability of critical business applications and online services.
e-commerce platforms, online portals, high-traffic websites
Key Features
Advanced Threat Protection Engine
Protects against known and unknown web application vulnerabilities, reducing the risk of breaches.
Cloud-Native AWS Integration
Deploys easily within your existing AWS environment, minimizing setup time and complexity.
Bot Mitigation
Identifies and blocks malicious bots, ensuring legitimate user traffic and preventing resource abuse.
API Security
Secures API endpoints against common attacks, protecting data exchange and service integrity.
Centralized Management Console
Provides a single pane of glass for policy configuration, monitoring, and reporting, simplifying security operations.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security to protect sensitive customer data and comply with regulations like PCI DSS and GLBA, making advanced WAF protection essential for their online banking and trading platforms.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must safeguard Protected Health Information (PHI) under HIPAA, necessitating strong security controls for patient portals and electronic health record systems.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality businesses handle significant volumes of customer payment data and personal information, requiring PCI DSS compliance and protection against e-commerce fraud and DDoS attacks.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service providers manage highly confidential client data, demanding stringent security measures to prevent breaches and maintain client trust and regulatory adherence.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Web Application Firewall (WAF)?
A Web Application Firewall (WAF) is a security solution that monitors, filters, and blocks HTTP traffic to and from a web application. It protects web applications from attacks such as cross-site scripting (XSS), SQL injection, and other common vulnerabilities.
How does this subscription work with AWS?
This subscription is designed to be deployed directly within your Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment, typically as an EC2 instance or integrated with AWS services like Elastic Load Balancing. It acts as a protective layer for your applications hosted on AWS.
What kind of threats does the Barracuda CG WAF protect against?
The Barracuda CG WAF protects against a wide range of threats including SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), file inclusion, denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, bot traffic, and zero-day exploits.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.