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Barracuda NG Firewall
SOLUTION ADVANTAGE 4
SOLUTION ADVANTAGE 4
Central Management of the Entire Security Infrastructure
Security-conscious companies and managed security providers are confronted with a rapidly increasing number of
gateways in their networks. These gateways have to be rolled out, configured, and continuously monitored. It is irrelevant
how convenient the installation and ongoing maintenance are for a single gateway. Managing hundreds or thousands of
systems is definitely a cost-intensive process that requires an enormous effort by qualified staff.
At the same time a corporate security policy must be maintained constantly at all gateways. As a result, the individual
system configurations’ are increasingly interwoven. Even just a straight forward site-to-site VPN tunnel presumes that at
least two gateways are coordinated with each other. In larger environments with hundreds of such installations, this may
lead to massive configuration and operational overhead.
OUR SOLUTION FOR YOUR SECURITY MANAGEMENT NEEDS
The Barracuda NG Control Center combines the advantages of a device- and policy-based management architecture.
Administrators are kept informed at all times on the status of remote gateways and can consistently implement centrally
defined security rules at every location. Furthermore, the integrated revision control system increases auditing ease for the
infrastructure and cuts overheads.
Barracuda NG Firewall F10
Barracuda NG Admin
Barracuda NG Control Center
Central Management
Internet/
WAN
Barracuda NG Firewall F100
Branch Oce
Barracuda NG Firewall F300
Branch Oce
Small Oce
Barracuda NG SSL VPN
Travel
Barracuda NG
Network Access Clients
Home
Barracuda NG Firewall F800
Headquarters
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Management path
Data path
Typical deployment of Barracuda NG Firewall with centralized management
FEATURE BENEFIT
Central management Increased security and reduced costs.
Revision control system
Ideal revision capabilities and simple restoration of
proven configurations.
GTI (Graphical Tunnel Interface)
for VPN configurations
Simple drag & drop configuration and
visualization of VPN tunnels.
Scalability
The Barracuda NG Control Center grows with
organizational needs and requirements.
Fast disaster recovery
The Barracuda NG Control Center can be restored
in just a few minutes with only two configuration
files.
BUSINESS ALIGNMENT
Finance and accounting processes
are supported by central control of
infrastructure resource use. Central and
efficient management accelerates the
implementation of integration processes.
Change traceability protects from faulty
operations and any possible negative
impacts.
COST EFFICIENCY
Management is the most critical expense
factor of any security infrastructure.
Customers report that time and effort
needed for deploying, upgrading, extending
and operating Barracuda NG Firewalls
has decreased by a factor of three to six
compared with other products.
• Lifecycle Costs - Central lifecycle
management drastically decreases time
spent for deploying patches. Even devices
with differing software versions can be
centrally managed at the same time.
• Deployment Costs - Rollouts of
hundreds of devices within a few weeks
instead of months.
• Operating Costs -The unique and
versatile features of Barracuda NG Control
Centers and Barracuda NG Firewalls
dramatically lower operating costs.