Barracuda Awards and Certifications

CRN has again recognized Barracuda with a 5-Star rating its annual Partner Program Guide. The 5-Star rating is awarded to an exclusive group of companies that offer solution providers the best of the best, going above and beyond in their partner programs.

Barracuda has been recognized as a Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice in the 2021 Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’: Email Security report. This recognition is based on end-user feedback verified by Gartner.

CRN has named Barracuda to its annual Security 100 list for the fifth year in a row. This list recognizes leading IT channel security vendors. Barracuda was recognized in the Web, Email and Application Security category.

Both Chad Lindsey, who is Sales Vice President, Americas Channels & Field Operations at Barracuda, and Neal Bradbury, who is Vice President of MSP Strategic Partnerships at Barracuda MSP, made 2021 CRN Channel Chiefs list.

Barracuda was included in CRN’s list of the 25 Hottest Edge Security Companies. CRN pointed to the November launch of Barracuda CloudGen WAN and the November acquisition of Fyde as deciding factors.

Barracuda Essentials named overall winner in Email Security category of the 2020 CRN Products of the Year. The solution also won the following subcategories: customer demand, revenue and profit, and technology.

Barracuda Message Bus was named a finalist in the MSP Technology category of the CRN 2020 Tech Innovator Awards.

Barracuda CloudGen WAN has been recognized as a finalist in the Networking – SD-WAN category of the 2020 CRN 2020 Tech Innovator Awards.

Barracuda won Platinum in the category for web application firewalls in the Security-Insider Reader’s Choice IT Awards 2020.

In the CYBERSECasia Awards 2020, Barracuda was recognized for Best Web & Email Security. The CybersecAsia Awards recognizes Asia’s leaders in cybersecurity for the critical roles played and the huge advances and innovations made over the last two years.

Chad Lindsey, Sales VP, Americas Field Operations for Barracuda, has been recognized in CRN’s 100 People You Don’t Know But Should 2020. This annual list pays tribute to the below-the-radar best and brightest who power the channel every day.

Barracuda was recently included in CRN’s 2020 Cloud Partner Programs Guide. This annual list identifies industry-leading cloud technology vendors with innovative partner programs that empower and accelerate the growth of solution providers’ cloud initiatives.

Barracuda has been named a winner in the  the Product Innovation subcategory of Data Protection Software category in the 2020 CRN Annual Report Card (ARC) Awards. One of the most prestigious honors in the IT industry, the award acclaims the company’s success and efforts in earning high solution-provider satisfaction with the products and services it provides to their channel partners.

In the ChannelPro Network 2020  Readers' Choice Awards, Barracuda was recognized as the Gold Winner for Best Email Security Vendor. Winners of the ChannelPro Readers’ Choice Awards were selected by readers of ChannelPro magazine and visitors to the magazine's website.

In the ChannelPro Network 2020  Readers' Choice Awards, Barracuda was recognized as the Bronze Winner for Best Endpoint Security Vendor. Winners of the ChannelPro Readers’ Choice Awards were selected by readers of ChannelPro magazine and visitors to the magazine's website.

In the 2020 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards, Barracuda was recognized as a finalist in the Commercial Marketplace category. Barracuda was recognized for providing outstanding solutions and services in the Azure Commercial Marketplace.

Barracuda Email Security Gateway was included in the Trust Radius short list of the 2020 Top Rated Email Security Gateway Software.

In its 2020 MSP Innovation Awards, Channel Partner Insight recognized Barracuda with the award for Best Security Offering.

Barracuda Total Email Protection, which bundles four industry-leading solutions in a single package, was recognized for providing comprehensive protection against business email compromise, account takeover, and CEO fraud.

Barracuda Sentinel was described by judges as an “Excellent use of ML”, with one commenting, “What Barracuda do in this space is exceptionally important and offering a critical layer of email protection.”

Barracuda Secure Connector appliances earned the title of Highly Commended in the Best IoT/IIoT Security Solution category in the SC Awards Europe 2020. Judges described it as a “great fully integrated end-to-end solution for secure connectivity,” with “good awareness of customers' emerging needs at scale.

CRN has named Karlene Alameda, Field and Channel Marketing Manager at Barracuda, to its 2020 Women of the Channel list. Each leader on this annual list is recognized for her contributions to channel advocacy, channel growth, and visionary leadership.

This annual guide identifies the strongest and most successful partner programs in the channel today. The 5-Star rating recognizes an elite subset of companies that offer solution providers the best partnering elements in their channel programs.

CRN recognized Barracuda in the Web, Email and Application Security category of its 2020 Security 100 list. The companies on the list have demonstrated innovation and creativity in product development as well as a strong commitment to delivering those offerings through a vibrant channel of solution providers.

CRN recognized Ezra Hookano, Vice President of Channels at Barracuda, on its 2020 Channel Chiefs list. Honorees are selected based on their professional achievements, standing in the industry, dedication to the channel partner community, and strategies for driving future growth and innovation.

‘Software Innovator of the Year’ is awarded to the supplier who delivered the most innovative software in 2019, as product and/or as a service. A key criterium is that the software allows users to truly strengthen their business. Barracuda won the award for Total Email Protection.

As an Advanced Technology Partner in the AWS Partner Network, Barracuda been recognized for Security Competency, Marketplace Seller, Public Sector Partner, AWS GovCloud (US), and Authority to Operate.

Barracuda Cloud Security Guardian won Cloud Security Innovation of the Year in the 2019 SEC Awards.

CRN's 2019 Tech Innovator Awards honors the vendors drawing the roadmap for the future of IT and empowering solution providers with truly differentiated offerings. Barracuda Cloud Security Guardian was named a finalist in the Cloud Security category. 

Barracuda was again recognized for having a five-star award-winning program in CRN's annual guide to cloud partner programs. CRN’s Cloud Partner Program Guide highlights companies that have evolved their partnering strategies to meet new cloud challenges.

In the ChannelPro Network 2019  Readers' Choice Awards, Barracuda was recognized as the Gold Winner for Best Email Security. Winners of the ChannelPro Readers’ Choice Awards were selected by readers of ChannelPro magazine and visitors to the magazine's website.

In the ChannelPro Network 2019  Readers' Choice Awards, Barracuda was recognized as the Bronze Winner for Best Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery. Winners of the ChannelPro Readers’ Choice Awards were selected by readers of ChannelPro magazine and visitors to the magazine's website.

In the ChannelPro Network 2019  Readers' Choice Awards, Barracuda was recognized as the Bronze Winner for Best Backup and Disaster Recovery. Winners of the ChannelPro Readers’ Choice Awards were selected by readers of ChannelPro magazine and visitors to the magazine's website.

Barracuda was named Ransomware Protection Company of the Year in the 2019 Storage Awards.

CRN has named Lindsey Westbrook, Directory of Field and Channel Marketing at Barracuda, to The Power 100, an elite subset of its Women of the Channel list. The Power 100 honors women whose leadership and vision have had significant influence to move the IT channel forward.

CRN has named Karlene Simon, Field and Channel Marketing Manager at Barracuda, to its 2019 Women of the Channel list. Each leader on this annual list is recognized for her contributions to channel advocacy, channel growth and visionary leadership.

Barracuda is named a “Leader” in The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Email Security, Q2 2019. 

This annual guide identifies the strongest and most successful partner programs in the channel today. The 5-Star rating recognizes an elite subset of companies that offer solution providers the best partnering elements in their channel programs.

CRN recognized Barracuda in the Web, Email and Application Security category of its 2019 Security 100 list. The companies on the list have demonstrated innovation and creativity in product development as well as a strong commitment to delivering those offerings through a vibrant channel of solution providers.

CRN recognized Ezra Hookano, Vice President of Channels at Barracuda, on its 2019 Channel Chiefs list. Honorees are selected based on their professional achievements, standing in the industry, dedication to the channel partner community, and strategies for driving future growth and innovation.

Barracuda Networks was recognized for Backup Appliances and Backup Vx as the product of the year by IT Professional media publishers. The awards recognize products that, in the opinion of the editors, are the best in terms of specification, competitive advantage and value for the customer.

Barracuda’s cloud-delivered web application firewall (Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service) won the  Security – Web & Email: Technology subcategory in CRN's 2018 Products of the Year. 

Products and services named on this list represent best-in-breed technological innovation, financial opportunity for partners, and customer demand. For the third year in a row, the winners were determined through a combination of editorial selection and a survey fielded to solution providers, who are currently selling both the technology and specific vendor product, to accurately capture real-world satisfaction among partners and their customers.

Barracuda was again recognized in CRN's annual guide to cloud partner programs. CRN’s Cloud Partner Program Guide highlights companies that have evolved their partnering strategies to meet new cloud challenges.

Barracuda was recognized for Best Email Security in the 2018 Channelnomics Security Awards. Winners were selected by a panel of judges. 

Jessica Meek, Editor of Channelnomics, said “As security becomes the beginning, middle and end of everybody’s business, large or small, innovative leaders in the security space are more important now than ever before. The winners of the Channelnomics Security Awards are the leading lights in the security industry, the people who think security 24/7 so the rest of don’t have to. It is vital, therefore, that we recognize and honor their drive, passion and commitment to the industry, as without them we would all be significantly less secure”

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall has achieved a Recommended Rating by NSS Labs in their 2018 Next Generation Firewall Group Test.