Barracuda Awards and Certifications

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.

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. 

In the ChannelPro Network 2018  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.

This year, CRN honors more than 600 women whose channel expertise and vision are deserving of recognition.

The 2018 Partner Program Guide offers the information solution providers need to evaluate IT vendors they work with or are considering working with.

CRN Channel Chiefs list is a complete look at the executives shaping today's enterprise tech channel.

CRN's 2017 Tech Innovator Awards honors the vendors drawing the roadmap for the future of IT and providing cutting-edge solution providers with the tools to navigate it.

The Readers’ Choice Product Excellence Awards recognize both established and new solution providers that have made the most impact on Asian end-user organizations in 2017.

CRN's annual Cloud Partner Program Guide highlighs companies with partner programs that are best positioned to boost a solution provider's business.

SC Media Reboot Leadership awards were designed and launched to showcase and acknowledge industry luminaries who are positively impacting and advancing the cybersecurity arena.