Overview of Email Protection Plans

Barracuda Email Protection is a set of cloud services designed to protect your organization against email threats. 

• Prevent threats – Prevent attacks from getting through by combining email-gateway defenses, API-based inbox defense, and web security.

• Detect and respond – Identify and limit the impact of any threats that reach your users with automated response and security awareness training.

• Secure data and ensure compliance – Ensure compliance and stay productive during downtime. Back up your important Microsoft 365 email and data to recover easily from malware attacks or lost data.

Barracuda Email Protection is available in six plans. There are three Integrated Email Protection Plans:

There are three Email Protection plans that include Email Gateway Defense:

This matrix shows the features of each of the different plans.

* XDR is only included with new purchases of Integrated Email Protection.
** Security Awareness Training is not available for Managed Service Providers (MSPs).

The following Barracuda features are included in the the various Barracuda Email Protection plans. Click the links for documentation for each of the features. For activation information, see Getting Started with Barracuda Email Protection.

In addition to the below protections, new Integrated Email Protection customers will enjoy XDR, a cloud-native cybersecurity platform that monitors, detects, and automatically responds to cyberthreats across your entire IT environment. It replaces multiple scattered security tools with a unified, 24/7 managed service.

Integrated Email Protection (IEP) customers are protected by XDR Email Security. XDR Cloud Security is applied to Microsoft and Google integrations only.

Capabilities:

• Centralized Visibility: Gathers and analyzes telemetry from 40+ data sources, including endpoints, email, networks, and cloud infrastructure.

• Automated & Expert Response: Powered by AI for automated threat mitigation and backed by a 24/7 Security Operations Center (SOC) to address active breaches.

• Threat Intelligence: Utilizes global threat data—drawing from billions of indicators of compromise—to identify sophisticated attacks like ransomware and business email compromise.

Protects:

• Endpoints: Unifies detection on workstations and servers to block malware and advanced intrusions.

• Email: Protects against gateway threats, phishing, and account takeovers.

• Cloud & Identity: Guards against brute-force attacks, unauthorized mailbox access, and suspicious administrative changes.

• Network: Monitors network devices and firewalls to detect data exfiltration and suspicious connections

Automatically detect and prevent impersonation, business email compromise, and other targeted attacks. Barracuda IQ learns your organization's unique communication patterns and leverages these patterns to identify anomalies and prevent social-engineering attacks in real time.

Stop phishing attacks used to harvest credentials for account takeover. Barracuda IQ detects anomalous email behavior, then finds and removes all fraud emails sent from compromised accounts.

When threats are detected, AI-powered explainability provides clear, natural-language analysis of why a message was flagged. You can also view and release Microsoft-quarantined emails directly from the Barracuda console for full visibility in one place.

Learn how to get started with Impersonation Protection.

Remediate threats quickly and efficiently, by automating investigative workflows and enabling direct removal of malicious emails. Take advantage of fully-automated, post-delivery incident response and threat-hunting capabilities.  

Learn how to get started with Incident Response.

Prevent email domain fraud with DMARC reporting and analysis. Barracuda Networks provides granular visibility and analysis of DMARC reports, helps you minimize false positives, protect legitimate email, and prevent spoofing.

Learn how to get started with Domain Fraud Protection.

Identify and block spam, viruses and malware delivered via email messages. Using virus scanning, spam scoring, real-time intent analysis, URL link protection, reputation checks, and other techniques Barracuda scans email messages and files. 

Secure your mail by encrypting it during transport and at rest for storage in the cloud. Create and enforce content policies to prevent sensitive and confidential data from being sent out by email.

Learn how to get started with Email Gateway Defense.

Data protection and cloud backup for Microsoft 365 data, including Exchange Online mailboxes, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Teams. Fast, point-in-time recovery  in the event of accidental or malicious deletion.

Learn how to get started with Cloud-to-Cloud Backup.

Data protection and cloud backup for Entra ID data, including all User, Group, Role, and Administrative Unit object types. Fast, point-in-time recovery  in the event of accidental or malicious deletion.

Learn how to get started with Entra ID Backup.

Data Inspector provides simple and intuitive data security management with no extra infrastructure or installation. See exactly what kind of data has been found, whether it has been shared and where it is located so you can decide what needs to be done. Data Inspector can even identify sensitive information from photos, screen shots and documents scans.

Learn how to get started with Data Inspector.

A cloud-based, indexed archive that allows for granular retention policies, extensive search, role-based auditing/permissions, legal hold, and export. Easy compliance with e-discovery requests and regulatory and policy-retention requirements.

Learn how to get started with Cloud Archiving.

Get access to advanced, automated education technology that includes simulation-based training, continuous testing, powerful reporting for administrators, and active incident response awareness.
Security Awareness Training is not available for Managed Service Providers (MSPs).

Learn how to get started with Security Awareness Training.