Barracuda Web Application Controllers protect your Web site from attackers leveraging protocol or application vulnerabilities to instigate unauthorized access, data theft, denial of service or defacement of your Web site. Unlike traditional network firewalls or intrusion detection systems that simply pass HTTP, HTTPS or FTP traffic for Web applications, Barracuda Web Application Controllers proxy this traffic and insulate your Web servers from direct access by hackers.

The Barracuda Web Application Firewall protects Web applications and Web services from malicious attacks. The Barracuda Application Gateway also increases the performance and scalability of these applications. Barracuda Web Application Controllers offer every capability needed to deliver, secure, accelerate and manage enterprise Web applications from a single appliance through an intuitive, real-time user interface.

• Single point of protection for inbound and outbound traffic for all Web applications
• Protects Web sites and Web applications against application layer attacks
• Delivers best practices security right out of the box
• Monitors traffic and provides reports about attackers and attack attempts