CAMPBELL, Calif., June 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Barracuda
Networks, Inc. (NYSE: CUDA), a leading provider of
cloud-enabled security and data protection solutions, today
announced that MHM Services, Inc., a leading provider of healthcare
services to government agencies, has selected Barracuda Essentials
to protect its employees from advanced email threats. Faced with a
growing number of threats, including ransomware and targeted
phishing attacks, as well as strict HIPAA requirements, MHM
selected Barracuda due to the flexibility, functionality, and cost
savings to help securely and efficiently scale for hyper
growth.
MHM currently employs more than 8,000 clinical, managerial and
administrative professionals, and serves more than 330,000
individuals across 300 facilities nationwide. The MHM business
model requires that its IT business operations remain flexible and
able to scale up and down depending on the contracts in place at
any given time. At the same time, the company was getting hit with
phishing attacks that its previous email security vendor could not
stop. As a long-time Barracuda Backup customer, the company was
familiar with the central management capabilities via Barracuda
Cloud Control that made it simple to protect its data and assets
across multiple locations, devices, and users.
Before working with Barracuda, MHM was facing an increasingly
diverse technology environment which was expensive and difficult to
manage across multiple vendors and platforms, resulting in
significant burden on its IT organization. By standardizing on
Barracuda Essentials, MHM was able to add sophisticated Advanced
Threat Protection to block ransomware and phishing attacks that
could have put its customer privacy at risk. They also added
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service as a primary storage for data
retention, in order to help meet HIPAA requirements. The MHM IT
team was also able to streamline and offer a more user-friendly
interface for eDiscovery and compliance searches, saving the IT and
legal teams an estimated 8 -10 hours per week while simultaneously
reducing legal spend. Barracuda Essentials gives MHM the ability to
cost effectively scale up and down depending on the needs of the
business – all managed from a single interface with Barracuda Cloud
Control.
Advanced Threat Protection with Barracuda
Essentials
Barracuda Essentials offers multi-level security
including Advanced Threat Protection (APT), which protects against
ransomware and phishing attacks, and Link Protection, which
protects against typosquatting and malformed URLs. With ransomware
and other targeted attacks on the rise, this capability is proving
to be a requirement for organizations of all sizes. Barracuda's ATP
combines behavioral, heuristic, and sandboxing technologies to
protect against zero hour and targeted attacks. Barracuda ATP
automatically scans email attachments in real-time and suspicious
attachments are detonated in a sandbox environment to observe
behavior. In addition to blocking the attachment, the results are
integrated into the Barracuda Real Time System. Barracuda
Essentials also includes cloud archiving, which assists
organizations with compliance and eDiscovery requests. This
capability includes a cloud-based archive, granular retention
policies, search, auditing/permissions, as well as mobile
applications for end users to search and retrieve email at any time
from any device.
Central Management with Barracuda Cloud Control
MHM's
small IT staff is able to cost effectively purchase and manage
multiple Barracuda solutions and technologies from a single
web-based interface via Barracuda Cloud Control. Barracuda Cloud
Control leverages Barracuda's global cloud infrastructure to give
administrators a holistic view of all their Barracuda appliances
and services, as well as the ability to centrally manage policies
and configuration with minimal IT overhead. This central management
capability allows them the freedom to focus on more strategic
assignments such as evaluating and implementing new
technologies.
Quotes:
"When I joined MHM about a year ago, the
business was going through hyper growth. Our IT group was drowning
in technology, and we didn't have resources to support it, so we
knew we needed to consolidate technology and vendors to make it
easier to manage," said Shant
Tossounian, IT infrastructure & operations
manager at MHM Services, Inc. "At the same time, we were
getting hit with a high amount of phishing attacks, and in order to
get the right protections in place with our previous vendor, it was
going to cost more, both in money and time. We were using Barracuda
Backup and the Barracuda Cloud Control management interface, so it
was a no brainer for us in making the decision to move to Barracuda
Essentials. Barracuda makes IT simple, while also giving us the
flexibility we need for our business to scale."
"As a healthcare services provider, we must remain compliant
with HIPAA regulations in multiple aspects of the business,
especially as we scale up and down per the demands of our business
model," explained Christie Nader,
vice president of information technology at MHM Services, Inc.
"During our evaluation of Barracuda Essentials, we found that
it offered the security, compliance related
features, and archiving we were looking for, delivered as a
service in a cost effective manner. The cost and ease of use of
Barracuda Essentials is important to me, as it will allow my team
to remain tight and nimble as the company grows."
"The rise in ransomware and phishing puts MHM's critical
systems, patient data, and reputation at risk," said
Michael Hughes, senior vice
president of worldwide sales at Barracuda. "Barracuda
Essentials adds an important layer of protection for MHM's team and
customers with features like Advanced Threat Protection to identify
and block threats like ransomware and phishing. We designed
Barracuda Essentials for customers like MHM who need that advanced
protection, as well as an easy and flexible way to manage it across
a growing number of users and devices, without impacting day-to-day
operations."
For more information about Barracuda Essentials, please visit
cuda.co/ees.
Resources:
Barracuda Blog – Barracuda Essentials for
Email Security selected to protect nationwide healthcare services
provider: cuda.co/18936
Barracuda Ransomware Blog: cuda.co/ransomwareblog
Video – Barracuda Advanced Threat Protection: cuda.co/ytbatp
For more information about MHM Services, Inc., visit
www.mhm-services.com/
About Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Barracuda (NYSE:
CUDA) simplifies IT with cloud-enabled solutions that empower
customers to protect their networks, applications, and data,
regardless of where they reside. These powerful, easy-to-use and
affordable solutions are trusted by more than 150,000 organizations
worldwide and are delivered in appliance, virtual appliance, cloud
and hybrid deployment configurations. Barracuda's customer-centric
business model focuses on delivering high-value, subscription-based
IT solutions that provide end-to-end network and data protection.
For additional information, please visit barracuda.com.
Barracuda Networks, Barracuda, and the Barracuda
Networks logo are registered trademarks or trademarks
of Barracuda Networks, Inc. in the U.S. and other
countries.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release
contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding
the potential benefits, performance, and functionality of Barracuda
Essentials, Advanced Threat Protection, and other Barracuda
products. You should not place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that are, in some cases,
beyond the Company's control and that could cause the Company's
results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements. Factors that could materially
affect the Company's business and financial results include, but
are not limited to customer response to the Company's products, as
well as those factors set forth in the Company's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company expressly
disclaims any intent or obligation to update the forward-looking
information to reflect events that occur or circumstances that
exist after the date of this press release.
Contacts
Jonelle
Elam
Barracuda Networks,
Inc.
408-342-6415
jelam@barracuda.com
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