Barracuda Networks has been a familiar name in cybersecurity for years — known for legacy appliances and hosted solutions. But for many modern businesses, that approach no longer fits. Customers have raised concerns about spam filtering, deployment complexity and limited transparency around serious service outages — including a zero-day vulnerability in its email gateway.
It’s led many to rethink what they need in a security partner — and whether a more integrated, cloud-native solution makes more sense
TrustLayer delivers connected security across email, web and identity, with a focus on simplicity, visibility and control. Unlike Barracuda’s suite of products, which require multiple agents, scanning proxies and complex licensing, TrustLayer is fast to deploy and easy to manage — with real-time protection built in.
Everything is connected through a single platform. One policy engine. One place to manage users, settings and threat intel. No bolt-ons, no half-integrations.
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TrustLayer doesn’t just replace Barracuda — it simplifies everything Barracuda tries to solve.
TrustLayer Mail provides inline filtering, impersonation defence, behavioural detection and flexible policy control — all without changing MX records. You get visibility across every email direction (inbound, outbound, internal), plus archiving, DLP and continuity without extra licences or installs.
With TrustLayer Browse, you can inspect and control traffic to unsanctioned cloud apps, risky domains and unknown destinations — even when the threat starts via email. Unlike Barracuda’s gateway model, there are no inline proxy requirements and no rerouting delays. You control what users can upload, download or access — in real time.
Barracuda doesn’t help you fix weak configurations in Microsoft 365. TrustLayer Posture does. It scans your cloud environment to flag risky sharing settings, poor MFA coverage and exposed admin accounts — giving you automated, audit-ready fixes before they’re exploited.
Barracuda built its name in the era of appliances and gateways. But businesses today need agility, not complexity. TrustLayer gives you one platform that covers the full picture — from email protection and cloud policy to posture hardening and seamless user experience.
Don’t just replace a product. Upgrade your security stack.
TrustLayer was head and shoulders above the rest. They clearly have a well-thought through product and unlike other products on the market, it has been designed to run in the cloud, rather than adapted for it.
When I saw a demo of TrustLayer's combined web, email and cloud (CASB) security platform at a trade show, I felt like I had stumbled across something that didn’t exist.
