1. Network Security Use Case
Description
Tuscaloosa County School System (TCSS): Approximately 18,700 students, 2,500 staff members (teachers and support staff), 35 schools, and one central office
Challenges
Providing safe methods to access the internet, while effectively monitoring network traffic, websites, and scanning all attempted downloads that are accessed across large BGP network
Preventing malicious attacks on the network, preventing and remediating spam/phishing s, and allowing users to externally access required web-based servers
Backing up entire virtual environment with onsite backup appliances (with additional cloud-based storage)
Solution
Barracuda CloudGen Firewalls
Barracuda Sentinel
Barracuda Web Security Gateway
Barracuda Web Application Firewall
Barracuda Cloud Control (Barracuda Backup, Security, Archiver)
36 firewalls

2. Network Security Use Case Results
Total visibility of network/user traffic and downloads, while having the ability to quickly and efficiently troubleshoot issues in order allow/block access to specific websites for TCSS end users
Securing internal web-based servers behind Web Application Firewall so end users can access them securely, outside of the network
Visibility into all external/internal s, notification of attempted malicious downloads/installs on TCSS devices, as well as a solution to send “faux phishing” s, and mitigate the effects of spam/phishing s on end users, their accounts, and the network as a whole
Physical on-site backup appliances for effective restorations, and the option to revert back to older, cloud-based backups if needed