According to a study conducted by Barracuda Research, 31% of small and medium-sized organizations are concerned about how to obtain and deploy threat intelligence to improve security, and 47% are concerned that evasive techniques are making threats more difficult to detect and neutralize in today’s digital security environment.
To address this situation, the company has announced the launch of Barracuda Assistant, powered by Barracuda AI. Integrated into the BarracudaONE cybersecurity platform, Barracuda Assistant accelerates security operations to help organizations strengthen their cyber resilience and drive productivity and ROI from optimized security processes.
“Cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated and relentless, and security teams are under enormous pressure to respond faster with fewer resources,” said Brian Downey, vice president of product management at Barracuda. “Barracuda Assistant enables users at all levels to quickly and securely investigate threats, even in the face of complex attacks. We help organizations fill critical skills gaps, reduce human error, and simplify security workflows that have traditionally been slow and fragmented. This innovation gives businesses the tools they need to strengthen their resilience, accelerate response, and stay ahead of an ever-evolving threat landscape.”
Accelerate threat response
Barracuda Assistant simplifies the complexity of modern security operations for customers and managed service providers (MSPs). It allows users to quickly navigate threats, resolve issues, and access actionable information such as deployment metrics and security configuration recommendations, all from a single intuitive interface.
The wizard accelerates threat response by reducing investigation time, eliminating errors, and streamlining workflows. Eliminates disruptive context switches, allowing security teams to effortlessly move from vulnerability assessment to incident review and beyond. Thanks to this efficiency, teams can focus on high-impact strategic priorities in the area of organizational security.
“The use of generative AI and digital assistants in security operations is providing measurable improvements in many SecOps functions, such as threat investigation and response, threat hunting, operationalization of threat intelligence, and much more,” said Dave Gruber, principal analyst at Omdia. “These improvements result in increased effectiveness and efficiency, while freeing up analysts’ time to focus on more strategic security activities.”
Integrated with the company’s threat intelligence network, Barracuda Assistant leverages a continuous stream of real-time information to ensure that all recommendations, alerts and responses reflect the latest threat patterns, attack vectors and proven security best practices.
Barracuda Assistant enables organizations to stay ahead of emerging threats by maintaining a proactive security posture
By providing timely, data-driven guidance, Barracuda Assistant enables organizations to stay ahead of emerging threats, adapt to evolving tactics, and maintain a proactive security posture in today’s increasingly complex cyber threat landscape.
Interested businesses can access Barracuda Assistant through BarracudaONE, where customers and channel partners can easily manage threat response along with security solutions, accounts, licenses, and more. It will also be available soon through Barracuda XDR, Barracuda SecureEdge and the security support portal.
