Barracuda enhances partner program, cybersecurity platform

Barracuda Networks has announced a range of enhancements to its BarracudaONE cybersecurity platform and its Barracuda Partner Success Program.

The enhancements aim to strengthen cyber resilience across email, network access and generative AI usage, while the changes to the partner program deliver new benefits, incentives and tools that intend to help partners accelerate growth and profitability.

Barracuda Email Protection neutralises phishing, account takeover and other attacks with expanded impersonation protection and automated incident response for Google Workspace, providing compliant email security across both Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.

Barracuda SecureEdge Access introduces a cloud‑delivered, fully integrated secure service edge solution that brings together secure internet access, zero trust application access, aiming to strengthen defenses across distributed environments.

Barracuda AI Security provides compliant oversight of generative AI usage. Included at no additional cost within BarracudaONE, this new capability offers visibility into shadow AI activity, risk scoring and policy enforcement to block or redirect noncompliant use.

Centralised, multitenant dashboards also intend to help organisations reduce data exposure and improve AI governance.

The changes to the partner program roll MSPs and resellers into one flexible program.

Changes to the program include unified tiering, which expands benefits and incentives to all partners, along with new ‘boost benefits’ designed to maximise value based on a partner’s chosen route to market.

There’s also a refreshed rebate structure, an overhauled certification curriculum, a new Barracuda Mastery Program and new Partner Success teams and high‑value support rolling out in the coming month.

Partners can access an AI-powered partner portal with guided onboarding, automated deal registration, data-driven dashboards and personalised learning paths, as well as simplified MDF tracking and streamlined access to co-brandable assets and enablement resources.

“Email and identity‑based attacks are intensifying at an unprecedented pace, and generative AI is introducing an entirely new layer of risk,” said Rohit Ghai, chief executive at Barracuda.

“With our newest BarracudaONE and partner program enhancements, we’re accelerating innovation and delivering on our commitment to provide a platform that is easy to buy, deploy and use as well as being partner-first and partner-only. We’re harnessing AI to empower organisations to keep pace with a rapidly evolving threat landscape and build lasting resilience with confidence.”