Abnormal AI, Barracuda Networks, Cofense and Material Security

About Barracuda Networks

Barracuda Networks sells the BarracudaONE cybersecurity platform, which covers email, data, applications and networks and is strengthened by a 24/7 managed XDR service. Barracuda says hundreds of thousands of customers worldwide count on Barracuda to protect their email, networks, applications and data. Barracuda says its cybersecurity solutions cover all the major threat vectors, protect data and automate incident response.^[1][5]

BarracudaONE unifies cybersecurity solutions in a centralized dashboard. BarracudaONE consolidates multiple solutions into a single platform, which Barracuda says eliminates the need for multi-vendor solutions. Barracuda says BarracudaONE reduces product overlap and prevents conflicting configurations. Bailey is powered by Barracuda IQ, which Barracuda describes as the AI engine and intelligence layer behind BarracudaONE.

Barracuda Email Protection is described as a complete email security solution that delivers AI-enhanced defenses, automated response and easy deployment. Barracuda Email Protection connects to Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace with no mail exchange changes. Barracuda Email Protection supplements Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace with stronger detection, behavioral account takeover identification and integrated backup for Microsoft 365 data. Barracuda IQ uses multi-model AI to analyze intent, identity behavior and multi-modal content across 100+ global threat feeds. Barracuda Cloud Security XDR detects account takeover and lateral movement.^[6]

Barracuda describes its all-in-one approach to data protection as a way to protect a business from data loss and theft. Barracuda says data can be backed up to any location including the public cloud, which eliminates the need to purchase and manage backup solutions from multiple vendors. Barracuda says Microsoft 365 data such as emails can be backed up. Backed up data is replicated to the Barracuda cloud with unlimited storage. Barracuda offers a scan of Microsoft 365 data for sensitive data and malware. Barracuda offers protection for Entra ID data and recovery from malicious attack and errors. Barracuda provides backup and recovery for collaboration data, including Microsoft Teams files and messages. Barracuda delivers security updates and incident notifications to administrators through Microsoft Teams and Slack.^[8][13]

Barracuda Application Protection is an integrated platform that brings a comprehensive set of interoperable capabilities together to ensure complete application security. Barracuda Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) solutions are available as hardware or virtual appliances, on premises or hosted in the cloud, as a container and through a SaaS solution. Barracuda Advanced Bot Protection uses artificial intelligence and machine learning in the cloud to continually improve its ability to spot and block bad bots. Barracuda Application Protection solutions integrate with AD, LDAP, SAML, JWT, OpenID and RADIUS.^[9]

Barracuda lists three core network products: SecureEdge, CloudGen Firewall and CloudGen Access. Barracuda SecureEdge is a SASE platform that combines Firewall-as-a-Service and Secure SD-WAN capabilities. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is a family of physical, virtual and cloud-based appliances that protect complex, dispersed network infrastructures of multi-site enterprises and managed service providers.^[10]

Barracuda Managed XDR is described as able to detect threats earlier and help organizations respond to threats faster. Barracuda says its threat detection rules map to the MITRE ATT&CK framework. Barracuda says its XDR detects events from 40+ integrated data sources. Barracuda says its XDR responds to each threat with automated prescriptive instructions, automation and its 24/7 Security Operations Center. Barracuda runs a multi-tiered global SOC of security analysts and engineers that provides 24x7x365 service. Barracuda says Barracuda Managed XDR can reduce malware infection resolution from 3-4 weeks to less than one hour. With endpoint protection, Barracuda says it can identify and roll back ransomware attacks from endpoint devices.^[11]

Barracuda AI Data Security is built on the BarracudaONE platform and combines AI visibility, shadow AI discovery, data protection, threat defense and governance. Barracuda says Barracuda AI Data Security protects more than 1,300 GenAI tools. Barracuda AI Data Security can inspect AI prompts and uploads in real time and block sensitive data from reaching generative AI tools. Barracuda describes prebuilt detection for personally identifiable information, credentials, source code, payment cards and health data. MSPs can centrally manage customer environments and help customers adopt AI safely. For managed service providers, Barracuda describes a platform to protect customers' attack surfaces, including email, endpoints, networks, data and applications. Barracuda says its MSP-centric offerings include remote monitoring and management (RMM), extended detection and response (XDR) with SOC-as-a-Service, email protection and more. Barracuda Assistant, powered by Barracuda AI, gives MSPs real-time guidance, step-by-step resources and actionable insights.^{[5][9][12][13][14]}

About Cofense

Cofense sells a phishing defense platform that identifies and removes phishing campaigns reaching employee inboxes, along with phishing training built from real attack data. Cofense says it is the only cybersecurity platform focused exclusively on stopping phishing. Cofense says it is purpose-built for phishing, the most persistent and costly cyber threat.^[2][6][7]

Cofense says its expert-supervised AI, combined with real-time intelligence from 35M+ trained users, detects advanced phishing attacks other solutions miss and remediates them in minutes. Cofense says its phishing-specific AI is continuously trained and validated by human analysts.^[2][7]

The problem Cofense says it addresses starts after delivery. Cofense says polymorphic campaigns slip past secure email gateways and AI-only defenses. Cofense says removing one email at a time leaves entire campaigns active in inboxes. Cofense combines purpose-built phishing AI, trained on real attacks, with expert validation for post-perimeter detection. Cofense says it augments existing email defenses, covering phishing detection and response gaps.^[6][7]

The Cofense Phishing Defense Platform is powered by phishing-specific AI trained on billions of data points and signals from millions of reporters. Cofense says threat intelligence from real attacks connects remediation and training into a single defense rather than separate tools. Cofense says its phishing-specific AI classifies and processes reported threats at scale, and every decision it makes is explainable and analyst-verified. Cofense Command Center is one place to run a phishing defense program and prove it is working. Cofense says Phishing Remediation data in Cofense Command Center adds real-world threat and remediation context alongside training and competency insights.^[2][8]

Cofense says Cofense Phishing Remediation goes further than detecting threats that evade perimeter defenses, and that Cofense removes threats with 99.998% accuracy. Cofense says it can remove confirmed threats in seconds and automatically eliminate similar threats going forward. Cofense says it quarantines every variant of a confirmed campaign in under a minute. Cofense describes AI-powered clustering to detect polymorphic attacks before threats are confirmed. Cofense also describes email triage and response with precision clustering, AI-driven auto classification, and click tracking to process reported threats in minutes.^[2][8]

Cofense Phishing Training uses real phishing data for adaptive simulations and awareness programs. Cofense says its training turns verified attacks into real-world simulations instead of generic templates. Cofense says simulations can replicate smishing, vishing, and QR-code phishing. Cofense says employees can report threats with one click into a global intelligence network. Cofense says it turns real attacks into the simulations employees train on, then measures competency against what attackers are actually sending.^[2][3]

Cofense says its experts can manage detection, remediation, and training end to end, taking the operational load off the customer's team. Cofense connects to the tools customers already use, and says intelligence and remediation extend across the existing stack.^[2][3][6][8]

About Material Security

Material Security is the company behind Material, an automated cloud workspace security platform for lean security teams that need to protect the email, files, and accounts that live in Google Workspace and Microsoft 365. Material Security says it secures the productivity suite by stopping attacks and reducing risk across Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace with unified cloud email and file security, data loss prevention and posture management.^[2][3][5][7]

Material Security says point solutions and home-grown detections create gaps and drain efficiency. Material replaces that patchwork with a single platform that combines threat detection and response across email, files, and accounts. The company describes modern attacks as deliberately spanning email, identities, data, and connected apps.^[3][7][9]

On email, Material remediates sophisticated email attacks that bypass traditional controls. Material automates user report triage with AI-powered investigation and response workflows. Material says it stops VIP impersonations, BEC attacks, and sophisticated phishing that slips past native defenses, including vendor email compromise, invoice fraud, quishing, and ransomware. Material says teams using its automated user report response have cut phishing triage by up to 91 percent at companies like Gusto.^[3][5]

On files and accounts, Material detects sensitive content in files and includes tools to automatically remediate excessive permissions and inappropriate sharing. Material detects account takeovers, contains their impact, and hardens accounts. Material monitors signals across the cloud office, from forwarding rules and mailbox rule changes to brute force logins and credential stuffing.^[3][7]

Material sells two agents for specific workspace risks. For business-critical clients, customers can require analyst approval before revocation happens. Material's Drive Agent finds and investigates PHI, PII, and sensitive documents shared too broadly in Drive. When over-sharing is identified, the Drive Agent enforces policy and remediates in bulk.^[8][9]

On deployment, Material connects to Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace in minutes via native APIs, with no network changes and zero downtime. Material lets customers implement protections for just the users or teams that need them, and syncs groups from Active Directory, Google, or IdPs for targeted deployments and staged rollouts. No agents, plug-ins, or other end-user installs are required. Material can be operated by Material while the customer's team has full access to and ownership of the underlying infrastructure. Material links with SIEM or SOAR platforms to bring cloud workspace visibility and protection under the broader security ecosystem.^[3]

On security assurance, Material states it has received a SOC 2 Type II Report through an independent third-party auditor. Material undergoes regular external pentests and runs a private bug bounty program through HackerOne. Material keeps immutable audit logs of all admin activity and application events, and access to the Material admin console can be gated through Single Sign-On.

On pricing, Essentials starts at $4 per user/month, billed annually. Advanced is $6 per user/month, billed annually. ATO Resilience can be added to either plan for an additional $3 per user/month, or bought as a standalone license for $5 per user/month.^[14]

Ryan co-founded Material in 2017 and has served as Chairman since 2023. Abhishek co-founded Material in 2017. Chris has been VP of Engineering at Material Security since 2017 and co-founded the company. Material Security says it has raised venture capital from Martin Casado at Andreessen Horowitz, Elad Gil, and Trae Stephens at Founders Fund.^{[2][3][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][14]}