Barracuda Integrated Email Protection Recognized for Advanced AI-Powered Detection, Rapid Deployment and Automated Response Across Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace

News highlights:

• Barracuda Integrated Email Protection recognized as Best Email Security Solution in the 2026 Tech Ascension Awards.
• AI-powered detection helps Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace customers stop phishing, BEC, account takeover, impersonation, and AI-assisted attacks.
• Automated remediation and API-based deployment help reduce manual cleanup, streamline workflows and improve response speed and efficacy.

Barracuda Networks, Inc., the cyber resilience platform leader making security easy for all size business, today announced that Barracuda Integrated Email Protection has been named the winner of the Best Email Security Solution in the 2026 Tech Ascension Awards.

Email threats can change after they reach the inbox, requiring protection that continuously reassesses risk and removes newly identified threats. Designed for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, Barracuda Integrated Email Protection uses behavioral AI, natural language processing, social graph analysis, and real-time URL inspection to detect phishing, business email compromise, account takeover, impersonation, and AI-assisted social engineering.

“Organizations should not have to choose between stronger email security and greater operational efficiency,” said Rohit Ghai, CEO at Barracuda. “This award reflects how Barracuda is helping teams improve protection, simplify response and gain greater confidence in their ability to stop attacks before they disrupt the business.”

Barracuda was recognized for combining advanced detection with rapid API-based deployment and automated tenant-wide remediation. At BNBuilders, the technology helped detect and remove more than 12,000 malicious emails, reduce inbox clutter by 50%, eliminate manual cleanup during active incidents and consolidate daily security workflows from six interfaces into one.

“Cybersecurity teams are being asked to defend a rapidly expanding attack surface shaped by AI, cloud adoption, identity-based threats, and increasingly sophisticated cybercrime,” said David Campbell, CEO at the Tech Ascension Awards. “The 2026 Cybersecurity Tech Ascension Award winners stood out for delivering innovative solutions that address these challenges while producing measurable improvements in security, resilience and operational efficiency. These companies are helping define how organizations will protect their data, infrastructure, applications, and people in the years ahead.”

The Tech Ascension Awards recognize leading innovations across the technology industry. Applicants are evaluated based on technological innovation, market impact, measurable performance, and competitive differentiation. The companies receiving recognition demonstrated how their technologies solve critical industry challenges and deliver meaningful business outcomes for their customers.

About Barracuda

Barracuda is a leading global cybersecurity company delivering complete resilience made easy to buy, deploy and use through a partner-first model. Our intelligent BarracudaONE® platform provides cyber resilience across email, data, applications, networks, and managed XDR within an open ecosystem. Trusted by hundreds of thousands of organizations and partners worldwide, Barracuda delivers industry-leading solutions and support, powered by people and enhanced by AI, for all size business.

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About the Tech Ascension Awards

The Tech Ascension Awards elevate companies that possess cutting-edge, innovative technologies that solve critical challenges in their respective markets. Tech Ascension Award winners rise above the crowded consumer and enterprise technology industries and receive validation from an independent organization.

Applicants are evaluated based on technological innovation and uniqueness, market research, measurable performance, and competitive differentiation. The awards recognize leaders across cybersecurity, DevOps, big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, women in technology, leadership, and other areas of innovation. For more information about the Tech Ascension Awards, please visit www.techascensionawards.com.

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“This award reflects how Barracuda is helping teams improve protection, simplify response and gain greater confidence in their ability to stop attacks before they disrupt the business.”