Case Study: SyntraPXL (Belgian vocational training provider) speeds up website and blocks 1M bot attacks with Barracuda Networks' Application Protection

Barracuda blocks bot traffic to speed up business-critical website for training provider SyntraPXL

SyntraPXL, a Belgian vocational training provider with multiple campuses, relies on its website as the sole channel for student course subscriptions. In early 2024 the site slowed dramatically—91% of traffic was malicious bots and scrapers—threatening user experience, reputation, and the critical enrollment period.

Barracuda Application Protection was deployed quickly, first in monitoring then in block mode, and stopped roughly one million attacks in a week. The result was much faster site performance, an improved student experience, preserved subscription revenue, and responsive local support to fine‑tune legitimate traffic.

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Niels Smets

IT Manager