Case Study: Atlas Research stops business email fraud, cutting attacks from hundreds per day to a few per week with Barracuda Networks' Sentinel

How Atlas Research prevents business email fraud with Barracuda Sentinel

Atlas Research, a 75‑person Washington, D.C. consulting firm serving federal health and social‑service agencies, was hit by a 5x surge in phishing and account‑takeover attacks that left employee machines bricked and Office 365 quarantines and occasional training unable to stop the problem. IT leadership needed an automated way to detect and remove malicious emails before they reached vulnerable inboxes.

They deployed Barracuda Sentinel, an AI‑based email protection platform that analyzed millions of messages, prioritized at‑risk users, and automatically intercepted fraud in real time. After implementation, daily attack volume fell from roughly 200–300 emails to just 2–3 per week, delivering automated protection against spear phishing and account takeover and restoring confidence that employees could no longer inadvertently compromise security.

Atlas Research

Nels Benson

IT Director