Case Study: Citizens and Farmers (C&F) Bank achieves 93% spam blocking and major productivity gains with Barracuda Networks

Large Financial Corporation Realizes Significant Gains in Employee Productivity

Citizens and Farmers Bank (founded 1927 in Virginia) is a community-focused financial corporation with 25 branches, five subsidiaries and an IT team of six supporting 600+ users. Unrestricted Internet access and an onerous, hard-to-maintain web gateway left systems vulnerable to viruses and spyware, wasted IT time (up to 10 hours/week cleaning infections at one office) and forced employees to sift through large volumes of spam, hurting productivity.

The bank deployed Barracuda Web Security Gateway 610 and Barracuda Email Security Gateway 300, gaining granular, Active Directory–integrated web controls (allowing selective social-media access) and powerful email filtering. The appliances blocked 93% of inbound mail as spam, drastically reduced cleanup and management overhead, delivered an easy-to-use interface, and freed the small IT team to focus on higher‑value work.

Citizens and Farmers (C&F) Bank

Vinson Berry

Network Administrator