Case Study: Pine Belt Mental Healthcare eliminates viruses and regains remote-user control with Barracuda Networks' Web Filter

The Barracuda Web Filter Eliminates Viruses at Pine Belt Mental Healthcare While Providing a Safe Browsing Environment

Pine Belt Mental Healthcare, a community-based behavioral health provider in Hattiesburg, Mississippi with over 500 employees, needed a simple but powerful web-filtering solution. IT Engineer Paul Metzger required granular, user-based policies (for example, allowing Facebook only for Marketing), visibility and control over corporate devices used off-network, and a more manageable, well-supported alternative to the chaotic SquidGuard setup.

They implemented the Barracuda Web Filter 410, using Active Directory integration, SSL inspection, and remote filtering agents to enforce policies by user, group, IP range, and on off-network devices. The deployment blocked malware and unwanted content, restored control over remote users, improved employee productivity, simplified configuration and management, and delivered responsive technical support.

Pine Belt Mental Healthcare

Paul Metzger

IT Engineer