Case Study: Van Dam Groep achieves secure, always-on building connectivity and zero-touch deployment with Barracuda Networks Secure Connector

Van Dam Groep combines security, automation and better services with Barracuda CloudGen Firewall Secure Connector solutions

Van Dam Groep is a Dutch building‑services and installation company (founded 1935, 350+ employees) that designs and maintains electrical, heating, ventilation, solar and home‑automation systems. As building systems became IP‑enabled, the company needed to replace costly, hard‑to‑manage firewall/VPN boxes with a secure, user‑friendly, fast‑to‑deploy solution that preserved full control and confidentiality (no internet‑based central management).

Van Dam Groep deployed Barracuda Secure Connector 2 appliances with LTE failover and custom edge‑intelligence containers, connected to Barracuda Secure Access Controllers in a private cloud and managed via Firewall Control Center. Zero‑touch deployment provided always‑on, encrypted connectivity, simplified rollouts, enabled automated predictive maintenance (automatic work‑order generation), reduced travel and response time, and maintained full customer data confidentiality.

Van Dam Groep

Tom Stevens

Sr. Security & Automation Engineer