Are you still relying on backup alone to protect your Microsoft 365 environment? Today’s cyber threats are smarter, faster, and more damaging – you need cyber resilience, not just recovery.

The Threat Landscape Has Changed

• Microsoft faces over 600 million cybercriminal and nation-state attacks every day [1]
• The City of Dallas spent 40,000+ hours recovering from one ransomware incident [2]

Backup simply isn’t enough. It doesn’t detect threats. It doesn’t prevent damage. It only helps you after the breach.

From Reactive to Resilient

Modern security is a three-part story:

• Detection: Spot threats early, before they spread
• Protection: Automatically respond and contain
• Recovery: Restore clean data fast, without reinfection

Barracuda’s XDR for Microsoft 365 brings these together into one solution.

Why You Need More Than Backup

Microsoft’s Shared Responsibility Model makes it clear: you are responsible for your own data. 

Traditional backup solutions are:

• Reactive: they help after the damage is done
• Slow: BEC or identity theft can take weeks to resolve
• Blind: they don’t monitor for malicious activity

Barracuda’s platform cuts these timelines drastically:

1. Malware resolution: from weeks to 1 hour
2. Identity theft: from 4 weeks to 2 hours
3. Insider threat: from months to a few hours

What Makes Barracuda Different?

XDR for Microsoft 365 includes:

• 24/7 SOC monitoring
• Automated remediation
• Behaviour-based threat detection
• Air-gapped backup to prevent reinfection
• Real-time alerts and outbound calls for high-risk activity

Don’t miss our Lunch & Learn Webinar on 8 July in collaboration with Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster and Barracuda and

✅ Learn how to secure your M365 environment in minutes, not months

✅ See real-life examples of threats stopped cold

✅ Watch a live demo of automated remediation

👉 Keen to learn more? Book your free Microsoft 365 threat assessment and get a 1:1 demo of Barracuda XDR Cloud Security here or call us on 0113 341 0123.

Sources:

[1] Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2024 here

[2] The City of Dallas Ransomware Incident: May 2023 here