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Hatem Naguib on Charting Barracuda's New Course Under KKR
Naguib Expects Barracuda to Drive Midmarket Growth Under New Private Equity FirmPresident and CEO Hatem Naguib expects Barracuda Networks to pursue more midmarket growth opportunities in both North America and internationally under KKR's tutelage.
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The Silicon Valley-based company will get a new private equity owner later this year, moving from Thoma Bravo to KKR's control for a reported $4 billion in an acquisition announced in April. Barracuda will retain its focus on the midsize market under KKR but leverage the private equity firm's global presence to strengthen its support for managed service providers and customers outside North America (see: KKR Buys Barracuda from Thoma Bravo to Fuel XDR, SASE Growth).
"KKR comes with a broader amount of experience," Naguib says. "They are a larger private equity firm with a far more distributed portfolio and worldwide presence. And I think that breadth of experience lends itself much better to a company like ourselves, which is really looking to grow and expand the business, both domestically and internationally and in multiple verticals across the midmarket."
In this video interview with Information Security Media Group, Naguib also discusses:
- The biggest emerging security needs for midmarket customers;
- What differentiates Barracuda's approach to SASE from its rivals;
- The top cybersecurity trends to watch at Black Hat USA 2022.
Naguib joined Barracuda in 2016, bringing more than 25 years of experience building and delivering innovative products in enterprise software, cloud services, data center virtualization, software-defined networking and security. He has deep technical and domain expertise in security and strong customer and operational focus. Under Naguib's leadership, the team has successfully launched several offerings in email, network, application security and integrated products. Naguib has been instrumental in the successful cloud transformation of Barracuda through his vision for the company's leading security solutions and by continually expanding its operational capabilities to meet the security challenges faced by businesses and institutions today.