Barracuda Acquires Evo Security to Build Unified Identity Platform for MSPs

Barracuda has acquired Evo Security, a Texas‑based identity and access management startup built specifically for managed service providers, expanding its BarracudaONE platform with a full suite of identity‑focused capabilities.

The company said the deal creates a partner‑first identity resilience platform that brings privileged access management, access control, identity protection, and threat detection together under one roof.

By integrating Evo’s technology with Barracuda’s existing identity controls, the combined platform offers MSPs a single multi‑tenant environment for managing identities across thousands of customer environments. Barracuda said the move comes as global investment in identity security accelerates, driven by the rise of AI‑powered attacks and the need to secure both human and machine identities at scale.

Barracuda CEO Rohit Ghai said identity has become central to cyber resilience, especially as MSPs must manage millions of accounts across fragmented environments. He argued that enterprise identity tools are too complex and costly for smaller organizations, while Evo’s architecture was designed from the outset for MSP operations. Evo founder Michael Roth said joining Barracuda gives the company the reach and resources to expand its identity‑first approach globally.

The acquisition brings a four‑layer identity security model into BarracudaONE, aimed at stopping privilege misuse, reducing risky access paths, protecting identity systems from disruption, and detecting identity‑driven attacks in real time. Evo’s just‑in‑time privileged access management plays a key role, granting technicians only the permissions needed for specific tasks and only for the time required—an approach designed to limit the blast radius of compromised accounts.

Barracuda said the combined platform is built to be easy to deploy, fully integrated, and infused with automation to help MSPs scale identity operations without adding complexity. Evo’s team has joined Barracuda, and its technology will be embedded directly into BarracudaONE while continuing to support existing MSP customers.