Bitdefender GravityZone External Attack Surface Management
Bitdefender GravityZone External Attack Surface Management provides continuous visibility into your organization's external-facing digital footprint to proactively identify and mitigate cyber risks.
- Continuous Discovery: Access to ongoing identification of all external assets, including shadow IT and misconfigurations.
- Risk Prioritization: Coverage for detailed risk scoring and prioritization based on exploitability and business impact.
- Attack Path Simulation: Protection against simulated attack paths to understand potential breach scenarios.
- Remediation Guidance: Entitlement to actionable insights and recommendations for closing identified security gaps.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Bitdefender GravityZone External Attack Surface Management (EASM) is a cloud-based solution designed to provide organizations with a clear, actionable view of their external-facing digital assets and associated risks. It continuously scans and maps an organization's attack surface, identifying vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and potential entry points that malicious actors could exploit.
This service is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market companies who need to understand and manage their organization's exposure to external threats. It integrates into existing security operations to provide a proactive layer of defense, complementing endpoint and network security solutions.
- External Asset Discovery: Automatically identifies all internet-facing assets, including cloud services, domains, and IP addresses.
- Vulnerability Identification: Detects misconfigurations, exposed sensitive data, and known vulnerabilities on external assets.
- Attack Path Analysis: Simulates attacker tactics to reveal potential breach routes and their impact.
- Risk Prioritization: Assigns risk scores to identified issues based on exploitability and business context.
- Remediation Workflow: Provides clear, actionable steps to address identified risks and reduce the attack surface.
Proactively secure your organization's external digital presence by gaining deep visibility into potential threats before they are exploited.
What This Solves
Identify Shadow IT and Unmanaged Assets
Enable teams to discover all internet-facing assets, including those not formally managed by IT. Streamline the process of inventorying cloud services, domains, and applications to prevent security gaps.
cloud-first environments, hybrid IT infrastructure, distributed workforce, rapid growth organizations
Proactive Vulnerability Management
Automate the detection of external vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exposed sensitive data across your digital footprint. Prioritize remediation efforts based on real-world exploitability and business impact.
compliance-driven operations, risk-averse businesses, organizations with remote assets, continuous security monitoring
Simulate and Understand Attack Paths
Organizations deploying advanced security strategies can simulate attacker tactics to understand how their external assets could be compromised. This allows for targeted defense improvements and better resource allocation.
security operations centers, incident response planning, threat intelligence integration, mature security programs
Key Features
Continuous External Asset Discovery
Automatically maps all internet-facing assets, eliminating blind spots caused by shadow IT or unmanaged resources.
Attack Surface Risk Scoring
Prioritizes vulnerabilities and misconfigurations based on exploitability and potential business impact, guiding efficient remediation.
Attack Path Simulation
Visualizes potential breach scenarios, helping security teams understand and defend against realistic attack vectors.
Misconfiguration Detection
Identifies insecure configurations in cloud services, web applications, and other external-facing systems before they can be exploited.
Actionable Remediation Guidance
Provides clear, step-by-step instructions to address identified risks, enabling faster and more effective security improvements.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions face stringent regulatory requirements and high stakes for data breaches, making continuous monitoring of their external attack surface critical for compliance and trust.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations handle sensitive patient data (PHI) and must comply with HIPAA, necessitating robust security measures to protect against external threats targeting patient information.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality businesses often manage large customer databases and online transaction platforms, making their external-facing web applications and services prime targets for data theft and disruption.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle confidential client information, requiring them to maintain a strong security posture to prevent breaches that could compromise client data and professional reputation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an external attack surface?
An organization's external attack surface refers to all the digital assets and entry points that are accessible from the internet. This includes websites, servers, cloud services, APIs, and any other internet-connected resources that could be targeted by attackers.
How does this service differ from internal vulnerability scanning?
Internal vulnerability scanning focuses on threats within your network perimeter. External Attack Surface Management specifically targets assets exposed to the public internet, identifying risks that attackers would see from the outside before they even attempt to breach your internal defenses.
Can this service help with compliance?
Yes, by providing visibility into your external-facing assets and identifying potential vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, this service helps organizations meet compliance requirements related to data protection and security posture management.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.