Bitdefender GravityZone External Attack Surface Management - Co-term EDU
Bitdefender GravityZone External Attack Surface Management provides continuous visibility into your organization's external digital footprint to proactively identify and mitigate cyber threats.
- Continuous Monitoring: Access ongoing scanning and analysis of your external attack surface for vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
- Risk Prioritization: Coverage for identifying and prioritizing critical risks that could be exploited by attackers.
- Attack Surface Reduction: Protection against the exposure of sensitive assets and data through unknown or unmanaged digital assets.
- Educational Focus: Entitlement to specialized features and licensing tailored for educational institutions.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Bitdefender GravityZone External Attack Surface Management (EASM) is a cloud-based solution designed to discover, monitor, and manage an organization's external digital footprint. It continuously scans for exposed assets, vulnerabilities, and potential attack vectors that could be exploited by malicious actors, providing actionable insights to reduce risk.
This service is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals within educational institutions seeking to understand and secure their organization's online presence. It integrates into existing security frameworks, offering a clear view of external risks without requiring extensive on-premises infrastructure.
- External Asset Discovery: Automatically identifies all internet-facing assets, including websites, domains, IP addresses, and cloud services.
- Vulnerability Identification: Detects misconfigurations, exposed credentials, and known vulnerabilities on discovered assets.
- Attack Vector Mapping: Visualizes potential attack paths and highlights critical risks that require immediate attention.
- Threat Intelligence Integration: Incorporates real-time threat intelligence to contextualize identified risks.
- Compliance Reporting: Generates reports to aid in meeting regulatory and security compliance requirements.
Bitdefender GravityZone EASM offers educational institutions a clear, proactive approach to managing their external digital risks, enhancing security posture with specialized licensing.
What This Solves
Identify Unknown External Assets
Enable teams to discover all internet-facing assets, including shadow IT and forgotten cloud services. Streamline the process of mapping the complete external attack surface for better security control.
cloud-first environments, hybrid IT infrastructure, distributed workforce, multi-cloud deployments
Detect External Vulnerabilities
Automate the detection of misconfigurations, exposed sensitive data, and known vulnerabilities across all discovered external assets. Prioritize remediation efforts based on exploitability and business impact.
compliance-driven operations, risk-averse organizations, security-focused IT departments
Visualize Attack Paths
Streamline the understanding of how attackers might target the organization by visualizing potential attack paths. Provide IT professionals with clear insights into critical exposure points.
incident response planning, security awareness training, proactive threat hunting
Key Features
Continuous External Scanning
Provides an always-on view of your organization's internet-facing assets and potential vulnerabilities.
Attack Surface Visualization
Helps security teams understand and prioritize risks by mapping potential attack paths.
Vulnerability and Misconfiguration Detection
Identifies critical security flaws on external assets before attackers can exploit them.
Asset Inventory and Discovery
Ensures complete visibility into all internet-accessible resources, including shadow IT.
Co-term Educational Licensing
Offers simplified licensing and cost management specifically tailored for educational institutions.
Industry Applications
Education & Research
Educational institutions often have a broad and complex external digital footprint, including research portals, student services, and public websites, making EASM crucial for identifying and mitigating risks specific to academic environments.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations handle sensitive patient data and are subject to strict regulations like HIPAA, requiring continuous monitoring of external-facing systems to prevent breaches and ensure compliance.
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions manage highly sensitive customer data and are prime targets for cyberattacks, necessitating robust external attack surface management to protect against fraud and data theft.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies must protect critical infrastructure and citizen data, making proactive identification and remediation of external vulnerabilities essential for national security and public trust.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is External Attack Surface Management (EASM)?
External Attack Surface Management (EASM) is a security discipline focused on discovering, monitoring, and reducing an organization's exposure to cyber threats from the internet. It involves identifying all internet-facing assets and vulnerabilities that could be targeted by attackers.
How does Bitdefender GravityZone EASM help educational institutions?
For educational institutions, this service provides specialized co-termed licensing and focuses on identifying risks associated with their unique digital footprint, such as research portals, student information systems, and public-facing websites.
Is this a cloud-based solution?
Yes, Bitdefender GravityZone EASM is a cloud-based (SaaS) solution, meaning it does not require on-premises hardware installation and can be accessed from anywhere.
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.