Bitdefender GravityZone External Attack Surface Management - Co-Term EDU
Bitdefender GravityZone External Attack Surface Management provides continuous visibility and risk assessment of your external digital footprint to prevent breaches.
- Continuous Discovery: Access to ongoing identification of all external-facing assets and potential exposures.
- Risk Prioritization: Coverage for detailed vulnerability analysis and actionable insights to focus remediation efforts.
- Attack Surface Reduction: Protection against threats exploiting unknown or misconfigured external assets.
- Educational Institution Focus: Entitlement to specialized licensing and support tailored for academic environments.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Bitdefender GravityZone External Attack Surface Management (EASM) is a cloud-based solution designed to continuously discover, monitor, and assess an organization's external attack surface. It identifies digital assets, vulnerabilities, and potential entry points that attackers could exploit, providing actionable intelligence to reduce risk.
This service is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in educational institutions of all sizes, from K-12 districts to large universities. It integrates into existing security frameworks, offering a proactive layer of defense against external threats targeting sensitive data and critical infrastructure.
- External Asset Discovery: Automatically maps all internet-facing assets, including shadow IT and misconfigurations.
- Vulnerability Assessment: Identifies exploitable weaknesses and prioritizes them based on real-world threat context.
- Attack Vector Analysis: Visualizes potential attack paths and simulates attacker techniques.
- Risk Scoring: Provides a clear, quantifiable measure of external security posture.
- Actionable Insights: Delivers prioritized remediation guidance to security teams.
Secure your institution's digital perimeter with Bitdefender's advanced external attack surface management, offering clarity and control over your online exposure.
What This Solves
Identify Shadow IT and Unknown Assets
Enable teams to discover all internet-facing assets, including unauthorized or forgotten systems. Streamline the process of mapping your organization's complete external digital footprint to prevent security gaps.
cloud-first environments, hybrid networks, distributed campuses, remote workforce enablement
Prioritize Vulnerability Remediation
Automate the identification and prioritization of external vulnerabilities based on exploitability and business impact. Focus limited IT resources on the most critical risks to strengthen security posture.
compliance-driven operations, risk-averse organizations, resource-constrained IT departments, proactive security strategies
Assess External Security Posture
Streamline the continuous assessment of your organization's external security posture against evolving threats. Gain clear insights into potential attack vectors and their severity.
security operations centers, incident response planning, digital transformation initiatives, ongoing risk management
Key Features
Continuous External Asset Discovery
Automatically maps all internet-facing assets, including shadow IT and misconfigurations, ensuring no critical exposure goes unnoticed.
Attack Surface Visualization
Provides a clear, visual representation of potential attack paths, enabling IT teams to understand and mitigate risks more effectively.
Vulnerability Prioritization Engine
Identifies and ranks vulnerabilities based on exploitability and business impact, allowing IT to focus remediation efforts on the most critical threats.
Risk Scoring and Reporting
Delivers quantifiable risk scores and detailed reports, facilitating communication of security posture to leadership and stakeholders.
Educational Licensing
Offers specialized pricing and terms designed to meet the budgetary and operational needs of academic institutions.
Industry Applications
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage vast amounts of sensitive student and research data, making them prime targets. EASM helps identify and mitigate external vulnerabilities that could lead to data breaches or service disruptions, aligning with compliance needs like FERPA.
Government & Public Sector
Public sector organizations handle critical citizen data and infrastructure, requiring robust security against state-sponsored and criminal threats. EASM provides essential visibility to protect against external exploits targeting government networks.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must protect sensitive patient health information (PHI) and comply with regulations like HIPAA. EASM helps identify external exposures that could compromise patient data or disrupt critical medical services.
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions are high-value targets for cybercriminals due to the sensitive financial data they hold. Continuous monitoring of their external attack surface is crucial for preventing breaches and maintaining regulatory compliance.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an external attack surface?
An organization's external attack surface refers to all the points at which an external attacker could try to enter or extract data from your systems. This includes websites, servers, cloud instances, and any other internet-connected assets.
How does this product help educational institutions specifically?
The 'Co-Term EDU' designation indicates specialized licensing and pricing tailored for educational institutions. It helps them manage the unique security challenges and budget constraints common in academic environments.
Does this replace my existing cybersecurity tools?
No, External Attack Surface Management is designed to complement your existing security stack, such as firewalls, endpoint protection, and SIEM. It provides a unique layer of visibility into external-facing risks that other tools may not cover.
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.