Bitdefender GravityZone External Attack Surface Management - Co-Term EDU
Bitdefender GravityZone External Attack Surface Management provides continuous visibility into your organization's external attack surface, identifying and prioritizing risks before they are exploited.
- Continuous Discovery: Access to ongoing scanning and mapping of all external-facing assets and potential entry points.
- Risk Prioritization: Coverage for detailed risk assessment and prioritization based on exploitability and business impact.
- Attack Surface Reduction: Protection against unknown vulnerabilities and misconfigurations that could be exploited by threat actors.
- 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 provide organizations with a clear, actionable understanding of their external digital footprint. It continuously discovers, monitors, and analyzes internet-facing assets, identifying potential vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and shadow IT that could be exploited by attackers.
This service is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals within educational institutions seeking to strengthen their cybersecurity posture by gaining comprehensive visibility beyond their internal network. It integrates into existing security frameworks to provide a unified view of external threats and risks.
- External Asset Discovery: Automatically identifies all internet-facing assets, including domains, subdomains, IP addresses, and cloud services.
- Vulnerability Identification: Detects misconfigurations, exposed sensitive data, and exploitable vulnerabilities across the attack surface.
- Risk Prioritization Engine: Ranks identified risks based on their potential impact and exploitability, enabling focused remediation efforts.
- Threat Intelligence Integration: Correlates findings with real-time threat intelligence to understand emerging attack vectors.
- Attack Path Simulation: Visualizes potential attack paths an adversary might take to compromise critical assets.
Educational institutions can significantly enhance their security posture by proactively managing their external attack surface with this specialized Bitdefender solution.
What This Solves
Identify Shadow IT and Unknown Assets
Enable teams to discover and inventory all internet-facing assets, including those not managed by IT. Streamline the process of identifying shadow IT and unauthorized services that pose security risks.
cloud-first environments, hybrid IT infrastructure, decentralized IT management, rapid growth organizations
Prioritize Vulnerability Remediation
Automate the identification and prioritization of external vulnerabilities based on exploitability and business impact. Support teams in focusing remediation efforts on the most critical risks to reduce the attack surface.
security operations centers, compliance-driven organizations, IT risk management programs, incident response planning
Monitor for Misconfigurations and Exposures
Streamline the detection of common misconfigurations and data exposures on external services and applications. Protect sensitive data by ensuring external-facing systems are securely configured.
public-facing web applications, cloud service deployments, API security management, third-party risk assessment
Key Features
Continuous External Asset Discovery
Provides an always-up-to-date inventory of all internet-facing assets, eliminating blind spots and shadow IT.
Attack Surface Risk Scoring
Quantifies and prioritizes risks based on exploitability and business impact, enabling efficient remediation.
Vulnerability and Misconfiguration Detection
Identifies exploitable vulnerabilities and insecure configurations on external assets before attackers can find them.
Attack Path Visualization
Helps security teams understand how attackers might move through their external environment to reach critical assets.
Educational Licensing
Offers specialized pricing and features tailored to the unique needs and budgets of educational institutions.
Industry Applications
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage vast amounts of sensitive data and often have complex, distributed IT environments, making external attack surface visibility crucial for compliance and security.
Government & Public Sector
Public sector organizations face stringent security requirements and a high volume of cyber threats, necessitating continuous monitoring of their external-facing infrastructure to prevent breaches and maintain public trust.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers handle highly sensitive patient data (PHI) and must comply with strict regulations like HIPAA, requiring robust security measures to protect against external threats targeting their digital assets.
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions are prime targets for cyberattacks due to the valuable data they hold and are subject to strict regulatory oversight, demanding comprehensive security solutions to protect customer information and maintain operational integrity.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is External Attack Surface Management (EASM)?
External Attack Surface Management (EASM) is a cybersecurity discipline focused on discovering, monitoring, and securing an organization's internet-facing digital assets. It aims to identify potential vulnerabilities and risks that attackers could exploit from outside the network perimeter.
How does Bitdefender GravityZone EASM help educational institutions?
For educational institutions, EASM provides critical visibility into their external digital footprint, which is often complex and rapidly changing. It helps identify risks associated with research servers, student portals, and administrative systems, protecting sensitive data and ensuring compliance.
Is this a cloud-based solution?
Yes, Bitdefender GravityZone External Attack Surface Management is a cloud-native SaaS solution. This means it requires no on-premises hardware and can be accessed and managed 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.