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 critical risks before they are exploited.
- Continuous Monitoring: Access ongoing scanning of your external-facing assets to detect vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
- Risk Prioritization: Coverage for detailed risk scoring and prioritization, enabling focused remediation efforts.
- Attack Surface Visibility: Protection against unknown or shadow IT assets that could be exploited by attackers.
- 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 continuously discover, monitor, and manage an organization's external-facing digital assets. It identifies potential vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and shadow IT exposures that could be targeted by cyber adversaries, providing actionable intelligence to reduce risk.
This service is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals within educational institutions of all sizes. It integrates into existing security frameworks, offering a proactive approach to cybersecurity by mapping and securing the organization's digital perimeter against external threats.
- External Asset Discovery: Automatically identifies all internet-facing assets, including domains, subdomains, IPs, and cloud services.
- Vulnerability Detection: Scans for known vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exposed sensitive data on discovered assets.
- Attack Path Mapping: Visualizes potential attack paths an adversary could take to compromise your network.
- Shadow IT Identification: Uncovers unauthorized or unknown assets that expand your attack surface.
- Risk Prioritization: Provides context and scoring to help teams focus on the most critical threats first.
Bitdefender GravityZone EASM offers educational institutions a clear, proactive path to understanding and mitigating external cyber risks without the overhead of traditional security tools.
What This Solves
Automate External Asset Discovery
Enable teams to automatically discover all internet-facing assets, including domains, subdomains, and IP addresses. Streamline the process of identifying shadow IT and unauthorized services that could pose a security risk.
cloud-first environments, hybrid IT infrastructure, distributed networks, organizations with rapid development cycles
Identify and Prioritize Vulnerabilities
Automate the scanning of external assets for known vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exposed sensitive data. Streamline the remediation process by prioritizing risks based on their potential impact and exploitability.
compliance-driven operations, risk-averse IT departments, organizations with limited security staff, proactive security management
Visualize Attack Paths
Enable teams to understand how attackers might move through their external-facing infrastructure to reach critical internal systems. Streamline security planning by focusing defenses on the most likely attack vectors.
incident response planning, threat hunting initiatives, security architecture reviews, advanced persistent threat (APT) defense
Key Features
Continuous External Asset Discovery
Gain complete visibility into all internet-facing assets, eliminating blind spots and shadow IT.
Vulnerability and Misconfiguration Scanning
Proactively identify and address security weaknesses before they can be exploited by attackers.
Attack Path Visualization
Understand potential adversary movements to better focus defensive strategies and resource allocation.
Risk Prioritization Engine
Focus remediation efforts on the most critical threats, optimizing security team efficiency.
Educational Licensing
Access specialized pricing and features designed to meet the unique needs and budgets of educational institutions.
Industry Applications
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage vast amounts of sensitive student and research data, making their external-facing systems prime targets. EASM helps identify and secure these critical assets, supporting compliance with regulations like FERPA.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations handle highly sensitive patient data (PHI) and are subject to strict regulations like HIPAA. EASM is crucial for identifying and securing all external touchpoints to prevent data breaches and ensure compliance.
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions manage sensitive customer financial data and are heavily regulated. EASM helps them maintain a secure external posture, crucial for preventing fraud and meeting compliance requirements like PCI DSS and GLBA.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies manage critical infrastructure and sensitive citizen data, facing sophisticated threats. EASM provides essential visibility into their external attack surface to protect national security and public trust.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an external attack surface?
An external attack surface refers to all the points of an organization's IT infrastructure that are accessible from the internet. This includes websites, servers, cloud services, APIs, and any other digital assets exposed externally.
How does External Attack Surface Management (EASM) differ from vulnerability scanning?
While vulnerability scanning focuses on identifying specific weaknesses within known assets, EASM first discovers all external assets, including unknown or 'shadow IT,' and then assesses their vulnerabilities and potential attack paths. It provides a broader, more holistic view of external risk.
Is this product suitable for on-premises deployments?
Bitdefender GravityZone EASM is a cloud-based SaaS solution. It monitors your external-facing assets regardless of whether they are hosted on-premises, in the cloud, or in a hybrid environment.
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.