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 of your external attack surface for vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
- Proactive Risk Reduction: Coverage for identifying and prioritizing threats before they can be exploited by attackers.
- Attack Surface Visibility: Protection against unknown or shadow IT assets that could be exploited.
- Educational Institution Focus: Entitlement to specialized licensing and support tailored for educational environments.
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 provides critical visibility into potential vulnerabilities and exposures that could be targeted by cyber adversaries, enabling proactive security posture improvement.
This service is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals within educational institutions seeking to understand and reduce their external risk profile. It integrates into existing security frameworks, offering a clear view of the organization's internet-facing attack surface without requiring on-premises infrastructure.
- External Asset Discovery: Automatically identifies all internet-facing assets, including domains, subdomains, IP addresses, and cloud services.
- Vulnerability and Misconfiguration Detection: Scans for common security weaknesses, exposed sensitive data, and risky configurations.
- Attack Vector Prioritization: Ranks identified risks based on exploitability and potential business impact.
- Shadow IT Identification: Uncovers unauthorized or unknown assets that expand the attack surface.
- Continuous Monitoring: Provides ongoing visibility and alerts on changes or new exposures.
Educational institutions can significantly enhance their cybersecurity posture by gaining a clear, actionable understanding of their external attack surface with this specialized solution.
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 digital footprint for better security management.
cloud-first environments, hybrid IT infrastructure, distributed campuses, remote workforce enablement, SaaS adoption
Detect External Vulnerabilities
Automate the detection of exploitable vulnerabilities and risky configurations across all external assets. Protect against threats by proactively addressing security weaknesses before they are exploited.
compliance-driven operations, risk-averse IT departments, security-conscious organizations, data privacy focus
Prioritize Security Efforts
Streamline the prioritization of security remediation efforts by focusing on the most critical and exploitable external risks. Ensure IT resources are allocated effectively to mitigate the highest impact threats.
resource-constrained IT teams, incident response planning, continuous security improvement, threat intelligence integration
Key Features
Continuous External Asset Discovery
Gain complete visibility into all internet-facing assets, including shadow IT, to prevent unknown exposures.
Attack Surface Monitoring
Proactively identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and potential attack vectors before they can be exploited.
Risk Prioritization Engine
Focus remediation efforts on the most critical risks based on exploitability and potential business impact.
Threat Intelligence Integration
Leverage external threat data to understand and mitigate risks relevant to your specific digital footprint.
Educational Licensing
Benefit from specialized pricing and support designed for the unique needs of educational institutions.
Industry Applications
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage vast amounts of sensitive student and research data, making them prime targets. EASM helps identify and secure their extensive and often complex external digital footprint, crucial for compliance with regulations 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 into external exposures that could be targeted.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must protect sensitive patient health information (PHI) and maintain operational continuity, facing strict compliance mandates like HIPAA. EASM helps identify external risks that could compromise patient data or disrupt services.
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions are high-value targets due to the sensitive financial data they hold, facing stringent regulatory requirements like PCI DSS and SOX. EASM helps them identify and mitigate external vulnerabilities that could lead to breaches or service disruptions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is External Attack Surface Management (EASM)?
EASM is a cybersecurity discipline focused on discovering, monitoring, and reducing an organization's external-facing digital footprint. It helps identify potential vulnerabilities and attack vectors that adversaries could exploit.
How does Bitdefender GravityZone EASM work?
It continuously scans the internet for your organization's digital assets, identifies security weaknesses and misconfigurations, and prioritizes risks based on their potential impact. This provides a clear view of your external attack surface.
Who is the target audience for this co-term EDU product?
This specific offering is tailored for educational institutions, including universities, colleges, K-12 schools, and research facilities, providing them with specialized licensing and support for EASM.
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.