Bitdefender GravityZone External Attack Surface Management - EDU
Bitdefender GravityZone External Attack Surface Management for Education provides continuous visibility and proactive risk reduction for your organization's external digital footprint over a 1-year term.
- Continuous Discovery: Access to ongoing identification of all external-facing assets and potential exposures.
- Risk Prioritization: Coverage for detailed risk assessment and prioritization based on exploitability and business impact.
- Proactive Defense: Protection against unknown vulnerabilities and misconfigurations before they are exploited by attackers.
- Compliance Assurance: Entitlement to improved security posture and readiness for regulatory audits.
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 attack surface. It provides critical visibility into digital assets, vulnerabilities, and potential entry points that attackers could exploit.
This solution is ideal for IT Managers and Security Professionals within educational institutions seeking to understand and mitigate risks associated with their online presence. It integrates into existing security frameworks to offer a proactive approach to cybersecurity.
- External Asset Discovery: Automatically maps all internet-facing assets, including shadow IT and cloud services.
- Vulnerability Identification: Detects misconfigurations, exposed sensitive data, and exploitable vulnerabilities.
- Risk Prioritization: Assigns risk scores based on exploitability and potential business impact.
- Attack Path Simulation: Visualizes potential attack routes an adversary might take.
- Continuous Monitoring: Provides real-time alerts on new exposures or changes to the attack surface.
Empower your educational institution with proactive external threat intelligence to safeguard digital assets and maintain operational integrity.
What This Solves
Identify Shadow IT and Unknown Assets
Enable teams to discover and inventory all internet-facing assets, including unauthorized or forgotten services. Streamline the process of mapping your complete external digital footprint to prevent security gaps.
cloud-first environments, hybrid IT infrastructure, distributed campuses, BYOD policies, remote workforce
Detect External Vulnerabilities and Misconfigurations
Automate the identification of exploitable vulnerabilities, exposed sensitive data, and critical misconfigurations across your external attack surface. Reduce the risk of breaches by addressing weaknesses before they are exploited.
compliance-driven operations, risk-averse organizations, data-sensitive environments, critical infrastructure protection
Prioritize Security Efforts and Resources
Streamline the prioritization of remediation efforts by understanding the real-world risk and potential business impact of identified exposures. Focus security teams on the most critical threats.
limited security budgets, resource-constrained IT teams, proactive risk management, incident prevention strategies
Key Features
Continuous External Asset Discovery
Automatically maps all internet-facing assets, including shadow IT and cloud services, providing a complete view of your attack surface.
Vulnerability and Misconfiguration Detection
Identifies exploitable vulnerabilities, exposed sensitive data, and critical misconfigurations that could be entry points for attackers.
Risk Prioritization Engine
Assigns risk scores based on exploitability and potential business impact, enabling focused remediation efforts.
Attack Path Visualization
Helps security teams understand how attackers might traverse the network by visualizing potential attack routes.
Real-time Alerts and Notifications
Provides immediate notification of new exposures or changes to the attack surface, allowing for rapid response.
Industry Applications
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage vast amounts of sensitive student and research data, making them prime targets. EASM helps protect against data breaches and ensures compliance with regulations like FERPA by securing their external digital presence.
Government & Public Sector
Public sector organizations handle critical citizen data and services, requiring robust security to prevent disruptions and maintain public trust. EASM aids in identifying and mitigating external vulnerabilities that could be exploited by state-sponsored or criminal actors.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must protect sensitive patient health information (PHI) and maintain operational continuity. EASM helps identify external risks that could compromise patient data or disrupt critical healthcare services, supporting HIPAA compliance.
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions are heavily regulated and handle sensitive financial data, making them high-value targets. EASM assists in identifying external exposures that could lead to financial fraud or data theft, supporting compliance with regulations like GLBA and PCI DSS.
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 and mitigate risks associated with internet-exposed assets before attackers can exploit them.
How does Bitdefender GravityZone EASM work?
It continuously scans the internet to discover all of your organization's external assets, identifies vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, and prioritizes risks based on their potential impact. This provides actionable intelligence for your security team.
Who is the target audience for this EDU version?
This version is specifically tailored for educational institutions, including K-12 schools, colleges, and universities. It addresses the unique cybersecurity challenges faced by academic organizations.
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.