Bitdefender GravityZone External Attack Surface Management - Education Co-term
Bitdefender GravityZone External Attack Surface Management provides continuous visibility into your organization's external attack surface, identifying and prioritizing risks before they can be exploited.
- Continuous Monitoring: Gain ongoing insight into your external digital assets and potential vulnerabilities.
- Risk Prioritization: Focus remediation efforts on the most critical threats to your organization's security posture.
- Attack Surface Reduction: Proactively identify and mitigate exposures that could be targeted by attackers.
- Educational Licensing: Benefit from specialized co-termination 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 view of their external digital footprint. It continuously discovers, monitors, and analyzes internet-facing assets, identifying potential vulnerabilities and misconfigurations that could be exploited by cyber adversaries.
This service is ideal for IT managers and security professionals within educational institutions of all sizes. It integrates into existing security frameworks, offering a proactive approach to threat detection and risk mitigation without requiring significant on-premises infrastructure.
- 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 known vulnerabilities on discovered assets.
- Attack Path Mapping: Visualizes potential attack paths an adversary could take to reach critical internal systems.
- Risk Prioritization Engine: Ranks identified risks based on exploitability and potential business impact.
- Continuous Monitoring: Provides real-time alerts and regular reports on changes to the attack surface and emerging threats.
Bitdefender GravityZone EASM empowers educational institutions to proactively manage their external security risks with specialized licensing.
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 your complete external digital footprint for better security oversight.
cloud-first environments, hybrid IT infrastructure, distributed workforce, multi-cloud deployments
Detect External Vulnerabilities
Automate the detection of misconfigurations, exposed sensitive data, and known vulnerabilities on internet-facing systems. Reduce the risk of exploitation by prioritizing remediation efforts based on real-time threat intelligence.
compliance-driven operations, risk-averse organizations, security-focused IT departments, regulated industries
Map Potential Attack Paths
Visualize how attackers could move from external exposures to critical internal assets, understanding the most likely attack vectors. Proactively strengthen defenses along these identified pathways to prevent breaches.
incident response planning, threat hunting operations, security architecture reviews, proactive security posture management
Key Features
Continuous External Asset Discovery
Automatically identifies all internet-facing assets, including domains, subdomains, and cloud services, eliminating blind spots.
Vulnerability and Misconfiguration Detection
Pinpoints security weaknesses and exposed data on external assets, allowing for targeted remediation.
Attack Path Visualization
Illustrates how attackers might exploit external exposures to reach internal systems, enabling focused defense strategies.
Risk Prioritization Engine
Ranks identified risks by exploitability and business impact, ensuring security teams focus on the most critical threats.
Real-time Alerting and Reporting
Provides immediate notifications of critical changes and regular reports to maintain awareness of the external attack surface.
Industry Applications
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage vast amounts of sensitive student and research data, requiring robust security to protect against breaches and maintain compliance with regulations like FERPA. Continuous monitoring of external assets is critical for securing these diverse digital environments.
Government & Public Sector
Public sector organizations handle sensitive citizen data and critical infrastructure, making them prime targets for cyberattacks. EASM helps government agencies maintain a secure external posture and comply with stringent security mandates.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must protect patient health information (PHI) under strict regulations like HIPAA. EASM assists in identifying and securing all internet-facing systems that could expose sensitive patient data, ensuring compliance and patient privacy.
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions manage highly sensitive customer financial data and are subject to rigorous compliance requirements like PCI DSS and GLBA. Proactively identifying and securing external-facing assets is essential to prevent fraud and maintain customer trust.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an external attack surface?
An organization's external attack surface refers to all the points where an external attacker can attempt to enter or attack its systems. This includes internet-facing servers, websites, cloud services, and any other digital assets accessible from the internet.
How does External Attack Surface Management help educational institutions?
For educational institutions, EASM helps identify and secure all online resources, from student portals to research servers, preventing unauthorized access and data breaches. It ensures that digital learning environments and sensitive research data remain protected.
Is this a cloud-based solution?
Yes, Bitdefender GravityZone External Attack Surface Management is a cloud-delivered service, meaning it requires no on-premises hardware and can be accessed 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.