Bitdefender GravityZone Security for Mobile
Bitdefender GravityZone Security for Mobile provides essential endpoint protection for mobile devices across educational institutions, safeguarding sensitive data and ensuring compliance.
- Extended Coverage: Secures all mobile devices used within the educational environment, including student and staff-owned devices.
- Data Protection: Safeguards sensitive student and institutional data from mobile-borne threats and unauthorized access.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps educational organizations meet data privacy regulations by securing mobile endpoints.
- Simplified Management: Centralized console for easy deployment, policy enforcement, and threat monitoring across mobile fleets.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Bitdefender GravityZone Security for Mobile is a cloud-based solution designed to protect smartphones and tablets used within educational settings. It offers robust security features to defend against malware, phishing, and data loss, ensuring a secure mobile environment for students and staff.
This solution is ideal for K-12 schools, universities, and other academic institutions that need to secure a diverse range of mobile devices. It integrates into existing IT infrastructure, providing IT managers with a centralized platform to enforce security policies and monitor mobile endpoints effectively.
- Advanced Threat Prevention: Detects and blocks malware, ransomware, and other mobile threats in real-time.
- Web Filtering: Prevents access to malicious or inappropriate websites, protecting users from phishing and unsafe content.
- Application Control: Allows administrators to block or allow specific applications, ensuring only approved software is used.
- Data Encryption: Protects sensitive data stored on mobile devices through encryption.
- Remote Management: Enables IT staff to remotely lock, wipe, or locate lost or stolen devices.
Equip your educational institution with advanced mobile security that is both effective and easy to manage, ensuring a safer digital learning experience.
What This Solves
Enable Secure Mobile Device Access for Students
Enable students to safely use their mobile devices for educational purposes without compromising institutional data. Streamline the process of onboarding and managing student-owned devices with consistent security policies.
BYOD programs, remote learning initiatives, campus-wide Wi-Fi networks, digital classroom environments
Protect Staff Mobile Devices and Institutional Data
Safeguard sensitive administrative and student data accessed or stored on staff mobile devices. Automate the enforcement of security policies to prevent data leakage and unauthorized access on corporate or personal devices.
Remote work policies, field staff operations, administrative data access, BYOD programs
Ensure Compliance with Data Privacy Regulations
Help educational organizations meet stringent data privacy requirements like FERPA by securing mobile endpoints. Automate the detection and remediation of security risks on mobile devices to maintain compliance.
Student data management, regulatory compliance audits, secure data handling protocols, institutional data governance
Key Features
Advanced Malware Protection
Defends against known and unknown mobile threats, including viruses, spyware, and ransomware, to prevent device compromise and data theft.
Web and Application Filtering
Blocks access to malicious websites and unauthorized applications, reducing the risk of phishing attacks and malware infections.
Remote Device Management
Allows IT administrators to remotely lock, wipe, or locate lost or stolen devices, protecting sensitive data and preventing unauthorized access.
Data Encryption
Encrypts sensitive data stored on mobile devices, ensuring confidentiality even if the device is lost or stolen.
Centralized Cloud Console
Provides a single pane of glass for managing security policies, monitoring threats, and deploying updates across all protected mobile devices.
Industry Applications
Education & Research
Educational institutions handle vast amounts of sensitive student and operational data on diverse mobile devices, requiring robust security and compliance measures to protect against breaches and meet regulations like FERPA.
Government & Public Sector
Public sector organizations, including educational bodies, must adhere to strict data protection mandates and secure mobile endpoints used by staff and students to prevent data leakage and maintain public trust.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers frequently use mobile devices for patient care and administrative tasks, necessitating strong security to protect sensitive patient health information (PHI) and comply with HIPAA.
Finance & Insurance
Financial and insurance firms handle highly sensitive customer data on mobile devices, requiring advanced security to prevent fraud, protect financial information, and meet regulatory compliance standards.
Frequently Asked Questions
What types of mobile devices does this solution support?
This solution supports a wide range of mobile devices running iOS and Android operating systems. It is designed to accommodate both corporate-issued and personally-owned devices used for work purposes.
How does this product help with compliance in education?
By securing mobile devices and the data they access, this product helps educational institutions comply with regulations like FERPA. It ensures that student and institutional data is protected from unauthorized access and breaches.
Is this solution difficult to manage for IT staff?
No, the solution is designed for ease of management with a centralized cloud console. IT administrators can easily deploy policies, monitor device status, and respond to threats without extensive specialized training.
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.