Bitdefender
Bitdefender provides cybersecurity software and services for consumers, businesses, and governments.
- Categories
- Endpoint protection and antivirus, Vulnerability management, EDR and XDR, Managed detection and response
- Based in
- Bucharest, Romania
- Founded
- 2001
- Size
- 1,800 staff
- Ownership
- Private
About Bitdefender
Bitdefender is a cybersecurity company founded in Romania in 2001. It protects millions of systems and environments for private users and businesses. The company sells security products and threat information for homes, businesses, and their devices, networks, and cloud services. It offers solutions for consumers, small businesses, and enterprises. For businesses, it provides a security platform and managed services to make them more resilient against cyber attacks. Bitdefender also licenses its technology to other security vendors. It emphasises European data sovereignty and has a partnership with Secunet for certified cloud infrastructure. Bitdefender has been a pioneer in AI-driven cybersecurity since 2008, using machine learning and deep learning to improve detection of new and unknown malware. Its GravityZone platform integrates risk management, endpoint protection, and XDR across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. The platform uses a prevention-first architecture with multiple overlapping layers to stop attacks early.
Products
- GravityZoneA security platform that unifies risk management, endpoint protection, and XDR across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.
- Bitdefender MDRA managed detection and response service where Bitdefender analysts monitor environments 24/7 and respond to threats.
- Bitdefender Sandbox ServiceA cloud-based sandbox that analyses suspicious files and URLs to detect zero-day malware and advanced threats.
- Network Attack Defense (NAD)A module that performs deep-packet inspection on endpoints to block malicious URLs, IPs, and domains.
- Proactive Hardening and Attack Surface Reduction (PHASR)A solution that analyses user behaviour and applies hardening measures to reduce the attack surface.
- Advanced Threat Control (ATC)A zero-trust execution monitoring module that scores running applications and terminates suspicious actions.
Ownership and deals
- Bitdefender acquired Mesh SecurityReport on Bitdefender buying Mesh Security (opens in a new tab)
- Bitdefender acquired BitShieldReport on Bitdefender buying BitShield (opens in a new tab)
- Bitdefender acquired Horangi Cyber SecurityReport on Bitdefender buying Horangi Cyber Security (opens in a new tab)
Acquisitions come from SecurityWeek's monthly M&A round-ups from 2021 onwards, from Cybersecurity Ventures' quarterly M&A reports for 2020, and a few from Wikipedia lists. Funding rounds from 2022 onwards come from Return on Security's weekly Security, Funded newsletter. These are dated to the month. A few deals added from the news are dated to the day. Smaller deals may be missing. Amounts are in US dollars.