GravityZone Overview
GravityZone is Bitdefender’s flagship endpoint security platform. It protects physical, virtual, and cloud endpoints from a centralised management console — available as a cloud-hosted SaaS or an on-premises virtual appliance. GravityZone’s modular architecture lets you start with core prevention and add detection and response capabilities as your security maturity grows.GravityZone is consistently recognised by independent testing labs (AV-TEST, AV-Comparatives, MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations) for its high detection rates, low false positives, and minimal performance impact.
Key Features
Anti-Malware & Anti-Exploit
Multi-layered scanning combines signature matching, heuristic analysis, and machine learning to block known and unknown malware. Memory protection and exploit prevention guard against fileless attacks and zero-day vulnerabilities.
Ransomware Mitigation
Automatic backup of files targeted by encryption processes. If ransomware is detected, affected files are rolled back to their pre-attack state — eliminating the need to pay a ransom or restore from backup.
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
Continuous recording of endpoint activity provides a full timeline of events for threat investigation. Analysts can search across endpoints, visualise attack chains, and take response actions — isolate hosts, kill processes, collect forensic data — from the console.
Extended Detection and Response (XDR)
Correlates telemetry across endpoints, network, email, cloud workloads, and identity sources to surface complex, multi-stage attacks that single-source detection would miss. XDR provides prioritised, context-rich incidents with automated response recommendations.
Risk Analytics
Continuously assesses endpoint risk based on misconfigurations, vulnerable software, user behaviour, and missing patches. Risk scores help you prioritise remediation efforts and demonstrate security posture improvements over time.
Patch Management
Inventories installed software, identifies missing patches, and automates deployment of OS and third-party application updates. Reduces the attack surface by closing known vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.
Additional Capabilities
- Device Control — manage access to USB drives, Bluetooth devices, and other removable media to prevent data exfiltration and malware introduction.
- Web Filtering & Content Control — block access to malicious, phishing, or policy-violating websites. Enforce acceptable use policies without deploying a separate web proxy.
- Firewall Management — a host-based firewall with centrally managed rules to control inbound and outbound network traffic on each endpoint.
- Encryption Management — manage full-disk encryption (BitLocker on Windows, FileVault on macOS) from the GravityZone console, with centralised key recovery.
- Sandbox Analyzer — automatically detonate suspicious files and URLs in an isolated cloud sandbox to observe behaviour before allowing execution on the endpoint.
Detection Technologies
GravityZone employs a defence-in-depth approach with multiple detection layers working in concert.Machine Learning (HyperDetect)
Machine Learning (HyperDetect)
Tuneable machine learning models analyse file characteristics before execution. HyperDetect can be configured to different sensitivity levels — balanced, aggressive, or permissive — depending on your risk tolerance and operational environment.
Behavioural Analysis (Process Inspector)
Behavioural Analysis (Process Inspector)
Monitors running processes in real time for suspicious behaviour patterns such as privilege escalation, lateral movement, credential dumping, and data staging. Malicious processes are terminated and their changes are rolled back automatically.
Network Attack Defence
Network Attack Defence
Inspects network traffic at the endpoint level to detect and block brute-force attacks, port scans, and exploitation attempts before they reach vulnerable services.
Cloud Threat Intelligence
Cloud Threat Intelligence
GravityZone agents query the Bitdefender Global Protective Network — a cloud-based threat intelligence service processing billions of queries daily — for real-time reputation verdicts on files, URLs, and IP addresses.
Fileless Attack Defence
Fileless Attack Defence
Detects and blocks attacks that operate entirely in memory using PowerShell, WMI, JavaScript, or macro-based payloads — techniques increasingly favoured by advanced threat actors.
Deployment Options
GravityZone offers flexible deployment models to suit your infrastructure and compliance requirements.| Deployment Model | Description | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud (SaaS) | Console hosted by Bitdefender. No on-premises infrastructure required. Agents connect directly to the cloud. | Small-to-medium businesses, remote-first organisations, rapid deployments |
| On-Premises (Virtual Appliance) | Console deployed as a virtual appliance in your own data centre (VMware, Hyper-V, Citrix). All data stays within your network. | Organisations with data sovereignty requirements, air-gapped or restricted networks |
| Hybrid | Cloud console with on-premises relay servers that cache updates and reduce WAN bandwidth. Agents can report to local relays or directly to the cloud. | Distributed organisations with branch offices or limited internet bandwidth |
Plan & Prepare
WOHO reviews your endpoint inventory, network topology, and security requirements to determine the optimal deployment model and policy structure.
Console Setup
We provision the GravityZone console (cloud or on-premises), configure company structure, user roles, notification policies, and integration with Active Directory or Azure AD.
Agent Deployment
We deploy the Bitdefender agent to all endpoints using your preferred method — GPO, SCCM, Intune, remote installation from the console, or manual installer packages. Agents are configured with the appropriate security policies from the start.
Policy Tuning
After initial deployment, we fine-tune detection sensitivity, exclusions for line-of-business applications, and alerting thresholds to balance security with operational needs.
Want to protect your endpoints with Bitdefender GravityZone? Contact WOHO Solutions to schedule a security assessment and deployment consultation.