Mia Thompson, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Bitdefender, a global cybersecurity leader shared her experience as an innovator in the cyber field. She brings a wealth of experience from product marketing, customer success and operations. Now, she works with public and private organizations to understand the rapidly evolving compliance landscape and how best to manage risk. Bitdefender is a growing, global leader in cybersecurity. Read how they deliver solutions that go beyond the four walls of cross compliance to build resilient security postures.
Bitdefender’s flagship product, GravityZone, is on the frontlines in helping organizations of all shapes and sizes meet their compliance requirements. The company offers GravityZone Proactive Hardening and Attack Surface Reduction (PHASR), which proactively reduces exposure by disabling unused or risky system tools. Now, organizations are facing increasing regulatory enforcement. That’s why it’s more important than ever to know how to integrate security practices with compliance requirements.
The stakes for non-compliance are high. Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), organizations may incur fines of up to €20 million or 4% of their global annual turnover. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) poses heavy barriers. If not, you may be ordered to pay up to $100,000 in monthly fines for noncompliance. This is where Bitdefender’s solutions become an indispensable partner for organizations. They help avoid overwhelming financial losses and reputational damage.
Understanding Compliance in Cybersecurity
Organizations frequently fall into the trap of making endpoint security their de facto compliance assets. Security teams and Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) teams often work in silos, creating inappropriate inefficiencies and miscommunication. Mia Thompson explains why this disconnect often leads to blind spots in security coverage and compliance alignment.
Bitdefender has made it its mission to bridge that gap with industry-leading cybersecurity solutions. By offering tools that seamlessly integrate with existing security frameworks, Bitdefender facilitates better collaboration between GRC, engineering, and security operations teams. This integration deeply supports a whole-of-nation approach to cybersecurity. It addresses short-term threats and invests in sustaining longer-term goals of ensuring compliance.
As Thompson points out, for most organizations it’s difficult enough to keep up with ongoing compliance with constantly changing regulatory guidance. Bitdefender’s solutions are built from the ground up to ensure that organizations can remain on the cutting edge of these new, shifting demands. GravityZone Compliance Manager automates the compliance burden. Most importantly, it equips organizations with the right tools to proactively track and maintain their compliance state.
The Role of Proactive Hardening
One of Bitdefender’s groundbreaking solutions is GravityZone PHASR, which takes a refreshingly proactive approach to security. PHASR accomplishes this by disabling unused or risky system tools, which can greatly reduce an organization’s attack surface. This kind of proactive hardening is both vital and necessary in today’s cyber threat environment, where cybercriminals are always looking for new weaknesses to attack.
According to Thompson, combining PHASR with GravityZone creates a robust defense mechanism that not only protects endpoints but helps organizations meet compliance requirements effectively. This combined approach enhances security to a whole new level. More importantly, it reduces the likelihood of costly breaches that could lead to compliance-related fines.
Organizations that proactively harden practices are more equipped to act against developing threats. Bitdefender’s attack surface minimization solutions quickly reduce overall exposure while hardening high-risk potential entry points against attackers. Such a combinatorial approach enables organizations to develop much more robust and resilient cyber defenses.
A Commitment to Continuous Improvement
Bitdefender’s greater mission is to empower organizations to overcome their complicated security, risk and compliance hurdles. Mia Thompson iterates this point, drawing attention to the need for adaptability in cybersecurity efforts. As the regulatory landscape continues to change, so too must organizations’ strategies to keep pace.
The focus on endpoint protection and cyber-risk management reflects a broader industry trend towards prioritizing proactive measures over reactive responses. By leveraging advanced technologies and innovative solutions, Bitdefender empowers organizations to stay ahead of potential threats while ensuring compliance with applicable regulations.
Thompson has been a tireless advocate for superiority in endpoint protection. Bitdefender’s commitment closely aligns to our mission of providing powerful cybersecurity that is purpose-built to address the complex needs of any organization. As a leading cybersecurity company, Bitdefender knows that organizations are facing unprecedented challenges now more than ever. With this insight they can develop solutions that enhance security and simplify compliance.