Bitdefender unveils GravityZone tool for easier compliance

Bitdefender has released a new compliance management solution designed to address the growing regulatory and audit requirements faced by organisations across industries.

The company has introduced GravityZone Compliance Manager, which aims to assist businesses in reducing the costs and operational obstacles associated with compliance while streamlining the process of achieving audit readiness.

The solution comes at a time when regulations such as GDPR, PCI DSS, NIS2, and DORA are enforcing stricter penalties for non-compliance, including fines up to EUR €20 million or 4% of global annual turnover under GDPR, and USD $100,000 per month under PCI DSS. These penalties are in addition to reputational harm that can result from regulatory breaches.

GravityZone Compliance Manager provides real-time visibility into an organisation's compliance posture, automates remediation tasks, generates audit-ready reports, and allows for one-click compliance documentation.

The solution is fully integrated with Bitdefender's existing endpoint security and risk analytics platform.

Andrei Florescu, President and General Manager of Bitdefender Business Solutions Group, commented on the release: "The consequences of non-compliance, including financial loss, operational disruption, and reputational damage, rival those of a data breach or ransomware attack, yet most businesses lack the resources or specialised talent needed to manage compliance with confidence."

"GravityZone Compliance Manager is a game-changer that consolidates compliance, risk management, and endpoint security on a single platform, enabling businesses to meet regulatory demands effortlessly and reduce complexity to strengthen cyber resilience."

Patria Bank has served as an early access client for GravityZone Compliance Manager.

Alin Paunescu, Chief Information Security Officer at Patria Bank, shared insights on the tool's impact: "GravityZone Compliance Manager performed well for us during early access. The continuous monitoring and assessment feature reduced our reliance on manual scans, saving valuable time. Because it's integrated into our existing security stack, we've avoided the additional cost and complexity of using external tools. It has simplified our operations by eliminating the need for multiple point solutions."

Recent guidance from Gartner has underscored the importance of integrating compliance and risk management via automated, continuous monitoring and impact-based assessments.

According to research cited by Bitdefender, organisations increasingly risk severe consequences for fragmented or manual approaches to regulatory compliance.

Despite escalating regulatory demands globally, many organisations continue to rely on siloed tools and manual processes that may be insufficient to address comprehensive compliance requirements. GravityZone Compliance Manager is designed as an add-on to the company's core GravityZone platform to provide a unified approach, bringing together compliance, risk, and security operations in one system. This integration includes real-time compliance scoring, automated reporting, and guided remediation without requiring specialised in-house compliance expertise.

The solution's features include automated audit-ready reports that can be generated in seconds, using information already collected by Bitdefender tools.

These reports are structured to meet auditor standards and include an executive summary, an analysis of compliant versus non-compliant checks, and a risk overview with a severity breakdown.

Additionally, the platform integrates compliance management with security and risk analytics alongside tools like Bitdefender Proactive Hardening and Attack Surface Reduction (PHASR).

This combination allows organisations to reduce system vulnerabilities and maintain ongoing alignment with compliance requirements. Whenever risks are mitigated, the platform automatically updates compliance status, enhancing operational efficiency and cybersecurity posture.

GravityZone Compliance Manager supports immediate alignment with a broad range of industry and geography-specific frameworks, such as GDPR, HIPAA, DORA, NIS 2 Directive, PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, CISv8, and CMMC 2.0. Organisations can identify and address compliance gaps with a single click and access detailed information on risks and affected assets per standard.

The solution's full feature set is available to new and existing GravityZone customers.

Organisations using the platform's risk management functions gain immediate access to a standard set of compliance tools, while a full Compliance Manager add-on licence provides support for advanced frameworks, comprehensive scoring, enhanced visibility, and exportable reports.

Bitdefender has indicated that while GravityZone Compliance Manager is intended to assist organisations with compliance-related activities, it does not replace internal compliance efforts or guarantee the outcome of external audits.

The company recommends that organisations work with approved auditors for formal compliance certification processes.