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	Greenman-Pedersen engineers safer cybersecurity protection

Greenman-Pedersen engineers safer cybersecurity protection

Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Endpoint Security Cybersecurity & Privacy - Malware Protection Cybersecurity & Privacy - Security Compliance
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Field Services
Services	System Integration Training
Challenge	At Greenman-Pedersen, one of the top engineering design firms in the U.S., much of the action happens in the field. That’s where engineers, scientists and other staff design and build bridges, highways, golf courses, sustainable and walkable urban centers and more. An organization that is often conducting field-based work can present cybersecurity challenges. For example, a significant portion of staff work remotely, making it difficult to patch and maintain security. Moving from McAfee endpoint protection software to Bitdefender GravityZone Elite has provided GPI with increased protection and streamlined security administration. Read More
About Customer	Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. (GPI) offers engineering and design work for building, infrastructure, power, transportation and telecommunications projects. Founded in 1966, the firm has 1,500 employees, 20 offices in the U.S. and more than $200 million in annual revenues. GPI is a top engineering design firm in the U.S., known for its extensive field-based work where engineers, scientists, and other staff design and build various infrastructure projects. The company has a significant portion of its workforce operating remotely, which presents unique cybersecurity challenges. Read More
Solution	Today, GPI uses Bitdefender GravityZone Elite to protect 1,900 workstations, 35 physical servers, and 125 virtual servers. The environment primarily runs Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Hyper-V. In addition, GPI uses GravityZone Elite’s Sandbox Analyzer, an endpoint-integrated sandbox to analyze suspicious files, detonate payloads, and report malicious intent to administrators, and HyperDetect, a next-generation security layer that provides tunable machine learning with advanced heuristics and anti-exploit techniques. Applications running in GPI’s environment protected by Bitdefender include Microsoft Office 365, Autodesk AutoCAD, Adobe, Bluebeam Revu, and MicroStation CAD, among others. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Endpoint Security

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Malware Protection

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Security Compliance

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Field Services

Services

System Integration

Training

Challenge

At Greenman-Pedersen, one of the top engineering design firms in the U.S., much of the action happens in the field. That’s where engineers, scientists and other staff design and build bridges, highways, golf courses, sustainable and walkable urban centers and more. An organization that is often conducting field-based work can present cybersecurity challenges. For example, a significant portion of staff work remotely, making it difficult to patch and maintain security. Moving from McAfee endpoint protection software to Bitdefender GravityZone Elite has provided GPI with increased protection and streamlined security administration.

About Customer

Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. (GPI) offers engineering and design work for building, infrastructure, power, transportation and telecommunications projects. Founded in 1966, the firm has 1,500 employees, 20 offices in the U.S. and more than $200 million in annual revenues. GPI is a top engineering design firm in the U.S., known for its extensive field-based work where engineers, scientists, and other staff design and build various infrastructure projects. The company has a significant portion of its workforce operating remotely, which presents unique cybersecurity challenges.

Solution

Today, GPI uses Bitdefender GravityZone Elite to protect 1,900 workstations, 35 physical servers, and 125 virtual servers. The environment primarily runs Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Hyper-V. In addition, GPI uses GravityZone Elite’s Sandbox Analyzer, an endpoint-integrated sandbox to analyze suspicious files, detonate payloads, and report malicious intent to administrators, and HyperDetect, a next-generation security layer that provides tunable machine learning with advanced heuristics and anti-exploit techniques. Applications running in GPI’s environment protected by Bitdefender include Microsoft Office 365, Autodesk AutoCAD, Adobe, Bluebeam Revu, and MicroStation CAD, among others.

Impact #1	Protection from malware and other threats has increased significantly since GPI switched to Bitdefender.
Impact #2	Malware-related trouble calls to GPI’s IT department have dropped by 75 to 90 percent since replacing McAfee with Bitdefender.
Impact #3	The GravityZone portal is easy to use and provides a lot of valuable data, allowing quick identification of areas needing attention.

Impact #1

Protection from malware and other threats has increased significantly since GPI switched to Bitdefender.

Impact #2

Malware-related trouble calls to GPI’s IT department have dropped by 75 to 90 percent since replacing McAfee with Bitdefender.

Impact #3

The GravityZone portal is easy to use and provides a lot of valuable data, allowing quick identification of areas needing attention.

Benefit #1	Malware-related trouble calls decreased by 75 to 90 percent.

Benefit #1

Malware-related trouble calls decreased by 75 to 90 percent.

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Greenman-Pedersen engineers safer cybersecurity protection

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