With this acquisition, Mesh’s technology will be integrated into Bitdefender’s extended detection and response (XDR) platform and managed detection and response (MDR) services.
Email attacks continue to pose the greatest threat to organizations, with consequences that include the spread of ransomware, phishing, and unauthorized access to business accounts.
According to the FBI’s 2024 Internet Crime report, companies reported losses of nearly $2.8 billion due to compromised email accounts. In addition, the Bitdefender 2024 Cybersecurity Assessment Report, based on responses from 1,200 cybersecurity professionals worldwide, identified phishing and social engineering as the top threats affecting organizations.
The acquisition will incorporate Mesh’s email security capabilities into Bitdefender GravityZone, Bitdefender’s unified security, compliance, and risk analysis platform. Mesh technology filters external threats through a network-level security system and monitors the activity of each email account. This model provides complete visibility into potential attacks, regardless of their origin, and contributes valuable data to Bitdefender’s global threat intelligence network, Bitdefender said.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)