Case Study: University of Urbino achieves reduced security breaches and improved performance with Bitdefender GravityZone

Bitdefender blocks malware at 500-year-old university

The University of Urbino, a 500-year-old Italian university with a modern enterprise‑scale IT environment, was struggling with persistent malware infections, system slowdowns and ineffective protection from prior antiviruses. Seeking a lighter‑footprint, cloud‑delivered solution, the university evaluated several vendors and selected Bitdefender’s GravityZone (GravityZone Business Security) to secure faculty, staff and students.

Bitdefender deployed GravityZone to more than 2,000 Windows, Linux and Mac endpoints using the Cloud Console and automatic Active Directory rollout. Bitdefender’s thin client and cloud delivery stopped persistent infections, cut security‑related IT trouble calls by about 35% within four weeks, reduced breaches by about 25%, prevented impact from the WannaCry outbreak, eliminated lingering CryptoLocker infections, removed user slowdowns and enabled the university to grow its infrastructure roughly 25% without adding security staff.

University of Urbino

Mauro Raimondi

Chief Information Officer