Case Study: Commerce State Bank achieves advanced protection, 95% patch compliance and lower endpoint costs with Bitdefender GravityZone

Commerce State Bank protects growth with advanced security

Commerce State Bank, a Wisconsin community bank, faced a close call when an employee opened a ransomware-infected file and discovered their existing Trend Micro solution was missing threats and hard to scale. After evaluating McAfee, Kaspersky, Trend Micro and Bitdefender, Commerce State Bank selected Bitdefender GravityZone—initially Advanced Business Security and later upgraded to Elite and Ultra—to gain easier management, scalability and stronger threat intelligence.

Bitdefender deployed GravityZone Ultra Security across Windows and Linux workstations, servers and VMware VMs, with Sandbox Analyzer, HyperDetect, Patch Management and Full‑Disk Encryption add-ons. As a result, Commerce State Bank has avoided malware outbreaks, increased patch compliance from 70% to 95%, reduced time spent on patch management by about 50%, cut endpoint licensing costs by 15–20%, and improved endpoint performance and centralized administration via Bitdefender’s cloud console.

Commerce State Bank

Peter Garancis

Vice President, Information Technology