Case Study: Directorate for Agrarian Payments achieves zero breaches and reduced security administration time with Bitdefender GravityZone Advanced Business Security

Serbian government agency successfully blocks infections, streamlines security administration, and improves user experience

The Directorate for Agrarian Payments, a Serbian government agency that manages subsidies for roughly 400,000 agricultural producers, had faced a damaging ransomware incident and risked exposure when a centralized mail server sent malicious messages to multiple agencies. After AVG failed to stop earlier attacks, the Directorate chose Bitdefender GravityZone Advanced Business Security following proof-of-concept testing because it blocked malicious emails that would have reached employees and offered the most complete protection without slowing endpoints.

Bitdefender deployed GravityZone Advanced Business Security across 325 endpoints (Windows workstations and Windows/VMware servers), managed from a single console and implemented with partner Fractal Dimension. Since the switch, Bitdefender has prevented any security breaches, completed installation across 300+ endpoints in about two hours, reduced security administration from nine to five hours per week, and cut security-related trouble inquiries by roughly 30%, while eliminating workstation performance issues and helping the Directorate meet Serbian and EU security standards.

Directorate for Agrarian Payments

Miloš Jelić

Head of Technical and System Support