Bitdefender’s EU Data Collaboration with OVHcloud

Bitdefender and OVHcloud have teamed up to address the stringent EU data sovereignty requirements through a cutting-edge cybersecurity solution. By deploying Bitdefender’s GravityZone XDR on OVHcloud’s SecNumCloud-certified platform based in France, this partnership ensures that European organizations can meet data residency, compliance, and security standards while maintaining full control over their information.

Andrei Florescu of Bitdefender notes that hosting GravityZone on OVHcloud’s infrastructure boosts customer confidence by ensuring local management of critical data components like logs and security alerts. This approach supports the NIS2 Directive, enhancing governance, incident reporting, and auditing, thereby giving regulators the transparency they need on security controls.

Florescu highlights how financial institutions, subject to DORA regulations, benefit from keeping operations regional. This setup offers technical assurances that GravityZone XDR functions as a locally governed service, simplifying compliance.

Empowering EU Service Providers

This move also creates growth opportunities for managed service providers (MSPs) and channel partners. Florescu outlines how embedding GravityZone XDR within OVHcloud strengthens MSPs’ and MSSPs’ offerings by blending top-notch security with a comprehensive EU data center network, catering to regulated sectors and government bodies.

Partners are strategically positioned to secure contracts with public sector clients requiring stringent governance. MSSPs can broaden their services with managed detection and response (MDR) and security operations center (SOC)-as-a-Service capabilities, vital for clients prioritizing EU data privacy.

For many service providers, ensuring digital sovereignty remains central to their strategy in European markets.

Trust through Certified Infrastructure

Trust is a cornerstone of the Bitdefender-OVHcloud initiative. By selecting OVHcloud’s SecNumCloud-certified infrastructure, Bitdefender elevates assurance levels, confirmed by France’s cybersecurity authority, ANSSI. “This certification ensures that our cloud environment meets rigorous European sovereignty and security standards,” explains Florescu.

Ensuring data processing and storage remains within EU boundaries, the initiative is validated by leading EU institutions, providing customers with confidence in their data’s security and privacy.

Shaping Europe’s Digital Future

This partnership advances European digital business by aligning robust cybersecurity measures with regulatory standards. It highlights how EU tech firms can provide top-tier protection while maintaining data sovereignty.

Suparna Chawla Bhasin, the Senior Managing Editor at CyberRisk Alliance’s Channel Brands, blends strategic insight and creativity in content development, focusing on technology, media, and education.

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