Bitdefender (BD) is a large Romanian company headquartered in Bucharest. It has been a trusted IT security provider since 2001. With a global security delivery infrastructure, visionary solutions, and a wealth of awards, Bitdefender works with government organizations, large enterprises, SMEs, and private individuals in more than 150 countries, protecting over 500 million users.

Bitdefender is one of the world’s most innovative IT security software vendors today. Its more than 800 employees (approximately 50% of the staff) are engineers and researchers. In the past three years alone, Bitdefender has issued 100 patents for core technologies. Its long-standing mission is to deliver transformative security technologies to users and organizations worldwide.

From IoT to data centres, from endpoints to hybrid infrastructures, Bitdefender plays a transformational role in how security is best consumed, deployed, and managed. The company strives to deliver products and services focused on efficacy, performance, ease of use, and interoperability.

For the CONSOLE Project, Bitdefender acts as coordinator, leading the activities for WP1 and WP3 and handling project management and technical development tasks.