SWGfL is a charity dedicated to empowering the safe and secure use of technology through services, tools, content, and policy at both national and global levels.
As part of this work, SWGfL offers Bitdefender’s range of security software at special prices for education. This gives schools and organisations access to award-winning endpoint security designed to protect devices, data, and users.
These solutions help education settings maintain secure systems and support safe use of technology across their community.
What is endpoint security?
Endpoint security refers to protecting devices such as laptops, desktops, and servers from cyber threats.
Bitdefender’s security software protects endpoints against risks such as malware, ransomware, and unauthorised access. This helps ensure that devices used by staff and students remain secure.
Which Product Is For You?
GravityZone Business Security
GravityZone Business Security protects desktops, laptops, and servers against a wide range of cyber threats, helping schools and organisations maintain secure systems. It combines advanced machine learning, heuristics, anti-exploit technologies, and other endpoint protection features to detect and prevent attacks in real time.
This solution provides industry-leading protection and consistently receives high ratings in independent security tests. It also includes anti-phishing and web security features to safeguard users from malicious websites, as well as anti-ransomware capabilities to prevent data loss from ransomware attacks.
GravityZone Business Security can be deployed either on-premise or in the cloud, offering flexible installation options to suit the needs of your organisation.
Purchase now for £8.80 per device for 3 years.
For more details please download the product datasheet.
GravityZone Business Security Premium
GravityZone Business Security Premium includes all the features of GravityZone Business Security, with additional capabilities designed to give IT teams greater control and protection.
Premium adds application control through whitelisting, allowing organisations to manage which applications are permitted to run on devices. The Sandbox Analyzer feature enables IT teams to safely open and test files in a controlled environment, preventing potential threats from affecting the network. HyperDetect allows IT teams to fine-tune the machine learning engine for more precise detection of emerging threats.
Ransomware Mitigation provides real-time backups of files just before they are modified by a suspicious process, ensuring that data can be recovered and reducing the risk of loss from ransomware attacks.
Purchase now for just £20.99 per device for 3 years.
For more details please download the product datasheet.
GravityZone Business Security Enterprise
GravityZone Business Security Enterprise includes all the features of GravityZone Business Security Premium, with advanced tools designed to help IT teams detect, analyse, and respond to sophisticated threats.
The Incident Visualization feature enables IT staff to see how an attack occurred, making it faster and easier to recover and prevent further damage. Root Cause Analysis helps teams understand how an attack entered the system, which components were targeted, and the methods used, supporting more effective remediation.
Anomaly Defense creates a snapshot of normal system operation and highlights any unusual behaviour that deviates from this baseline, providing early warning of potential attacks. MITRE Event Tagging assists IT teams in identifying abnormal behaviour by linking events to known attack patterns, helping to spot emerging threats quickly.
Purchase now for just £26.50 per device for 3 years.
For more details please download the product datasheet.
Add-on Options
Keeping all software up to date can be challenging, but it is essential because many cyber attacks exploit vulnerabilities in out-of-date software. Patch Management simplifies this process by adding automated patching capabilities to your GravityZone platform, helping your IT team maintain secure systems efficiently.
With Patch Management, you can perform on-demand patch updates, scan devices for missing patches, automate the installation of patches, and generate reports on patch status to ensure your environment is fully up to date.
Purchase now for just £8.25 per device for 3 years.
For more details please download the product datasheet.
Keep your school data secure and prevent data loss by encrypting your drives with Full Disk Encryption. This add-on uses native device technologies, including BitLocker, FileVault, or the diskutil command, to enforce encryption directly on each device.
Full Disk Encryption integrates seamlessly with your existing Bitdefender platform, allowing you to manage security and compliance from a single system. By enforcing pre-boot authentication, it ensures that no one can access a device without the correct password or credentials, helping schools demonstrate compliance with safeguarding and data protection standards.
This approach uses native technologies, so there is no additional software to deploy, and encryption is applied consistently across all managed devices.
Purchase now for just £5.50 per device for 3 years.
For more details please download the product datasheet.
Why this matters for education
Schools and organisations rely on technology to support learning and operations. Without effective security, devices and data may be exposed to cyber threats.
Using security software helps protect your education community and supports a safe and secure digital environment.
Industry Reviews
Independent evaluations and awards highlight the effectiveness of Bitdefender security software for education settings.
The only cybersecurity vendor to prevent all advanced threats
“For the second year in a row Bitdefender is the only vendor to achieve a perfect score (15/15) against advanced persistent threats.”
AV-Comparatives Enhance Real-World Test - Enterprise (APT), Dec 2020
Bitdefender earns four AV-TEST best protection awards
“This year the company shone brighter than ever. With four Awards, Bitdefender shows its supremacy over many other solutions on the market. In the tests for end-user, as well as for business and mobile products, Bitdefender impressed with its outstanding protection.”
AV-TEST CEO Maik Morgenstern
Customer Testimonials
IT and safeguarding leads share how these tools have strengthened online safety and data protection in their organisations.
Access and purchasing
SWGfL works to negotiate competitive pricing for education organisations, helping to make purchasing decisions simpler and more cost effective.
To access Bitdefender discounts for education, you must register for an SWGfL account. Once registered, you can purchase security software at education pricing.
Terms and conditions apply.
Purchasers may be required to confirm their eligibility to purchase through this arrangement.
SWGfL and Phoenix Software reserve the right to refuse sale of licences to any individual or organisation that does not qualify as a purchaser at their sole discretion, and/or if Bitdefender decline to fulfil a sale of licences to any individual or organisation.
