Bitdefender Recognized in the 2026 Gartner® Europe Context: Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection

Organizations across Europe face a growing challenge: maintaining strong cybersecurity while meeting increasingly complex digital sovereignty requirements.

As geopolitical tensions, regulatory pressures, and concerns about data access continue to evolve, security leaders are being asked tougher questions—not only about security effectiveness, but also about who controls their data, who can access it, and under which legal frameworks their cybersecurity technologies operate.

We are proud to announce that Bitdefender has been recognized as a Notable Vendor in the 2026 Gartner® Europe Context: Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection¹.

We believe our recognition in the Gartner Europe Context reflects our ability to deliver highly trusted and effective security innovation while supporting the sovereignty requirements of European organizations.

This recognition follows Bitdefender's position as the only EU-headquartered vendor recognized as a Visionary in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection ².

Cybersecurity and Digital Sovereignty Without Trade-Offs

Organizations increasingly want assurance that their cybersecurity infrastructure aligns with European governance frameworks while continuing to deliver strong protection against modern threats. In our view, Bitdefender delivers sovereign security without compromise.

Delivering European Data Sovereignty

Bitdefender was founded in Europe and continues to operate under European legal and governance frameworks. It also ensures full EU data sovereignty and compliance with local regulations by partnering with trusted and certified local cloud providers in EU countries such as Germany and France.

Providing World-Class Security

Bitdefender provides cybersecurity solutions and advanced threat protection for hundreds of millions of endpoints, and Bitdefender Labs discovers 1000+ new threats each minute and validates 50 billion threat queries daily. This gives us one of the industry’s most extensive real-time views of the evolving threat landscape, and we use these insights to help protect our customers.

Operationalizing EU Data Sovereignty

Organizations increasingly seek cybersecurity solutions that provide transparency and control over how data is processed, who can access it, and which jurisdictions govern the technology they rely upon.

The Bitdefender GravityZone unified security platform helps organizations achieve their EU sovereignty objectives in the following ways:

• • EU data residency and access controls through sovereign cloud infrastructure
  • Technology governed under EU jurisdiction and legal frameworks
  • EU-based operations and service delivery designed to support governance and compliance requirements

A Trusted European Cybersecurity Provider

Trust remains a critical factor in cybersecurity decisions. Bitdefender continues to earn recognition from independent testing organizations, industry analysts, customers, and partners worldwide.

And we remain committed to helping customers achieve critical objectives: strong security and trusted sovereignty.

Read the Gartner® Europe Context: Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection report to learn more about how we believe Bitdefender is helping organizations protect their environments while supporting evolving digital sovereignty requirements.

¹Gartner, Europe Context: Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection, Evgeny Mirolyubov et al., May 27, 2026.

²Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms, Deepak Mishra, Evgeny Mirolyubov, Nikul Patel, May 26, 2026.

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