Bitdefender Buys Mesh to Boost Email Security and MDR Reach

Deal Expands Native Email Security and Response Workflows for MDR and MSP Clients Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • June 18, 2025

Bitdefender plans to purchase an Irish startup to enhance the GravityZone XDR and MDR platforms by natively integrating email security.

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The Bucharest, Romania-based endpoint security firm said Dublin, Ireland-based Mesh Security's dual-layer approach using both secure email gateway and cloud-native, API-enabled email security will help enhance threat visibility and detection pre- and post-delivery, said Bitdefender Business Solutions Group GM and President Andrei Florescu. Mesh's MSP-centric design fits into Bitdefender's mid-market focus, he said.

"We went out and looked at the market for a technology that Bitdefender wants to own and can further develop as part of the GravityZone XDR platform incorporated into our MDR service," Florescu said. "We came across Mesh ...