Bitdefender to manufacture upgraded version of BOX device in Romania

Bitdefender, the largest Romanian producer of security software, says it will manufacture in Romania the new version of the BOX product, which provides security solutions for smart devices in homes.

The second version of the BOX was completed by the Romanian R&D team of the company. It will be launched in November in the US, and then it will also be sold in Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Great Britain and Australia. In Romania, the device will be launched in the spring of 2018.

The security hardware will be made in the Satu Mare-based plant of German group Zollner.

“Starting three years ago, Bitdefender BOX was the only security device for IoT and now we see in the global market a growing number of products from the competition,” said Ciprian Istrate, vice president for consumer solutions at Bitdefender.

The product uses 21 patents registered by the company’s teams in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi and Timisoara. It provides a data protection system based on real time online traffic analysis, also using a correlation mechanism for cyber security incidents.