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Top Pitfalls of Depending on Manual AD Forest Recovery After a Cyberattack
- Sean Deuby | Principal Technologist
- Jan 15, 2025
Unless you avoid cybersecurity news, you know that Active Directory (AD)—the primary identity system for 90% of organizations worldwide—is now the #1 target for cyberattackers. AD controls authentication and access to applications and services across the organization. Attackers know that if they can disable AD, they can bring the business…
Cohesity and Semperis Provide Unmatched Cyber Resilience for Business-Critical Data
- Nico Devoti | Senior Director, Technology Alliances
- Aug 09, 2024
An organization’s data is one of its most valuable assets—and a prime target for cyberattackers, who prove time and again that their victims will pay large ransom sums to get exfiltrated data back. According to Semperis’ 2024 Ransomware Risk Report, 78% of organizations that were hit by a ransomware attack…
Forrester TEI of Semperis: Organizations Reduce AD Forest Recovery Time by 90% with ADFR
- Sean Deuby | Principal Technologist
Successfully recovering from an attack on Active Directory is a race against the clock. Organizations that have been through this worst-case scenario know that being able to recover your AD is just the start: The time to recover AD is a significant factor in the extent of the damage, a…
Best Practices for Active Directory Backup
- Sean Deuby | Principal Technologist
Maintaining business continuity during and after a cyberattack has become a chief strategic objective, not just for enterprise cybersecurity, but for IT and business leadership as well. Effective Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR), including a documented Active Directory backup and recovery plan, is crucial to strong operational resilience. Identity…
New Forrester TEI Report: Semperis Slashes Downtime by 90%, Saving Customers Millions
- Sean Deuby | Principal Technologist
How long could your organization go without access to applications and services because of an identity-related cyberattack? That’s the question we often ask security and IT ops leaders when we’re discussing the importance of protecting Active Directory and Entra ID from threat actors. The question seems hypothetical because it assumes…
Active Directory Attacks: 5 Common AD Attack Methods
- Darren Mar-Elia | VP of Products
[Updated February 21, 2024; originally published December 14, 2017] Active Directory is the most critical identity system for most enterprises. The problem is that in the two-plus decades since Active Directory was released, the enterprise security landscape has changed drastically. This has left many organizations vulnerable to Active Directory attacks.…
A Swift Ransomware Response is the Path to Business Resiliency
- Mickey Bresman
Cyberattacks on business systems—including hybrid identity systems—continue to make headlines, including recent breaches targeting healthcare company Henry Schein and hospitality conglomerate MGM Resorts. Apart from these well-publicized attacks, the Semperis Breach Preparedness & Response Services team has seen a spike in requests from our customers (and our partners’ customers) to…
How Can K-12 Schools Defend Against Ransomware?
- Jared Vichengrad
The cybersecurity challenges in the government and education space are nothing new. Such challenges soared with COVID and continue today. Unfortunately, the cyber defense of mission-critical government and education services has not always kept pace, so we still see risk from several common vulnerabilities—especially for K-12 education organizations. But with…
