Hybrid Identity Protection

Semperis Contributes to Two NIST Data Integrity Practice Guides

Semperis Contributes to Two NIST Data Integrity Practice Guides

  • Michele Crockett

NIST recommends complementary solutions, much like a team of security superheroes To succeed in protecting your company’s data against ransomware, you need to proceed as if you’re assembling a team of superheroes. Each team member has a singular power that individually appears limited. But together, they can conquer evil.  As the number of cyberattacks…

Hybrid Identity Protection (HIP) Predictions for 2021

Hybrid Identity Protection (HIP) Predictions for 2021

  • Thomas Leduc

2020 was a hugely disruptive year across the globe. And while cybersecurity may have been background noise to a world tuned to health and financial issues, widespread cyberattacks have left reverberations that will be felt for years to come.  We asked expert speakers from the recent Hybrid Identity Protection (HIP) Conference to share a brief look back at what happened in 2020 and what they're focusing on in the year ahead as…

Egregor Ransomware Attack on Kmart is a Reminder that Active Directory Needs to Be Protected and Recoverable

Egregor Ransomware Attack on Kmart is a Reminder that Active Directory Needs to Be Protected and Recoverable

  • Darren Mar-Elia | VP of Products

The latest ransomware-as-a-service attack leaves the well-known retailer, Kmart, with service outages and a compromised Active Directory.   In the wake of Maze ransomware "retiring" last month, many of its affiliates have moved to the new kid on the ransomware block, Egregor. Named after an occult term meaning the collective energy or force…

The Stakes Are Higher in Healthcare: Fighting Cybercrime During a Pandemic

The Stakes Are Higher in Healthcare: Fighting Cybercrime During a Pandemic

  • Gil Kirkpatrick

In the healthcare industry, cybersecurity issues have consequences that go well beyond the loss of data. Recently, the FBI and other federal agencies warned of a credible threat of "increased and imminent cybercrime" to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers. Criminal groups target the healthcare sector to carry out "data theft…

Detect, Recover, and Restore From Active Directory Events

New survey reveals dangerous gaps in crisis management plans 

  • Thomas Leduc

When a storm hits, the one who is most prepared is the one who will weather it best. For IT, this storm is digital, a flurry of cyberattacks that routinely touches down on the shores of Microsoft Active Directory (AD).  AD is a juicy target, and we all know why.…

Take Back the Keys to Your Kingdom with the Latest Release of Semperis Directory Services Protector

Take Back the Keys to Your Kingdom with the Latest Release of Semperis Directory Services Protector

  • Darren Mar-Elia | VP of Products

Active Directory is foundational to everything you do and the #1 new target for attackers. Since it wasn’t originally built with today’s threats in mind, Active Directory is riddled with inherent soft spots and risky configurations that attackers are readily taking advantage of.  We, here at Semperis, are excited to announce a new release of Directory Services Protector (DS Protector) and the powerful features it includes to detect dangerous vulnerabilities, intercept…

Semperis introduces tools to improve security resiliency of Windows Active Directory

Semperis introduces tools to improve security resiliency of Windows Active Directory

  • Byron Acohido

Ransomware continues to endure as a highly lucrative criminal enterprise. Ransomware hacking groups extorted at least $144.35 million from U.S. organizations between January 2013 and July 2019. That’s the precise figure recently disclosed by the FBI — the true damage is almost certainly a lot steeper, given only a portion of cyber…

Azure AD Password Protection: The Cloud Security Service your Active Directory Needs Now

Azure AD Password Protection: The Cloud Security Service your Active Directory Needs Now

  • Sean Deuby | Principal Technologist, Americas

Updated: Azure AD Password Protection became generally available April 2nd, 2019. The service is largely the same as I presented in this post, with the following updates: The two proxy limit has been lifted. When registering the proxy and the Active Directory forest, 3 authentication modes are now available. Two…