HOBOKEN, N.J. and SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA— April 9, 2026 — Semperis, the identity-driven cyber resilience and crisis response company, announced it has been shortlisted as a finalist for Ransomware Security Provider of the Year by the Australian Cyber Awards 2026. In 2025, Semperis was named Ransomware Protection Business of the Year. This year’s award ceremony takes place April 30 in Sydney, Australia.
The annual awards program spotlights the contributions of leading security professionals and businesses in Australia’s cyber industry as the threat landscape continues to evolve.
Semperis takes an identity-first approach to ransomware security, helping organizations to strengthen the resilience of their identity systems and response processes to speed operational recovery in the event of a ransomware attack. Semperis protects over 150 million identities from ransomware across more than 40 countries.
“Semperis is delighted to be shortlisted by Cyber Daily in the ransomware security category,” said Gerry Sillars, Semperis’ Vice President of Asia Pacific and Japan. “Tackling ransomware is a challenge that requires collaboration across the cybersecurity community, so it is great to see so many individuals and businesses recognized for their work in this space. Congratulations to the other finalists.”
The Australian Cyber Awards is the latest recognition in a series of industry honors for Semperis, reflecting the company’s rapid growth, innovation, and workplace culture. Earlier this year, Semperis was named to the CRN® 2026 Security 100 list, a prestigious ranking of security vendors committed to working with channel partners to help organizations defend against cyber threats. In addition, Eric Purcell, Semperis’ Senior Vice President of Global Partner Sales and Alliances, has been named a 2026 CRN Channel Chief, recognizing his leadership and commitment to partner success. Also, Inc. Magazine has named Semperis as one of its Best Workplaces for four consecutive years and was named to Deloitte’s Technology’s Fast 500 for the sixth consecutive year.
About Semperis
Semperis is the identity-driven cyber resilience and crisis management company trusted by the world’s largest enterprises and government agencies to protect critical identity systems. Purpose-built for multi-cloud and hybrid identity environments—including Active Directory, Entra ID, Okta, and Ping—Semperis helps organizations prevent, detect, respond to, and recover from identity-based cyberattacks.
Modern cyberattacks are won or lost at the identity layer, where failures now escalate into full-scale business crises. Semperis’ AI-powered platform unifies identity lifecycle defense and crisis management—hardening identity infrastructure, detecting and containing active threats, enabling rapid, trusted recovery, and supporting secure, out-of-band coordination when core systems are disrupted—all reinforced by a world-class identity forensics and incident response team.
As part of its mission to help organizations achieve true cyber resilience, Semperis supports the broader cyber community through the award-winning Hybrid Identity Protection (HIP) Conference and Podcast, and free identity security tools including Purple Knight and Forest Druid. More than 1,200 organizations—including over 25% of the 100 largest U.S. companies—rely on Semperis. The company is privately held, headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey, and serves customers in more than 40 countries.
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