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NIS2 and Your Identity Infrastructure

Compliance with the EU’s NIS2 directive requires a focus on securing identity systems, which have become a key battleground for cyber defenders and attackers.

ECC-2 and Your Identity Infrastructure

Saudi Arabia’s ECC-2 controls provide comprehensive, standards-driven cybersecurity practices for public and private organizations. Much of their guidance applies particularly to identity systems—the source of access and authentication across most critical business systems.

Five Eyes Alliance Identity Security Requirements: What Federal Agencies Need to Know

Cybersecurity agencies from the Five Eyes alliance, including the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agencies (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA), have urged organizations to strengthen security controls for Active Directory (AD), a prime target for cyber attackers. In “Detecting and Mitigating Active Directory Compromises,” the agencies highlighted more than…

Sound Advice from Consulting Firm RSM Ebner Stolz: Secure Identity Systems

Learn how RSM Ebner Stolz, one of the top auditing, tax, legal, and management consulting firms in Germany, prioritized ITDR for cyber security and operational resilience.

Beyond Defense: Active Directory Recovery and Business Resilience

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Endpoint security, cyber insurance, and generalized disaster recovery plans are all important—but they won’t save your business from a major cyberattack. To keep operations running smoothly despite cyber threats, analysts and cybersecurity leaders recommend a focus on resilience.   In this session, James Ravenell (Senior Solutions Architect, Semperis) explains why the…

Closing the Gap for Government Agencies: 5 Ways to Automate Cyber Resilience

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Operational continuity depends on cyber resilience. Maintaining that resilience can be tricky when resources are scarce. Attackers know this and are skilled at turning staffing turnover and technology gaps to their advantage. Attackers’ favorite means of spreading malware, escalating privilege, and establishing perseverance is the identity infrastructure—typically Microsoft Active Directory…

DORA and Your Identity Infrastructure

Understanding the implications of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is crucial, both to meet regulatory demands and to safeguard your identity infrastructure. This white paper provides comprehensive insights into DORA's requirements and practical strategies to enhance your compliance—and your organization's resilience. What's inside: Emerging threat landscape: Explore the latest…

Why Is Your AD an Easy Target for Hackers?

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Active Directory (AD) remains a cornerstone for many organizations, both on premises and integrated with Microsoft Entra ID in the cloud. Alarmingly, 90% of cyberattacks target AD, the central identity system for most enterprises. Semperis provides comprehensive protection for on-premises AD and Entra ID, offering continuous defense against identity-based threats before,…

Overcoming Vulnerabilities with Attack Surface Management

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As the digital landscape expands, managing and securing the attack surface of your organization has never been more crucial. Join us for a hot topics webcast where industry experts will provide a comprehensive forecast of attack surface management (ASM) trends and offer strategic guidance for late 2024 and early 2025.…

How to Recover Active Directory When Every Second Counts

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Microsoft Active Directory (AD) is a key target for cyberattackers. When AD goes down, so do your operations. Yet most organizations lack an AD-specific recovery plan or rely on manual recovery, which can take days if not weeks. Auditing your AD security stance and maintaining a solid incident response plan…