Identity Resilience for Federal Agencies
Protect Federal Organizations from Identity Cyberattacks
Ransomware attacks against federal agencies are on the rise, and most breaches involve the identity system (Active Directory and Entra ID). Protecting federal agencies from cyberattacks requires specialized tools and expertise to uncover vulnerabilities, monitor and remediate malicious changes, and recover the identity system to a trusted environment.
Cyberattacks against federal agencies are on the rise
Identity-related cyberattacks are prevalent in federal agencies. CISA’s FY2023 Risk and Vulnerability Assessment work (including assessments across the Federal Civilian Executive Branch) highlights credential access as a prevalent and successful method used by threat actors to compromise networks—aligning with the rising share of credential-driven vectors seen in FISMA reporting.
Proven track record in identity resilience for government agencies
With unmatched identity security and recovery expertise, Semperis provides comprehensive hybrid AD and Entra ID threat detection and response, recovery, and crisis management for government agencies across the U.S., including 2 of the 10 largest U.S. states, one of the top 3 largest U.S. transit systems, and the #2 defense contractor in the world.
Unmatched identity resilience expertise
180+ years of Microsoft MVP experience, including battle-tested incident response team
Growing government agency track record
Proven identity resilience for state and local government agencies, including the State of Michigan
Federal compliance milestones
Verified adherence to recognized security requirements and best practices required by federal agencies
Trusted by the largest U.S. state, local, and education organizations
Semperis has a strong track record of protecting millions of identities for numerous state, local, and education organizations, including the largest U.S. city, 5 of the largest U.S. states, court systems, transportation systems, emergency communications systems, and more.
Primed to protect federal agencies from identity-related cyberattacks
Relentless in its adherence to technical and security requirements and best practices, Semperis has achieved significant federal security milestones.
FedRamp
On target to secure FedRamp authorization in 2026, Semperis is partnering with a 3PAO, executing a phased gap analysis and remediation plan, and targeting key federal agency sponsorships to achieve marketplace readiness and certification.
VPAT
Semperis is committed to compliance with accessibility standards, including VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template) requirements, to ensure our solutions are usable by individuals with disabilities. Accessibility is built into our product design and development processes, aligning with recognized standards such as WCAG 2.1 AA.
Common Criteria
Semperis is pursuing Common Criteria certification, a framework for independent, rigorous assessment to determine whether a product meets specific security requirements defined in documents called Protection Profiles (PPs).
CMMC
Semperis is conducting gap analysis against NIST SP 800-171 requirements to identify current controls and processes, including mapping data flows, identifying stakeholders, and reviewing workflows that handle CUI/FCI, in pursuit of Cybersecurity Maturity Certification.
ISO 27001:2013
Semperis has ISO 27001:2013 certification, which includes rigorous controls, regular internal and external audits, and ongoing assessments to ensure our security practices remain effective and up to date.
SOC 2 Type II
Semperis maintains SOC 2 Type II certification for our cloud-based services, including Disaster Recovery for Entra Tenant (DRET), which demonstrates that our security controls and processes for handling sensitive customer information are designed to meet industry standards and have been independently audited and verified as operating effectively over time.
Why federal agency identity systems are vulnerable to attack
As the National Security Agency (NSA) warned in its Detecting & Mitigating Active Directory Compromise report, gaining control over AD gives malicious actors privileged access to all systems and users managed by AD.
““Like numerous other networks, Active Directory is used in many Department of Defense and Defense Industrial Base networks as a critical component for managing identities and access,” said Dave Luber, NSA Cybersecurity Director. “This makes it an attractive target for malicious actors to attempt to steal the proverbial ‘keys to the kingdom.’ ”
Federal agencies face several challenges in effectively protecting hybrid AD/Entra ID systems from cyberattacks.
Legacy technologies
Remote infrastructure
Siloed IT and security teams
Outdated security practices
Complex digital & networked environment
Limited budgets and resources
Gain control of federal agency identity security
Active Directory is involved in 9 out of 10 cyberattacks. Semperis helps federal agencies prevent, mitigate, and recover from identity-related breaches—before, during, and after an attack.
Challenges
Solutions
Sophisticated ransomware groups are targeting U.S. federal agencies with AD and Entra ID exploits.
Semperis identifies gaps in AD and Entra ID, including indicators of compromise (IOCs) and indicators of exposure (IOEs) resulting from human error or malicious actors.
Many attackers inject malware or ransomware weeks or months before triggering it, infecting system backups and making recovery more difficult.
Semperis automates cyber-first cyber recovery to ensure AD is restored to a malware-free environment, preventing follow-on attacks.
Lack of AD and Entra ID expertise delays security and recovery initiatives.
Semperis has extensive domain experience with more than 180+ years’ collective Microsoft MVP experience in directory services and Active Directory Group Policy.
Many attacks (including SolarWinds) start on-prem and move to the cloud, or vice versa, complicating remediation and recovery.
Semperis provides comprehensive security and recovery for hybrid AD and Entra ID environments to find and fix vulnerabilities, roll back malicious changes, and quickly recover the hybrid identity system to a trusted environment.
90% of organizations reported “serious blockers” to effective cyber crisis response, delaying recovery and resulting in ransom payments.
Semperis brings order to chaos in an incident response scenario, providing a command-and-control center to unify stakeholders, coordinators, and technical teams under one secure platform with out-of-band communications.
You can’t simply bolt on identity security because it is core to business operations and critical to sustain defense against sophisticated and motivated nation state–backed threat groups. Like business resilience, identity resilience must be addressed at the core.
Chris Inglis Former US National Cyber Directory, Semperis Strategic Advisor
NSA report: Mitigating Active Directory attacks
The National Security Agency (NSA) joined the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD ACSC) and other global government entities in releasing the Cybersecurity Technical Report (CTR) “Detecting and Mitigating Active Directory Compromises.” The guidance provides prevention and detection strategies for the most prevalent techniques used to target Active Directory (AD).
Read the ReportLearn about U.S. guidelines for identity resilience
NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 and Your Identity Infrastructure
- Sep 24, 2025
- White Papers
Five Eyes Alliance Identity Security Requirements: What Federal Agencies Need to Know
- May 30, 2025
- White Papers
More resources
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