Semperis Partners with Cohesity

Semperis, Inc. announced a partnership with Cohesity, Inc., to provide joint customers with cyber resilience, protecting critical business data and identity infrastructure from cyberattacks.

The Semperis-Cohesity integration reduces the likelihood of a successful ransomware attack through a layered defense approach, pre and post-attack.

84% of organizations experienced an identity-related breach in the last year. Microsoft Active Directory, the primary enterprise identity system and backbone of most IT operations, is a common target for ransomware operators and other attackers. A disabled or compromised Active Directory (AD) leads to significant security risks and a potential crippling of entire enterprises. Disruptions to AD services lead to significant downtime and organizational losses, making AD protection a top security priority.

“The average cost of a single data breach in the US is now more than $4.45 million globally, aside from the commensurate reputational damage, legal and regulatory fines, and other fallout,” said Sunil Moolchandani, CTO, WW field sales, Cohesity. “Organizations have an urgent need for robust AD security and recovery solutions. Our solution integration with Semperis helps customers cut down on attack paths in AD leading to critical assets, minimize cyber recovery time following an AD attack, and guards vs. follow-on attacks by eliminating backdoors left behind in the environment.“

Cohesity’s customer base comprises more than 4,300 organizations, including 47 of the Fortune 100. Together, Semperis and Cohesity protect the world’s largest companies. The joint solution delivers cyber resilience for AD environments pre and post-attack.

“During a ransomware attack, if the bad actor encrypts the backup and recovery system, the victim organization is much more likely to pay the ransom, as the company finds itself in a position of very limited options,” said Mickey Bresman, CEO, Semperis. “By helping our joint customers identify and close off attack paths leading to the organizational backup and recovery system, we can prevent data exfiltration and preserve the recovery option, removing one of the primary negotiating tactics threat actors have.“ 

Pre-attack:
The Semperis-Cohesity integration helps customers stop bad actors from accessing sensitive corporate data at scale with time-saving tier zero attack-path analysis, reducing the risk of successful ransomware extortion through data exfiltration, encryption, or both.

• With Semperis Forest Druid, customers prioritize risky access to sensitive assets-including corporate data stores and cut down on the excessive privileges attackers commonly exploit.
• Additionally, real-time monitoring with Semperis Directory Services Protector detects unauthorized changes enables customers to catch and contain attacks as early as possible.

“By bringing together the strengths of both companies, we can offer organizations a comprehensive, layered defense strategy vs. a broad spectrum of cyber threats,” said Moolchandani. “With Cohesity’s industry-leading data protection solutions and Semperis’ innovative approach to defining secure zones for an organization’s most sensitive data-and detecting malicious changes that could compromise that data-we can help our customers avoid costly and damaging data breaches.“

Post-attack:
Combined with the tier zero attack path analysis, Semperis-Cohesity customers benefit from AD backup and recovery technology purpose-built to combat cyberattacks, for cyber resilience.

• Semperis Active Directory Forest Recovery (ADFR) provides fast, automated, malware-proof recovery of the entire AD forest to any virtual or physical hardware.
• Post-attack, Semperis ADFR’s forensics helps incident response teams eliminate backdoors, attack paths, and other vulnerabilities remaining in the environment.

“Semperis is on a mission to be a force for good in the fight vs. ransomware gangs and other bad actors,” said Darren Mar-Elia, VP, products, Semperis. “We’re constantly innovating to deliver the industry’s most comprehensive protection for hybrid identity environments, and AD forest recovery is a critical component of our layered defense approach. Partnering with data protection and backup leaders like Cohesity means our joint customers benefit from integrated and holistic ransomware response capabilities across multiple specialties.”