Semperis Achieves Global Security Accelerator Partner of the Year Award at the Cohesity FY2026 Partner Awards
In an impressive recognition of its contributions to the field of cyber security, Semperis, a company renowned for its identity-driven cyber resilience and crisis response solutions, has been honored with the title of Global Security Accelerator Partner of the Year at the Cohesity FY2026 Partner Awards. This esteemed accolade reaffirms Semperis's unwavering commitment to empowering organizations to enhance their cyber resilience while maximizing the value of their data through advanced solutions provided by the Cohesity Data Cloud platform.
Eric Purcell, Senior Vice President of Global Partner Sales and Alliances at Semperis, expressed enthusiasm over receiving this significant award. He remarked, "Being named Cohesity's Global Security Accelerator Partner of the Year is a testament to our strong partnership and shared dedication to safeguarding the identity systems that underpin businesses today." He emphasized that by combining Semperis's identity expertise with Cohesity's data security capabilities, they are better equipped to help global customers prepare for potential cyber threats, recover from incidents effectively, and rapidly restore operations.
This accolade marks the second year in a row that Semperis has received such recognition from Cohesity. The past year, they were awarded the title of Security Partner of the Year in the Cohesity FY2025 Partner Awards. A notable point in their collaboration was the introduction of Cohesity Identity Resilience in 2025, a solution specifically developed to bolster the relationship between both organizations. This innovative solution effectively defends mission-critical Active Directory assets against cyber threats, proactively strengthens defenses, facilitates quick recovery, and allows for comprehensive post-attack forensic analysis to ensure operational stability when core identity systems come under attack.
Kit Beall, the Chief Revenue Officer at Cohesity, shared insights about the awardees: "This year's winners were among the first to recognize that cyber resilience would become a core concern for clients, investing early to address and mitigate this need." He noted that such efforts have led to significant growth, enabled through the Cohesity Aspire partner program, which focuses on enhancing partners' expertise in AI and data security.
The Cohesity FY2026 Partner Awards highlight the critical role that partners play in navigating beyond traditional data protection approaches, addressing wider objectives around cyber resilience and security, particularly as threats continue to evolve. Award recipients are acknowledged for their technical proficiency, innovative solutions, and impactful execution, including growth in revenue, increased adoption of the Cohesity platform, and the delivery of solutions that enhance cyber resilience, data security, and data insights.
About Semperis: Semperis stands out as a trusted name in the realm of cyber resilience and crisis management, relied upon by some of the largest enterprises and government entities globally to safeguard vital identity systems. The company specializes in multi-cloud and hybrid identity environments, encompassing Active Directory, Entra ID, Okta, and Ping Identity. Semperis enables organizations to prevent, detect, respond to, and recover from identity-based cyberattacks, represented in their state-of-the-art, AI-driven platform that integrates identity lifecycle defense with crisis management. This platform not only tightens identity infrastructure security but also boasts capabilities for identifying and controlling active threats while ensuring rapid, trusted recovery during disruptions.
The modern era of cyber warfare underscores the critical importance of identity, with ramifications of failures at this layer often escalating into significant business crises. Semperis’s AI-powered platform offers a comprehensive solution, equipped to fortify identities, swiftly counteract threats, and maintain seamless operations amid disruptions—all backed by an elite team specializing in identity forensics and incident response.
To further its mission of advancing true cyber resilience, Semperis actively contributes to the broader cyber community via initiatives such as the acclaimed Hybrid Identity Protection (HIP) Conference and Podcast, alongside offering free identity security tools such as Purple Knight and Forest Druid. Today, over 1,200 organizations, including more than a quarter of the largest 100 U.S. companies, trust Semperis for their cyber resilience needs. The company operates as a privately held entity, headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey, and caters to clients across more than 40 countries.