HOBOKEN, N.J., Sept. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Semperis, the identity-driven cyber resilience and crisis response company, today named Michael Scheffler as Area Vice President Sales DACH. Scheffler joins Semperis to expand the partner network and support Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) and system houses in enhancing their customers' cyber resilience. Scheffler is also tasked with building on the company's success in DACH, one of the strongest EMEA regions for Semperis and laying the groundwork for expanding sales.
Scheffler brings more than 26 years of data security experience to Semperis, most recently serving as VP Sales at Link11. Previously, he held sales leadership positions at Proofpoint, A10 Networks, Bitglass (now Forcepoint), and Varonis, amongst others. Scheffler will be supported in his new role by Joerg Pulfer, who recently joined the company as Partner Director Central EMEA.
"In the age of AI and ransomware, identity security, reliable and effective crisis management, and the ability to quickly restore identity systems are key pillars of cyber resilience," said Scheffler. "Semperis offers compelling solutions for this and is pursuing a clear path towards growth and expansion. I look forward to working with a strong team to support our partners in improving the resilience of their enterprise customers against modern cyber threats."
"We are thrilled to welcome Michael to Semperis as he brings deep industry expertise, an impressive record of driving growth, and the energy and leadership skills needed to help us increase our market share and recognition in market," said Dan Lattimer, Semperis VP of Sales EMEA. "AI agents are rapidly expanding, giving threat actors new ways to automate reconnaissance, exploit vulnerabilities, and move across hybrid identity systems at machine speed. That makes strong hybrid identity security and crisis response more important than ever."
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 Identity—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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