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Semperis Launches Ready1 to Transform Cyber Crisis Response

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1 year ago

April 25, 2025

New global study reveals the urgent need for unified cyber crisis management as most organizations fall short when it matters most.

HOBOKEN, N.J., April 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Semperis, a leader in AI-powered identity security and cyber resilience, today announced the launch of Ready1, a first-of-its-kind enterprise resilience platform designed to bring structure, speed, and coordination to cyber crisis management. The release of Ready1 coincides with Semperis’ new global study: The State of Enterprise Cyber Crisis Readiness, which highlights a dangerous gap between perceived readiness and real-world response capabilities.

“Cyberattacks don’t check your calendar — they hit when you’re at your weakest,” said Marty Momdjian, Semperis EVP, Ready1. “In moments of crisis, it’s not about rising to the occasion, but falling back on the strength of your preparation.”

Key Findings: The Crisis Within the Crisis

Based on a global survey of 1,000 organizations across the US, UK, Europe, Asia Pacific, and multiple industries, the report reveals a sobering reality:

96% of companies say they have a cyber crisis response planYet 71% experienced at least one high-impact cyber event that halted critical business functions last year36% of organizations experienced multiple high-impact events — with rates even higher in Singapore (53%) and the US (52%).90% activated their enterprise crisis response plan at least once in the past year — some more than 25 timesOnly 10% report no blockers during incident response

Despite frequent testing, most organizations are not battle-ready due to disjointed processes, poor coordination, and tool sprawl. Surprisingly, staffing shortages ranked last on the list of blockers.

Top 5 blockers to effective cyber response:

Cross-team communication gapsOut-of-date response plansUnclear roles and responsibilitiesToo many disparate toolsStaffing shortages

Staffing shortages were listed as the biggest blocker only in Italy and New Zealand. In the US, incident responders ranked outdated response plans and cross-team communications gaps as the biggest blockers. In France and Germany, tool sprawl was the biggest blocker. Cross-team communications gaps was also the top blocker in the UK, Australia, Singapore, and Spain.

IT/telecom industries experienced the most high-impact cyber events, followed by energy, travel/transportation, education, and healthcare.

“In today’s cyber threat landscape, the ability to respond swiftly and decisively is just as critical as prevention,” said Chris Inglis, the first US National Cyber Director and Semperis Strategic Advisor. “Companies need a command center for crisis management, ensuring organizations have the playbook, the training, and the coordination needed to turn chaos into control.”

Introducing Ready1

Ready1 unifies stakeholders, coordinators, and technical teams under one secure platform, ensuring seamless crisis response through preparation, collaboration, and enterprise-wide communications.

Built on hundreds of years of combined real-world incident response experience, Ready1 provides:

A secure command center with live dashboards and playbook automationReal-time coordination across teams and external partnersIntegrated tools for communications, documentation, and task trackingAlways-on readiness through tabletop testing, role-based team building, and after-action reviews

On average, enterprises use 20+ disparate tools for cyber crisis response. Ready1 consolidates fragmented crisis management, IR, downtime planning, and communication tools into a single, secure, intuitive platform—designed to work even when everything else fails.

“In the healthcare industry, downtime isn’t just an inconvenience, it’s a matter of patient safety,” said Jim Bowie, CISO, Tampa General Hospital.

Ready1 is a game-changing all-in-one solution that enables teams to rapidly respond, assess, contain, and remediate threats, even when traditional infrastructure fails, because in a crisis, minutes cost millions.

To read the full report and learn more about Ready1, visit Ready1.com.

About Ready1: Powered by Semperis

Ready1 is an enterprise resilience platform built to empower SOC teams and business stakeholders to measure, manage, and report cyber preparedness and respond to incidents effectively. Ready1 creates order out of chaos by coordinating and documenting incident response, reducing the risk of prolonged downtime, data exposure, financial loss, and regulatory fines.

About Semperis

Semperis protects critical enterprise identity services for security teams charged with defending hybrid and multi-cloud environments from cyberattacks, data breaches, and operational errors. Purpose-built for securing hybrid identity environments—including Active Directory, Entra ID, and Okta—Semperis’ AI-powered technology protects over 100 million identities from cyberattacks, data breaches, and operational errors.

As part of its mission to be a force for good, Semperis offers a variety of cyber community resources, including the award-winning Hybrid Identity Protection (HIP) Conference, HIP Podcast, and free identity security tools Purple Knight and Forest Druid. Semperis is a privately owned, international company headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey, supporting the world’s biggest brands and government agencies, with customers in more than 40 countries.

Learn more: https://www.semperis.com

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Semperis
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Hexagon Composites ASA: Eirik Løhre appointed permanent CFO

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51 minutes ago

May 5, 2026

OSLO, Norway, May 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement dated 11 November 2025, where Eirik Løhre was appointed interim CFO in Hexagon Composites.

The Company is pleased to inform that Eirik Løhre has been appointed permanently to the role of CFO in Hexagon Composites, effective today.

Eirik Løhre has been with the Company since 2021 and prior to his role as interim CFO, he served as EVP Corporate Development on the Executive Team.

“Eirik has demonstrated strong financial leadership and execution, and he has been instrumental in strengthening our financial performance. I look forward to continuing our work together to develop and position Hexagon in this next phase of growth,” said Philipp Schramm, CEO, Hexagon Composites.

For more information:
Berit-Cathrin Høyvik, Senior Director, Communications, Hexagon Composites
Tel: +47 988 92 161, berit-cathrin.hoyvik@hexagongroup.com

About Hexagon Composites ASA
Hexagon delivers safe and innovative solutions for a cleaner energy future. Our solutions enable storage, transportation and conversion to clean energy in a wide range of mobility and industrial applications. Learn more at www.hexagongroup.com and follow @HexagonASA on LinkedIn.

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LONGPORT Whale Enters Malaysian Market with Next Generation Trading Infrastructure for Local Brokerages

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May 5, 2026

LONGPORT Whale, with proven track record across 100+ institutional clients in Asia, makes its Malaysia debut at Bursa Malaysia Stockbroking Trade Fair 2026

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LONGPORT Whale, a provider of AI-Ready securities trading infrastructure, is making its entry into the Malaysian market at the Bursa Malaysia Stockbroking Trade Fair 2026. The move comes as Malaysia’s Capital Market Masterplan 2026–2030 (CMP4) continues to hone in on local brokerages to modernise core systems, balancing investor experience, regulatory compliance, and operational resilience simultaneously.

Malaysian brokerages are increasingly confronted by a challenge that goes beyond front-end upgrades. Legacy architectures struggle to keep pace with digital-native investor expectations, rising cybersecurity standards, and the demand for multi-market expansion simultaneously. For many such brokerages, the question is no longer whether to modernize, but how to do so without adding complexity or disrupting the business continuity that clients depend on.

Zhong Hua, CEO, LONGPORT Whale, said, “Core trading infrastructure must support continuous evolution — in investor experience, compliance, and AI readiness — without adding unnecessary complexity. The brokerages that lead the next decade won’t be the ones with the best system today; they’ll be the ones whose systems are designed to keep getting better. LONGPORT Whale aims to bring its Asia-proven experience to help Malaysian brokers strike that balance.”

Built on a cloud-native microservices architecture and trusted by more than 100 institutional clients in Asia, Whale’s platform is engineered by industry professionals and refined through years of first-hand operational experience. For the Malaysian market, it addresses four priorities: a best-in-class trading experience validated across competitive, highly regulated markets in Asia; system resilience and performance built for institutional scale, with high system performance and output, real time risk management, and low system latency; global market connectivity spanning Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, US, and Japan without requiring system rebuilds; and an API-first, data-unified architecture that gives brokerages a practical foundation for AI adoption.

Hong Kong SAR and Singapore, where Whale serves online brokers, traditional banking firms, banks and wealth management institutes in a stringent regulatory environment, serve as the primary reference market for its Malaysia expansion. The company said it aims to work with local industry participants as both an infrastructure partner and a contributor to broader conversation on responsible modernization under CMP4.

About LONGPORT Whale

LONGPORT Whale provides integrated securities trading infrastructure to brokers, banks, fund houses, wealth managers, and family offices across Asia. Its cloud-native platform supports multi-market, multi-asset trading across front-, middle-, and back-office workflows, with a deployment model designed for regulatory alignment and long-term scalability. Website: www.longportwhale.com

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Thunes and Vodacom Tanzania Unite to Power Cross-Border M-Pesa Payments Across China and Uganda

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May 5, 2026

Collaboration revolutionises trade & financial convenience for Tanzanian merchants and consumers

SINGAPORE, May 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, has joined forces with Vodacom Tanzania, the country’s leading telco company, to transform cross-border trade and digital financial inclusion with Vodacom’s new M-Pesa Global Payment solution. Thanks to the collaboration, Vodacom customers in Tanzania can now seamlessly pay merchants in Uganda and China directly from their mobile phones.

This milestone solution responds to growing demand from Tanzanian traders who engage in commerce with Ugandan and Chinese markets but often face challenges with costly, slow, and insecure payment methods. With this innovation, leveraging the Thunes Direct Global Network, Vodacom aims to bridge those gaps, offering secure, real-time digital payments across borders and reinforcing its leadership in mobile money innovation in Africa.

The solution supports trade with two key markets for Tanzania. For eight consecutive years, China has been Tanzania’s largest trading partner, with bilateral trade hitting $8.8 billion in 2024. In the same year, bilateral trade between Tanzania and Uganda reached approximately $2.23 billion, an increase of 64% on the previous year.

Epimack Mbeteni, M-Pesa Director at Vodacom Tanzania said: “This is more than just a payment feature, it is a catalyst for economic empowerment and a gateway for small and medium businesses and entrepreneurs in Tanzania to compete and thrive in regional and global markets. Through Thunes’ expansive and trusted Network we are enabling seamless, secure, and affordable cross-border payments that empower people, fuel trade and place M-Pesa at the center of Africa’s digital commerce future.”

Through Thunes’ Direct Global Network, customers can now send payments to merchants in Uganda using MTN MoMo and to Chinese merchants through the Alipay network, all through the M-Pesa USSD menu or the M-Pesa Super App. The process is secure, user-friendly, and eliminates the burden of traditional banking barriers for everyday traders and businesses.

Dawei Wang, SVP Network at Thunes, added: “Vodacom Tanzania joining the Thunes Direct Global Network to digitise cross-border payments is a game changer for local businesses. By combining Vodacom’s technology with Thunes’ trusted and proprietary Network, Tanzanian customers can pay partners in China and Uganda in real time. This innovation accelerates interoperability along with international trade and business growth and supports our vision of connecting the next billion end users to the global economy.”

This initiative stands as a strategic enabler for consumers and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) who need reliable and quick financial tools such as mobile money. A 2025 GeoPoll survey on Tanzania Financial Services and Usage found that 94% of the survey’s respondents use mobile money.

The Thunes and Vodacom Tanzania alliance is set to transform the lives of millions of consumers by dismantling cross-border barriers. By hyper-connecting Tanzania to global powerhouses like China and streamlining intra-African trade, the collaboration is helping to build an inclusive economy and grow Tanzania’s role as a force in the global market.

About Vodacom Tanzania

For more information, visit: https://www.vodacom.co.tz/

About Thunes

For more information, visit: https://www.thunes.com/

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