Hybrid identity resilience in DACH and EMEA: what changes now?

TL;DR: Hybrid identity resilience, crisis response, and regional growth in DACH and EMEA are coming into sharper focus as former Bertelsmann and Henkel CIO Tom Linckens joins Semperis’ Strategic Advisory Board, according to Semperis. The move reinforces that identity-layer disruption is a business continuity risk and that hybrid identity governance now sits at the centre of recovery planning, not beside it.

NHIMG editorial — based on content published by Semperis: the appointment of Tom Linckens to its Strategic Advisory Board

By the numbers:

• More than 1,000 organizations rely on Semperis.
• Semperis serves customers in more than 40 countries.

Questions worth separating out

Q: How should security teams prepare for identity-system outages that affect access to core business services?

A: Teams should treat identity outages as continuity events, not just security incidents.

Q: Why do hybrid identity environments create higher operational risk than isolated identity systems?

A: Hybrid environments create higher risk because one identity layer often governs many downstream systems at once.

Q: What breaks when privileged access depends on the same identity fabric that has been compromised?

A: Emergency access becomes unreliable if it still depends on the compromised identity fabric for authentication, approval, or coordination.

Practitioner guidance

• Test identity recovery as a continuity scenario Run failure drills for directory compromise, federation disruption, and privileged account loss, then measure whether critical services can be restored without trusting the original control plane.
• Map shared identity dependencies across business services Document which applications, admin tools, and cloud platforms rely on the same identity back end so incident teams can isolate impact faster and prioritise restoration order.
• Rehearse break-glass access under degraded conditions Validate that emergency accounts, offline coordination channels, and privileged workflows still operate when primary identity services or corporate communications are unavailable.

What's in the full article

Semperis' full article covers the operational detail this post intentionally leaves for the source:

• The named advisory-board appointment and the regional growth framing behind it
• The company’s broader identity resilience positioning across Active Directory, Entra ID, Okta, and Ping
• The leadership and advisory background that Semperis uses to contextualise the appointment
• The company’s own description of its crisis response and recovery model

👉 Read Semperis' advisory-board update on hybrid identity resilience in DACH and EMEA →

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