Semperis, a leader in AI-powered identity security and cyber resilience, announced the launch of Ready1 in Australia and New Zealand, 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 in Australian organisations.
The report revealed 76% of Australian organisations experienced at least one high-impact cyber event that halted critical business functions in past year, the second-highest incidence of any country surveyed.
“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 organisations in Australia, New Zealand, US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Singapore, the report reveals a sobering reality. For Australian and New Zealand organisations specifically, the report highlights:
- 97% of Australian organisations (and 98% of NZ) say they have a cyber crisis response plan
- Yet 76% of Australian organisations experienced at least one high-impact cyber event that halted critical business functions – and 81% in NZ – the highest percentages of any countries surveyed.
- 38% of Australian and 45% of NZ organisations suffered multiple high-impact events (exceeding the global average).
- 90% of organisations in both Australia and NZ activated their enterprise crisis response plan at least once in the past year — on par with the global average.
- 93% of Australian and 94% of NZ organisations conduct monthly or quarterly tabletops/audits, the highest figures globally.
- Yet only 43% of Australian and 55% of NZ organisations include critical business stakeholders (legal, HR, finance) in these exercises, revealing a striking gap in visibility.
Despite frequent testing, most organisations 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 globally:
- Cross-team communication gaps
- Out-of-date response plans
- Unclear roles and responsibilities
- Too many disparate tools
- Staffing shortages (ranked last globally)
Staffing shortages were only listed as the biggest blocker in Italy and New Zealand. In the US, incident responders ranked outdated response plans and cross-team communications gaps as the biggest blockers. Cross-team communication gaps were also the top blocker in the UK, Australia, Singapore and Spain.
Globally, the 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 centre for crisis management, ensuring organisations have the playbook, the training, and the coordination needed to turn chaos into control.” Inglis said.
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 centre with live dashboards and playbook automation
- Real-time coordination across teams and external partners
- Integrated tools for communications, documentation, and task tracking
- Always-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.
