# Semperis Directory Services Protector: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 26 judge labels across 1 category by 13 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/semperis-directory-services-protector

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Identity threat detection and response](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/identity-threat-detection-and-response/index.md) | 0% | 13 | 4% | 26 |

## What the models said for it

- "Evaluate Semperis DSP for its focus on continuous directory monitoring and rollback of malicious changes" (GPT-6 Luna, ITDR)
- "Semperis leads in AD change rollback and forest recovery after a catastrophic compromise." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, ITDR)
- "Specialized in Active Directory/Entra ID recovery; handles directory compromise scenarios" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, ITDR)
- "Standalone / Pure-Play ITDR | Silverfort, Semperis, Permiso, Vectra ID" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, ITDR)

## And against it

- "can be cost-prohibitive" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, ITDR)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Semperis Directory Services Protector, from 52 of the 57 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- startwithidentity.com: 30
- cynet.com: 26
- huntress.com: 22
- assets.beyondtrust.com: 21
- crowdstrike.com: 17
- cybersecuritynews.com: 16
- wiz.io: 15
- daylight.ai: 14
- silverfort.com: 14
- kuppingercole.com: 13

### Pages cited

- https://cynet.com/security-foundations/identity-security/itdr-vendors: 26
- https://assets.beyondtrust.com/assets/documents/KuppingerCole_LeadershipCompass_IdentityThreatDetectionandResponse.pdf: 20
- https://huntress.com/itdr-guide/best-itdr-vendors: 20
- https://startwithidentity.com/vendors/itdr: 17
- https://daylight.ai/blog/best-itdr-tools: 14
- https://wiz.io/academy/detection-and-response/identity-threat-detection-and-response-itdr-tools: 13
- https://cybersecuritynews.com/best-identity-threat-detection-and-response-solutions: 12
- https://breachsense.com/blog/itdr-tools: 11

## In its own words

What Semperis Directory Services Protector's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Protecting retail businesses from cyberattacks starts with comprehensive Active Directory security and recovery. (https://www.semperis.com/solutions/retail)
- For: retail businesses (https://www.semperis.com/solutions/retail)
- Customers named: Kmart, Walmart, Cohesity, Dürr Group, MAIRE, Town of Whitby, Polipol, University of Stuttgart

## What it publishes

Every page semperis.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 879 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 361 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 22 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 103 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 35 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 64 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 28 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 155 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.