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SPECTRA helps MSPs prove their security posture and earn better insurance terms.

Our four-tier maturity model independently tests your stack against real breach scenarios.

09/25/2026

Every MSP says they take email security seriously. SPECTRA certification is how you prove it.

Join Edouard von Herberstein, SPECTRA, Zach Atya Ledgebrook, with Christopher Marquez and James Savard, IRONSCALES, to see how IRONSCALES AI-driven, mailbox-level email security maps directly to the controls behind SPECTRA certification, turning a platform MSPs already trust into a third-party-verified credential that wins deals and lowers client premiums.

📅 October 8: How MSPs Turn Certified Email Security Into Lower Premiums and Win Deals

👉 Register: https://hubs.li/Q04y0rF50

09/24/2026

The AI Certification framework is in pilot now - and MSPs are already on the path to certification.

Be one of the first to differentiate with certified, insurable AI deployment for your customers.

Find out more about Certification and get in the list for Insurable AI

Book a 15-min call: https://hubs.li/Q04w_dbS0

09/23/2026

MSPs Are Becoming the Cyber Insurance Conversation

A shift the MSP community is noticing: the cyber insurance conversation no longer starts with the broker. It starts with the MSP.

Clients in regulated industries are coming to their MSP first, asking whether they qualify for coverage, what controls they need, and why their premium went up.

That's a different role. And MSPs are expected to fill it, whether or not they planned for it.

The MSPs getting ahead of this aren't answering reactively. They're building the posture that makes the answers good ones: verified controls, documented evidence, a certification that speaks the language insurers already understand.

SPECTRA certification creates that validation. The MSPs who've built it into their offering are showing up to the insurance conversation as strategic partners, not just technicians.

09/18/2026

Agentic AI is creating insurance gaps that most policies weren't written for - general liability, professional liability, cyber, and IP coverage are all being tested by AI-driven claims.

SPECTRA's new AI Certification framework gives MSPs, businesses, and insurers a shared standard to close that gap - turning AI risk into something that can be evidenced, inspected, and insured.

"This is the first robust attempt to give MSPs a framework to deliver insurable AI." - Edouard von Herberstein, Founder & CEO, SPECTRA

Read more: https://hubs.li/Q04w_cw00

09/17/2026

"Yes" on the Application Isn't Enough Anymore

Something the MSP community has been talking about lately: the cyber insurance renewal process has fundamentally changed.

The old playbook: client fills out the application, checks the boxes, and policy renews.

The new reality we're seeing more often: underwriters leaning toward wanting evidence. Exports. Screenshots. Configuration reports. Documented proof that every control is deployed and actually working. Not "we have MFA." Prove it.

There's growing concern in the space that claims could be challenged not because controls were absent, but because they couldn't be clearly proven.

The MSPs getting ahead of this have built verification into their offering, not just deployment. Independent, third-party validation is what turns a completed questionnaire into something that holds up under scrutiny. That's what SPECTRA certification creates.

09/16/2026

Cybersecurity and cyber insurance have always been separate conversations. Security teams build controls. Underwriters ask questions. MSPs get stuck in the middle, assembling proof after the fact.

We're changing that. SPECTRA is partnering with Blacksmith to bring our Business Advantage Program certification requirements directly into the compliance workflow MSPs already use every day.

We're changing that. SPECTRA is partnering with Blacksmith to bring our Business Advantage Program certification requirements directly into the compliance workflow MSPs already use every day.

That means mapped controls, organized evidence, and ongoing accountability instead of a once-a-year assessment scramble. It also means a clearer path for MSPs to support their clients' eligibility for preferred cyber-insurance programs, with qualified programs seeing premium reductions of up to 35 percent.

That means mapped controls, organized evidence, and ongoing accountability instead of a once-a-year assessment scramble. It also means a clearer path for MSPs to support their clients' eligibility for preferred cyber-insurance programs, with qualified programs seeing premium reductions of up to 35 percent.

The SPECTRA framework goes live in Blacksmith on October 1st.

Read more about what this partnership means for MSPs: https://hubs.ly/Q04xBpcX0

Learn more at https://hubs.ly/Q04xBp8k0 or https://hubs.ly/Q04xBpg20.

09/14/2026

Better together. 🤝

SPECTRA is excited to partner with Senteon, connecting continuous endpoint hardening with verified cyber resilience and stronger business outcomes for MSPs and their clients.

Join Senteon and SPECTRA for a joint webinar, The Gap Between Secure and Certifiable, on Wednesday, September 16 at 1:00 p.m. EST. Discover how continuous endpoint hardening and evidence-backed certification can help MSPs prove the effectiveness of their security services, strengthen client trust, and create measurable strategic business value.

Register for The Gap Between Secure and Certifiable https://hubs.li/Q04w4BFB0

09/10/2026

IRONSCALES and SPECTRA are excited to announce a new partnership.

IRONSCALES brings AI-powered, email security -no gateway, no MX changes - that stops phishing, BEC, and account takeover from inside the mailbox. Now MSPs can pair that protection with SPECTRA's Business Advantage Program to unlock stronger cyber insurance outcomes for their clients.

Two companies. One partnership. A better business advantage.

SPECTRA | SPECTRA Adds IRONSCALES to Certified Vendor Network https://hubs.li/Q04wNGBV0

Join us on Oct 8th to learn more: https://hubs.li/Q04wNGzc0

09/09/2026

SPECTRA just launched the first certification framework for insurable AI. 🎯

20 AI deployment controls. 8 domains. Built with leading MSPs, cybersecurity experts, and re/insurers and brokers.

As AI adoption accelerates, MSPs need a common standard to deploy it safely — and get it insured. This is that standard.

Learn more → SPECTRA Launches AI Certification Framework for MSPs https://hubs.li/Q04w_clc0

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09/08/2026

The MSP Pricing Gap Nobody Warned You About

This is coming up more in MSP circles, and it's worth paying attention to.

Two MSPs. Same revenue. Same client profile. Materially different cyber insurance pricing.

The difference isn't luck. It's a documented security posture.

MSPs that can demonstrate verified controls across their stack are being priced more favourably than peers that can't. That gap is real and widening.

The problem most MSPs miss: "we have the tools" is not the same as "we can prove the tools are working." Without independent verification, your word carries less weight than it used to.

SPECTRA certification turns your security investment into documented, insurer-accepted evidence and stops you from subsidizing the underwriting of MSPs who haven't done the work.

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