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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.

10/29/2026

When "We've Never Had an Incident" Stops Working

It's the most common confidence signal in an MSP sales conversation. Clean record. Fifteen years. No breaches.

Not a bad thing to say. Just no longer sufficient.

Insurers and procurement teams aren't pricing on historical clean records anymore. There's a shift underway where more weight is going toward control validation. The absence of incidents doesn't confirm the controls that prevented them are in place and functioning.

A clean history is a lagging indicator. Verified controls are a leading one.

MSPs built around "we've never had an incident" are increasingly running into prospects who want something more specific, and competitors who can provide it.

Independent certification gives you both: a verified posture and a story that doesn't depend on luck holding.

10/28/2026

Your client's insurer sends a security questionnaire with dozens of questions.

Who fills it in? Usually you.

But insurers often ignore self-attestations.

MSPs are already doing the security work insurers care about. The gap is proof. SPECTRA certification turns the controls you run every day into verified evidence that our broker partners can take to market for your clients.

That means clearer conversations at renewal, and a stronger position for you as the partner who made it easier.

We will walk through exactly how this works on our live webinar on Thursday, November 19.

👉 Register here: https://hubs.li/Q04BtMVn0

10/27/2026

Most businesses never chose to adopt AI.

It arrived inside their email, browsers and line-of-business software. So the real question isn't whether AI is in use. It's how it's governed.

As Saurabh Sandhir, CEO of Kipling Secure, puts it:

"AI governance can't stop at a policy document. It has to be visible, enforceable and provable. Working with SPECTRA and 9 Computing Group, we're showing how an MSP can turn real AI usage, risk and controls into evidence that supports AI certification. That's an important step toward making AI risk something customers, MSPs and ultimately insurers can actually understand and manage."

Learn more about the partnership:

SPECTRA and Kipling Secure partner to help MSPs deliver and prove mature AI risk management https://hubs.li/Q04Bw0ZY0

10/26/2026

Building a managed AI practice for your clients? Five lessons from our pilot with SPECTRA-certified MSPs:

1. Secure the base first. Identity, email, endpoint and backup controls are the foundation AI governance is built on.

2. Start where demand already is. Shadow AI discovery and data leakage assessments were the entry point at every pilot MSP.

3. Choose a service model for each client, and put the scope in the contract.

4. Put your own house in order. Your own AI use is part of your clients' risk.

5. Bring the broker in before renewal.

More on each, plus three MSP case studies, in AI Risk, Insurability and the MSP Channel:
The Biggest Opportunity in MSP History: Leading Managed AI for SMBs https://hubs.li/Q04Bm90d0

10/23/2026

That's a wrap on XChange NexGen 2026.

Thank you to The Channel Company, to the MSP leaders who joined Edouard in our Prove Your Value boardroom session, and to everyone who stopped by our booth.

Three things we're taking home from Orlando:

1. The MSPs in the room know they're secure. The hard part is proving it. Clients, brokers, and insurers are no longer taking anyone's word for it.

2. Renewals now feel like audits. Insurance questionnaires ask whether you have MFA. Insurers want proof it's enforced for every user.

3. Proof pays. Certified MSPs are more than doubling coverage, lowering premiums, and receiving referrals from broker networks.

If we met in Orlando, we'll be in touch.
NexGen attendees qualify for a special offer: BOOK A CALL (https://hubs.li/Q04C5DwZ0)

Security that Works. Insurance that Pays.

# Xchange

10/22/2026

Four Tiers. One Standard.

SPECTRA's certification model evaluates MSP security stacks across four tiers of maturity, each mapped to how controls perform in a real incident, not just on paper.

The tiers exist because security maturity isn't binary. An MSP with strong MDR and backup but gaps in email security or DR sits at a different risk profile than one validated across all five control areas: MDR, backup, email security, firewall, and disaster recovery.

That distinction matters to insurers, to regulated-industry prospects, and to the MSP who wants to know where they stand before a breach surfaces the answer.

The certification doesn't reward checkbox compliance. It validates real performance. If a control doesn't hold up during review, the gap gets addressed before certification is granted.

That's what makes it meaningful.

10/21/2026

Most SMBs use AI. Few govern it. Insurers have noticed, and many are now excluding AI risk or leaving it silent in their policies.

SPECTRA's Insurable AI framework gives MSPs a structured way to close that gap:

➡️ 20 client-delivery controls across seven domains, from secure deployment and AI governance to contractual risk and business interruption
➡️ 5 controls covering the MSP's own use of AI
➡️ Every control mapped to a liability peril insurers care about
➡️ Certification based on inspected evidence, not self-attestation

The full framework, and how it lines up with coverage, is in our new report.

Read more and access the report:
The Biggest Opportunity in MSP History: Leading Managed AI for SMBs https://hubs.li/Q04Bm8N50

10/20/2026

Don't Let Cyber Risks Haunt Your Business 🎃

Renewal season is closer than it looks.

For many of your clients, cyber insurance renews in the first quarter of the year. And for many MSPs, that is when the security questionnaire lands on your desk with a "can you fill this in by Friday?"

This year, it can be different.

Today we are launching [Campaign Name], a campaign to help MSPs get proactive about cyber insurance, for their own business and for their clients.

MSPs certified through SPECTRA's Business Advantage Program can refer up to 5 clients for a no-obligation cyber insurance quote through our broker partners, and each referred client receives a $10,000 MDR ransomware warranty from SPECTRA for 12 months on us.

Want to see how it works? Find out more about the Business Advantage Program (https://hubs.li/Q04BtMSL0)

10/20/2026

We're excited to announce SPECTRA's partnership with Secure Inc.

97% of SMBs have adopted AI. Only 25% have integrated it strategically or budgeted for it. Meanwhile, businesses are turning to their MSPs to help manage the risk.

A mature AI risk management program starts with good security and governance, and that starts with the MSP.

Together, we're giving MSPs what that program needs:
🔹 Kipling Secure brings the platform to govern usage and enforce compliance
🔹 SPECTRA brings the assurance: certification and access to leading insurers
🔹 MSPs bring the foundation: the security and governance every AI risk program is built on.

"AI governance can't stop at a policy document. It has to be visible, enforceable and provable." Sandhir, CEO, Kipling Secure

Read the announcement

SPECTRA and Kipling Secure partner to help MSPs deliver and prove mature AI risk management https://hubs.li/Q04Bw0Tx0

9 Computing Group

10/16/2026

Insurers aren't just auditing clients anymore. They're quietly building their own MSP networks. If you're not certified, you're invisible to that pipeline.

That's the conversation we're bringing to XChange NexGen next week in our Prove Your Value boardroom:

➡️Why insurers treat all MSPs as high risk, and why good MSPs end up subsidizing bad ones
➡️The gap between secure and certifiable, and why self-attestation is becoming a liability
➡️How certified MSPs are getting broader coverage, lower premiums, and qualified leads from broker networks

Only 20% of MSPs can earn SPECTRA certification. The ones who do stop competing on price.

See you in Orlando, October 18-20. Boardroom or booth 318.

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