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Your competitors say they’re secure. You can prove it.

Win more. Protect your clients when it counts.

Get SPECTRA Approved
How it works

Our Trusted Partners

  • Senteon
  • Cynomi
  • Compliance Scorecard
  • Optimize Cyber
  • Blacksmith InfoSec
  • IRONSCALES
  • Todyl
  • Kipling Secure
  • Symbol Security
  • AP2T Labs
  • Beltex Insurance
  • BMS
  • Ariel Re
  • HUB International
  • Ledgebrook
  • DUAL
  • Canopius
  • RT Specialty
  • Tokio Marine
  • Brit

Independent, third-party security validation

The trust layer the MSP channel has been missing

SPECTRA is an independent, third-party security validation for the MSP channel. Our four-tier maturity model evaluates your stack for performance against real breach scenarios.

Your MSP already does the security work. SPECTRA helps you prove it, get paid for it, and protect you and your clients when it counts. Before, During, and After an incident.

For MSPs

Independent proof of what you actually deliver, setting your MSP apart from the competition.

For your clients

Assurance their provider meets an independent certification standard that is recognized by market-leading insurance companies.

For insurers

Informed underwriting grounded in verified controls instead of self-attested questionnaires.

Cyber resilience ecosystem

SPECTRA’s Cyber Resilience Ecosystem

SPECTRA certification is recognized on both sides of the equation. Best-in-class cybersecurity solution providers protect and mitigate cyber risk, while market-leading insurers and brokers deliver comprehensive cyber risk transfer solutions that will be there when it counts.

End-to-end cyber resilience all delivered by your MSP.

SPECTRA

MSPsCertified and warrantied

Insurers and brokersCyber risk transfer solutions

Solution providersProtect and mitigate cyber risk

Sound Familiar?

Competing on price

Every MSP in your market claims the same stack and the same outcomes. With nothing else to separate you, the conversation defaults to price rather than value.

No proof to point to

You know you’re better than the competition, but articulating your unique value proposition to clients is a constant struggle.

Insurers competing with you

Insurance companies are offering competing security services. They are now working around you to position their preferred stack with your clients.

Clients with no backstop

Customers who do not buy cyber insurance are riskier to your MSP in the aftermath of an incident.

The SPECTRA Business Advantage Program

Four advantages your competitors can’t compete with

SPECTRA’s Business Advantage Program for MSPs brings together best-in-class MSP security that’s certified and warrantied plus comprehensive and preferred insurance from top-tier insurance carriers, resulting in cyber peace of mind for your customers.

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  1. Differentiation

    The only MSP certification recognized by global insurers and brokers. Featured on SPECTRA’s Map of Certified Partners. Stack-agnostic: we certify the security outcomes you deliver, not a specific vendor’s product.

  2. Revenue Growth

    Insurers and brokers refer clients who need better security directly to SPECTRA Certified MSPs. Preferred cyber insurance and SpectraCare protection are available only through certified MSPs.

  3. Real Protection

    You and your clients save thousands of dollars on your cyber insurance premiums. Your cybersecurity services are now tied to a business outcome.

  4. Without SPECTRA, you’re competing on price. With it, you’re the MSP that delivers better protection and saves clients money.

How it works

From approved to certified in days, not months

  1. Free, about 20 minutes

    Get Approved

    Answer a short set of questions about your solutions and vendors, and upload a few pieces of evidence. No credit card or commitment required.

  2. Typically 3–5 business days

    Get Certified

    We independently review your internal security and your managed services against the SPECTRA standard. Typically 3–5 business days from receipt of documentation.

  3. Start receiving leads

    Get the Advantage

    Refer clients for preferred cyber coverage, attach SpectraCare to your service contracts, and go live on the SPECTRA Map to start receiving leads.

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Certification levels

Four levels. Each one independently earned.

Approved is where you start. Levels 1, 2 and 3 each represent a higher verified standard, and unlock more value for you and for your clients. Every level is independently certified, so you can enter where you are today and move up when you’re ready.

An Elite Network, Not a Directory

  1. Approved

    Where you start. Basic internal controls verified (MFA, backup, endpoint protection, RMM)

  2. Level 1

    Everything in Approved, plus verified MDR with 24x7 SOC

  3. Level 2

    Everything in Level 1, plus verified email security and tested backups

  4. Level 3

    For mature MSPs with advanced network security, availability and disaster recovery capabilities

SPECTRA certification is performance-based and warranty-backed, tied to real insurance and business outcomes, not another checkbox audit.

What certification is worth, in real numbers

CTS · Brooklyn, NY · Level 2 Certified

$6,000

saved on their own E&O renewal, while increasing coverage from $3M to $5M.

30%

Discount

“You can trust us because we have an external company that reviews us and tells us whether we’re doing it right or not.”

Josiah Philipsen, CEO NextTech

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Get SPECTRA Approved in 20 Minutes

Free, with no obligation and no credit card. Refer your first client for preferred cyber insurance.

You’ll answer general questions about the solutions and vendors you use, and upload a few pieces of evidence. Most MSPs finish in a single sitting.

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