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About SPECTRA

The trust layer between security and insurance.

SPECTRA is the cyber and agentic AI risk management platform delivering the first and only robust certification of resilience to leading Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and the millions of small and mid-market businesses they serve.

SPECTRA helps top-tier MSPs differentiate from competitors through partnerships with the largest insurance brokers and carriers, who offer broader insurance coverage and lower premiums for businesses whose cybersecurity and AI deployment is managed and governed in accordance with SPECTRA’s certification standards.

What we do

SPECTRA independently inspects and certifies managed service providers against controls tied to the real causes of cyber loss.

Controls verified

  • Managed detection and response
  • Backup
  • Email security
  • Firewall
  • Disaster recovery
  • The MSP’s own internal security

Certification is reviewed annually

Why it matters

We’re building the trust layer the $495B+ MSP market has been missing.

For insurers

A validated result to price cyber risk on, instead of a self-attested questionnaire.

For MSPs

Independent proof of what they deliver, lower E&O costs, and qualified leads from the insurers who recognise the certification.

For SMBs

Assurance their provider meets a standard someone else verified, preferred cyber coverage, and SpectraCare warranties behind the services they buy.

Who we are

Three worlds that rarely share a table.

Edouard von Herberstein
Eric Altamura
Tom Harrison
Daniel Bradbury
Alison Faulkner

A team drawn from cybersecurity, insurance and the MSP channel.

Our leadership includes 30+ years in the US and UK cyber insurance markets, a former US Army officer and cybersecurity consultant, cyber risk and data analytics specialists from the (re)insurance sector, and engineers from SaaS and financial institutions.

Our Certification of Resilience is overseen by a Cyber Risk Advisory Board of senior cybersecurity and national security figures.

Meet the team

Cyber Advisory Board

Mission

Make cyber resilience attainable.

To make cyber resilience attainable for MSPs and their customers, through independent verification, and the trust it creates between security and insurance.

Vision

The same verified picture of risk.

An ecosystem where security vendors, MSPs and insurers work from the same verified picture of risk, for the benefit of the businesses they all serve.

Our Values

At SPECTRA, our values guide every decision, every partnership, and every innovation.

  1. Integrity

    We are a neutral and independent verifier. Our certifications and reports are based on facts, not favors, so everyone can trust what we say.

  2. Simplicity

    Cyber resilience doesn’t have to be complicated. We make it easy with clear security controls and standards so MSPs, insurers, and customers can align on shared objectives.

  3. Expertise

    We have expertise across cybersecurity, insurance and channel. But more than that, we share that knowledge with our partners to excel at their work and protect their customers.

  4. Partner-first

    We’re here to help MSPs grow and their customers succeed. Our partners’ success is a prerequisite to our own.

  5. Pioneering

    We’re pioneering proven techniques connecting security and insurance in the digital economy.

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

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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