SPECTRA Adds IRONSCALES to Its Certified Vendor Network, Giving MSPs a Path to Prove Email Security Value and Lower Cyber Insurance Costs

September 10th, 2026 

SPECTRA Certification now maps to IRONSCALES mailbox-level, AI-driven email security platform, giving MSPs and MSSPs that deploy it a direct path to an independently validated credential, warranty-backed client protection, and measurable cyber insurance savings.

SPECTRA, the MSP certification and cyber resilience warranty platform, today announced that it has partnered with IRONSCALES, the AI-powered, mailbox-level email security platform used by more than 18,000 organizations, to its certified vendor network. The addition gives MSPs and MSSPs running IRONSCALES a direct path to SPECTRA Certification, enabling them to prove the value of the email security services they deliver, offer their clients warranty-backed protection, and unlock measurable reductions in cyber insurance costs for both MSPs and the businesses they serve.

Phishing, business email compromise (BEC), and account takeover (ATO) remain the most common entry points for the cyber incidents insurers pay out on, yet MSPs have historically had few independent ways to prove that their email security controls are properly configured and actively defending clients. SPECTRA and IRONSCALES partnered to close that gap, mapping its evidence-based, warrantied certification of an MSPs people, processes, technology, and service delivery directly to the threat detection and remediation evidence IRONSCALES already generates.

MSPs and MSSPs using IRONSCALES can now easily verify their BEC Protection controls with the SPECTRA Certification and, once certified, offer clients SpectraCare, SPECTRA's performance warranty program, including coverage tied to BEC Protection and other defined service categories, each with its own performance threshold. Because the criteria behind every warranty are specific and transparent, the payout is predictable and credible: if a covered service falls short during a qualifying event, SpectraCare pays the warranty value directly to the client. Certified partners can also help their clients access preferential cyber insurance rates and reduce their own errors-and-omissions insurance costs, while gaining access to a referral pipeline from SPECTRA's insurer and broker partner network.

SPECTRA, founded in 2022, works with cyber insurance carriers and brokers to certify MSPs against standards built on the same criteria participating carriers use in underwriting decisions. IRONSCALES is the latest vendor SPECTRA has mapped to its certification framework as part of its effort to expand the set of security platforms MSPs can use as evidence toward certification.

Email remains the single largest source of loss for the clients our partners protect, so independent proof of email security performance matters enormously to insurers," said Edouard von Herberstein, Founder and CEO of SPECTRA. "We added IRONSCALES to our certified vendor network because its mailbox-level, API-based architecture gives us exactly the kind of direct evidence our certification standards are built to evaluate — proof that threat detection and remediation are actively working, not just configured and forgotten. That's what connects the security services an MSP delivers to the outcomes insurers and business leaders care about."

"MSPs are on the front line of stopping phishing, BEC, and account takeover, and they need ways to prove that to clients and insurers alike," said Eyal Benishti, CEO and Founder of IRONSCALES. "SPECTRA's certification gives our MSP and MSSP partners a way to turn the mailbox-level protection and rapid remediation they already deliver with IRONSCALES into an independently validated credential."

MSPs serving regulated industries feel this most. Their clients face compliance and cyber insurance questionnaires every year asking whether email security controls actually work, and the MSP is the one who has to answer. SPECTRA certification gives MSPs that answer. Independent validation of the protection they already deliver, a credential competitors need months to earn, and it pays out for the MSP and the client.

SPECTRA Certification mapped to IRONSCALES is available now to MSPs and MSSPs. MSPs interested in learning more can connect with SPECTRA through their IRONSCALES representatives.

About SPECTRA

Founded in 2022 by Edouard von Herberstein, SPECTRA is a certification and cyber resilience warranty platform built to connect best-in-class MSPs, cyber insurance carriers, and brokers who recognize and reward certification. SPECTRA certifies MSPs against operational security and service-delivery standards, backs certified services with SpectraCare performance warranties, and connects certified partners with insurer and broker referral networks. Learn more at spectracyber.com.

About IRONSCALES

IRONSCALES is an AI-powered, mailbox-level email security platform, protecting more than 18,000 organizations worldwide from phishing, business email compromise, deepfake attacks, and account takeover. Built on a self-learning Adaptive AI engine and agentic SOC automation and deployed via native API with no MX record changes, IRONSCALES gives MSPs and MSSPs fast, low-friction deployment, automated remediation, and unified multi-tenant management. Learn more at ironscales.com.

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