Turn Your Security Practice Into a Certified Business Advantage

No. SOC 2 and ISO audits evaluate process compliance, whether your policies and procedures are documented and followed. SPECTRA evaluates operational security maturity: what your tech stack actually does, what your team can actually respond to, and what outcomes your services actually deliver. SPECTRA is built on the same criteria participating insurers use for underwriting decisions, which means it carries financial weight that compliance audits do not.

No. SpectraCare warranties are not insurance — it is a security performance warranty paid out by SPECTRA directly to your customer. If a certified security service underperforms during a qualifying cyber incident, the warranty value is paid. The standard terms can be embedded in your existing Statement of Work with no additional client contracts required.

Warranties are tied to five specific security service categories: Managed Detection and Response, Firewall, Disaster Recovery, Backup, Endpoint Security, and Business Email Compromise Protection. Each has a defined performance threshold and response SLA published upfront. For example, the MDR warranty pays out if a ransomware or malware event occurs and the endpoint cannot be isolated and recovered within a defined timeframe. Because the triggers are specific and transparent rather than left to adjuster discretion, payout is predictable rather than a point of dispute.

No. Clients can keep their existing insurance agent or broker. Through SPECTRA’s broker referral program, clients can access preferential quoting with no technical questionnaires required — useful for clients shopping for coverage or facing renewal, but never a requirement to participate.

No. Cyber insurance is a regulated product and must be sold by a licensed broker. As a certified MSP, you refer clients to a SPECTRA broker partner instead — you’re not acting as an insurance seller, and there’s no licensing burden on your team.

You receive both. Cyber insurers and brokers refer their clients who need better security to SPECTRA-certified MSPs — a cooperative, warm-lead partnership, not a passive perk. Level 3 partners receive preferential placement in those referrals.

No. SPECTRA’s insurance partners commit not to pursue subrogation against the certified MSP after an incident, and not to recommend replacing the MSP’s tooling with their own.

SPECTRA’s standard timeline is 3–5 business days from receipt of complete documentation. Cynomi partners move faster: because your self-assessment data already exists in the platform, initial preparation typically takes a few hours rather than days, with SPECTRA’s own review still completing in 2–3 business days on top of that.

Pricing is proportional to the size of your managed service practice and the certification level achieved, with volume and performance-based discounts available. Level 1 starts at $875/mo, Level 2 at $1,250/mo, and Level 3 at $2,500/mo and include a pool of pre-paid SpectraCare warranties of $100k/$250k/$500k across Levels 1/2/3 respectively. Additional SpectraCare warranties can be purchased separately.

Every partner is assigned a dedicated onboarding cyber security specialist, the SPECTRA marketing team, and quarterly business reviews. You also receive a sales pitch deck, talk tracks, email templates, certification and warranty guides, and use cases and case studies to support your sales motion and positioning the SpectraCare certification and warranties, and assist with the preferred insurance referral program.

Yes. Certification is reviewed annually. Partners provide QBR inputs (sales impact, client wins, feedback) and submit evidence for recertification, a lighter lift than the initial certification since most of the underlying data is already current in Cynomi.

No. SPECTRA is stack-agnostic. Certification validates security outcomes and service delivery standards, not specific vendors. You’re not required to adopt or replace any tooling to participate.