9 Policy Management Features That Matter in 2026
Regulated organizations generate more policies than ever, and most of those policies live in shared folders, inboxes, or outdated wikis where no one can track what’s current, who approved it, or whether anyone read it. For MSPs delivering compliance management software services to clients in healthcare, finance, and government, helping those clients get policy management […]
8 GRC Capabilities MSPs Need in 2026
Regulatory pressure on your clients keeps climbing. So does the demand for you to prove their security posture to auditors, insurers, and upstream vendors. Blacksmith InfoSec helps MSPs turn that pressure into a structured, scalable compliance-as-a-service offering. But whether you use Blacksmith or another platform, certain GRC capabilities separate tools that help you scale from tools that become bottlenecks. […]
Get NIST-y Roundup: The Compliance Trap, the CMMC Monster, and the AI Wild West
Three episodes, one throughline: MSPs catch flak for the compliance decisions their clients refuse to make. This roundup pulls the practical takeaways from our latest run of Get NIST-y — the podcast where we skip the framework LARP and talk about what actually works in a client environment on a Tuesday afternoon. If you missed […]
Blacksmith Launches GTIA Cybersecurity Trustmark Framework Support for MSPs and Solution Providers
Managed service providers and solution providers need practical ways to turn cybersecurity standards into repeatable operational workflows. Blacksmith’s new support for the GTIA Cybersecurity Trustmark framework is built to do exactly that, giving partners a more streamlined path to manage, operationalize, and demonstrate progress toward the Trustmark inside the Blacksmith platform. This launch reflects a collaboration between Blacksmith and the Global […]
The Checkbox Isn’t the Point: Does Speed Undermine Compliance Credibility?
A new piece of research landed recently that should make any MSP concerned with cybersecurity and compliance stop and think. According to a June 2026 study⁽¹⁾ by business resilience specialists IO — conducted among 251 senior UK cybersecurity managers — 87% of respondents believe the speed at which compliance certification is achieved affects its credibility . […]
Compliance as a Service: Turning Red Tape into Client Value
Most MSPs talk about security as a way to “keep you safe.” That’s fine, but it misses the reason your clients are suddenly paying attention to compliance: their ability to win business, keep contracts, and stay insurable now depends on being able to prove they’re safe to work with. Compliance frameworks are not just about […]
AI is Useful. AI Slop Is Not.
AI is everywhere right now — and if you’re running an MSP, you’re feeling it from every direction. Your PSA has AI. Your RMM has AI. Your documentation platform has AI. Your quoting tool probably has AI. At this point, we’re all just waiting for the coffee maker to start summarizing tickets. But here’s the […]
From “We Do Security” to Ransomware-Ready Compliance: How MSPs Turn Framework Jargon into Revenue and Risk Reduction
Buyers no longer accept “we do security” as an answer. They’re asking how security is implemented, whether it maps to recognizable frameworks, and if it is robust enough to satisfy insurers, auditors, and regulators when ransomware hits. This article walks through how to design a ransomware-ready stack that you can both operate and prove — […]
Important International Frameworks for Global MSPs (and What US-Only MSPs Need to Know)
Most managed service providers do not set out to become international compliance experts. Yet many already support clients with Canadian customers, UK subsidiaries, Australian operations, or financial-sector ties that bring unfamiliar regulatory frameworks into ordinary security conversations. What looks like a local MSP business can quickly become a cross-border risk problem when a prospect’s questionnaire […]
From Checkbox To Consequences: Why “Paper” Compliance Programs Are Now A Real Liability
MSPs and internal IT teams have spent years treating compliance as a documentation exercise: policies in SharePoint, audit binders on demand, screenshots gathered the night before a review, and a lot of confidence that “good enough” paperwork would carry the day. That model is breaking down. In 2026, regulators are signaling that they expect organizations […]