If you’ve scrolled any cybersecurity headlines in 2025, you’ve noticed a trend: “Lack of compliance” isn’t just a technicality — it’s become a key cause of major breaches across industries. The growing scrutiny is clear: when organizations are hit, the first big question reporters, regulators, and clients ask is, “Were they compliant?”

Breaches, Compliance, and Why MSPs Are in the Spotlight

Recent attacks in healthcare, finance, retail, and more are putting managed service providers (MSPs) under the microscope. Clients count on MSPs not only to deliver technology, but also to ensure their processes and policies meet industry standards—from HIPAA and PCI to FTC Safeguards, CMMC, and more.

Unfortunately, many breaches making the news have been traced directly to mismanaged controls, unmaintained policies, or the “it won’t happen here” mindset. The reality? Compliance failures are often the root cause, and every uninsured loss or regulatory action is a warning signal MSPs can’t ignore.

Why Old-School Compliance Fails (and How Blacksmith Solves It)

Traditional compliance management is notorious for being slow, manual, and confusing. Many tools dump a pile of checklists or force weeks of training just to get started. This creates bottlenecks for MSPs who want to operationalize compliance as a core service line.

Blacksmith was designed to end this struggle — by automating, simplifying, and guiding every step of compliance, all from an MSP-first dashboard. Here’s how:

• Instant, Custom Policy Creation: Blacksmith lets MSPs build professional, audit-ready policies in minutes, tailored to each client’s exact requirements (HIPAA, NIST, PCI, and more). No security expertise required.

• Centralized Multi-Client Dashboard: Monitor risk, track compliance progress, and schedule evidence reviews across all your clients — without toggling between tools or Excel sheets.

• Automated Risk Registers & Roadmapping: Built-in risk management tracks threats by severity and maps them to actionable mitigation steps, so nothing is left to chance during audits or incident response.

• Seamless Reporting & Integrations: Blacksmith’s integrations — including ConnectWise and Halo — mean evidence can be gathered, policies enforced, and compliance status exported directly from within your existing PSA/RMM stack.

• Full Automation for Complex Audits: With automation partnerships like Liongard, Blacksmith makes user-centric audits and access reviews a one-click, audit-ready process — transforming what used to be dreaded busywork into a value-driving service.

Real Results: Compliance as a Revenue and Trust Generator

MSPs using Blacksmith are turning compliance from a defensive chore into a meaningful profit center. Providers report faster onboarding, reduced manual work, and a new competitive edge in sales proposals. Because Blacksmith streamlines ongoing compliance, MSPs can package Compliance-as-a-Service as a fully recurring product — helping clients avoid risk while creating tangible business value.

Think about how long cybersecurity sales has been plaguing MSPs. Building stacks, justifying spend, and ultimately facing the reality that you might be leaving some clients unsecured. Blacksmith ties your security program to known frameworks — frameworks that can quickly and clearly communicate need and value to clients.

Best of all, tying your clients’ security to frameworks protects your business. Not just as part of the supply chain, but as an entity that’s expected to take security seriously. Insurance providers and security experts constantly mention frameworks like NIST CSF for a reason — they serve as a means to prove your intent and actions as a cyber provider.

Don’t Wait for the Next Headline

In today’s environment, every client is either proactively managing compliance or vulnerable to being tomorrow’s story. With Blacksmith, MSPs don’t just protect clients — they deliver proof of protection, raising the bar for the whole industry.

Ready for a guided, scalable compliance solution that turns regulatory hurdles into growth opportunities? Blacksmith isn’t just a tool.

It’s your new way to win deals.