Cork Changes Name, Expands Mission with Risk Intelligence Platform for MSPs

Cork Cyber – nee Cork Protection – is expanding its mission beyond cyber warranties to offering a platform that pulls in telemetry from a broad array of tools to give MSPs and their clients a clearer understanding of the risks they face and how well their cyber defenses are protecting them.

The Vantage platform unifies data from across more than 100 security tools – such as multifactor authentication (MFA), remote monitoring and management (RMM), and endpoint detection and response (EDR) – on premises and in the cloud, system configurations, and intelligence from Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KVEs).

According to the Boston-based company, Vantage, it gives MSPs 94% visibility across their clients’ security stacks, identifying risks like vulnerabilities, unpatched software, orphaned endpoints, and misconfigurations before operations are disrupted.

It better fulfills the visibility that vendors have promised for years and addresses a shift in what organizations expect from their MSPs and MSSPs, Cork Cyber CEO Dan Candee told MSSP Alert.

“’Visibility’ got overused because everyone talked about it, but no one actually solved it,” Candee said. “Simply seeing alerts isn’t enough. In Cork Vantage, visibility means understanding the state of your environment, the impact of vulnerabilities, and the business risk created when something is misconfigured or unpatched. We take it a step further by turning that visibility into actionable insights with measurable outcomes.”

From Protection to Visibility

He noted that security for a long time had been about prevention tools, firewalls, endpoints, and scanners. The problem is that the threat landscape has evolved faster than the tools have.

“The real gap today isn’t a lack of tools,” the CEO said. “It’s the lack of understanding and visibility into what those tools are doing, where they’re failing, and how those failures can create huge risk and financial exposure. The shift now is toward accountability. MSPs are being asked to prove security posture, not just claim they delivered services.”

Given that, they want transparency, while insurers want validated data and regulators want accuracy.

“This accountability era forces MSPs to move beyond prevention and into proof, which is exactly the gap Vantage was built to solve,” Candee said.

Seeing Where the Risks Are

The risk model shows service providers where the security risks are, why they matter, and what to fix first.

“Then comes agency – or empowerment – for the MSSP [and] MSP,” he said. “When Cork pairs that intelligence with financial assurance, the visibility actually means something. It’s validated proof that supports better decision-making, strengthens client trust, and ties directly to financial protection. It gives our partners and their clients the confidence to stand behind their protection with data-driven assurance.”

Cork, during its first three years, has been known for the cyber warranties it offers, which are designed to ensure that organizations remain operational when a security incident occurs. According to the company, since Cork’s founding in 2022, 100% of claims have been paid, thousands of warranted clients have been protected, and there is a 60-minute SLA payout time for initial funds.

From 'Protection' to 'Cyber'

Given the expanded breadth of what the company does, a name change – from Cork Protection to Cork Cyber – was needed, Candee said.

“Our mission expanded from covering losses to helping partners understand, quantify, and financially back the risks within their environments,” he said. “We needed to widen the aperture for our audience, because the pictures we take today look like they were shot from the Hubble Space Telescope compared to when we started the company. Cork ‘Cyber’ better represents the move to a dedicated cyber risk intelligence company.”

He added that “the warranty remains part of our foundation, but it now operates on top of a platform that gives MSPs visibility, validation, and the ability to ensure business continuity.”