Build Trust. Deliver Security. Grow Together.
The MSP Growth Accelerator
A peer-based program helping you earn a seat at the client table, align with CIS Controls, and deliver commercially reasonable security.
Built in collaboration with the Center for Internet Security (CIS) and industry leaders who've walked in your shoes.
the only program that includes
CIS Resource Catalog
Vendors contribute resources showing how their solutions align with CIS Controls. MSPs get learning materials, vendors get visibility — without sales pressure.
Vendor-agnostic learning
CIS-aligned resources
Zero sales pressure
"I didn't become an MSP to be a cyber business. But we adapted. This program helped us operationalize security and lead with innovation."
— Jason Makevich, Greenlight Cyber
Purpose
The Accelerator helps you organize cybersecurity, apply a repeatable system, and position your MSP as a trusted partner. You will work through frameworks that simplify security and drive growth.
This program is practical, collaborative, and rooted in community. It is built by nonprofit leaders and practitioners who want to help you succeed.
As a Trusted Cybersecurity Partner:
You will support your clients' growth plans and safeguard their dreams.
You will help your clients safely and securely implement AI solutions.
You will help your clients more quickly recover operations in the face of disruption.
You will translate cybersecurity threats into the business context your clients need to make informed decisions.
What You Will Accomplish
Build a repeatable, CIS-aligned cybersecurity framework across your MSP and client base.
Apply CIS Controls to real environments through learn-by-doing sessions.
Lead stronger client conversations about cyber risk and value.
Simplify your security stack and streamline operations.
Connect with peers who share your goals and experiences.
What You Will Learn
As you become a trusted cybersecurity partner, you will learn to:
Help clients understand their cybersecurity needs through effective neuroscience-based communications.
Implement information solutions for your clients that meet evolving standards of reasonable security.
Reasonable Security Based on CIS
The Center for Internet Security (CIS) sets the benchmark for practical, reasonable cybersecurity.
SecureTheVillage earned the Allen Paller Laureate Award from CIS for leadership in improving security for small and midsize organizations.
Through this program, you gain direct access to CIS frameworks, updates, and expert insight. You learn with the people who write the playbook.
For MSPs, CIS represents the standard. This program creates that connection.
Neuroscience-Based Communications
Learn proven communication techniques grounded in neuroscience to connect with clients, build trust, and make complex security concepts accessible and actionable.
How It Works
Two 90-minute sessions each month. Real-world application and focused collaboration.
Cohorts work through specific MSP challenges, guided by SecureTheVillage leaders and guest experts from CIS. It combines peer learning, structure, and accountability.
Every session delivers something you can immediately apply such as new tools, frameworks, and client-ready materials.
Business Growth Workshop
60 minutes
Sales enablement that works for SMB clients.
Science-backed strategies to reframe client conversations.
Frameworks to handle objections and close more security deals.
Reasonable Security Workshop
60 minutes
Security enablement aligned to CIS Controls v8.1.
Build client-ready incident response plans and risk assessments.
Deliver tabletop exercises that prove your value as a strategic partner.
Is This For You?
This accelerator is designed for MSPs who want to:
Strengthen client trust and advisory relationships.
Sell more security services and win bigger clients.
Align with CIS Controls and elevate security maturity.
Build confidence in both sales and delivery.
Streamline tools, teams, and delivery.
Join a peer community built for progress and shared success.
The Outcome
By the end, you will have:
A documented, CIS-aligned cybersecurity roadmap.
Client-ready proof of commercially reasonable security.
Clear, confident messaging for client conversations.
A trusted peer network that supports your ongoing growth.
This is how you lead in security and strengthen your business.
Why Most MSPs Struggle with Security
Most MSPs started out to make IT easy for their clients — not to sell endless security tools.
But here we are. Every client meeting turns into another cyber conversation.
This program helps you get through that phase, operationalize security, and get back to being the innovator you wanted to be when you started your company.
You'll learn how to:
Talk to clients about risk in plain English
Build CIS-aligned security programs that actually stick
Cut down on point-solution sprawl
Run your MSP like the trusted advisor you already are
A Cybersecurity Accelerator Built for MSPs
This isn't a peer group or a certification course. It's a structured accelerator designed to help MSPs:
Sell with confidence
Sell more security with confidence.
Deliver trusted tools
Deliver CIS-aligned tools that clients recognize and trust.
Build repeatable models
Build a repeatable model that grows both revenue and reputation.
And everything we build together is grounded in the Center for Internet Security (CIS) Controls v8.1 — the globally recognized standard for cybersecurity best practices.
Why It Works
Sales + Security Together
Balanced focus that grows revenue and delivery capabilities.
CIS Controls v8.1
The globally recognized framework scaled for SMB clients.
Science-Backed Communication
Practical methods to connect with decision-makers.
Community & Accountability
Learn with peers who share your challenges.
Investment
Special introductory rate:
(paid annually)
Price effective through December 31, 2025.
Live and interactive. Limited seats per cohort.
Apply Now →For Vendors & Partners
100% Product-Agnostic. 100% Enablement.
Sponsor the MSPs in your channel and we'll coach them to sell cybersecurity and deliver CIS-aligned services that accelerate adoption of your products—without turning our sessions into sales pitches.
Sell more security with confidence.
Deliver CIS-aligned services that fit SMB clients.
Accelerate adoption of your product by becoming stronger sellers.
CIS Resource Catalog
Vendors have the option to contribute resources that show how their solutions align with CIS Controls. MSPs get learning materials, vendors get visibility — without sales pressure.
The result? Your MSP partners win more clients, sell more security, and expand overall sales volume across your channel.
Is This For You?
This accelerator is designed for MSPs who want to:
Sell more security services and win bigger clients.
Use CIS-based tools that make sense for SMBs.
Future-proof their MSP business model.
Build confidence in both sales and delivery.
Meet Your Mentors
Stan Stahl, PhD
Stan Stahl, PhD is founder and president of SecureTheVillage. A former research mathematician who once secured top secret nuclear missile communications, he has over 35 years of cybersecurity experience helping small organizations implement practical security solutions and transforming people into CyberGuardians™. He is a member of Fast Company's Executive Board and his Substack newsletters are read by thousands at stanstahl.substack.com.
Bill Leider
Bill has lectured at the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California, where he taught leadership in counterterrorism in the public policy master's degree program. For the past decade, Bill has been studying and applying the findings of neuroscience as they affect human interactions and how our unconscious minds instill in us our self-limiting beliefs. An accomplished author, Bill's latest book is What's Next?: How to Make Your Next Chapter Your Best Chapter.
Investment
Special introductory rate:
(paid annually)
Price effective through December 31, 2025.
Live and interactive. Limited seats per cohort.
Apply Now →Join the Next Cohort
Enter your email to receive our Guide: From IT Vendor to Trusted Cybersecurity Partner: A Growth Path for MSPs and early access to the next Accelerator group.
Lead with clarity. Protect your clients. Grow your MSP.
For Vendors & Partners
100% Product-Agnostic. 100% Enablement.
Sponsor the MSPs in your channel and we'll coach them to sell cybersecurity and deliver CIS-aligned services that accelerate adoption of your products—without turning our sessions into sales pitches.
Sell more security with confidence.
Deliver CIS-aligned services that fit SMB clients.
Accelerate adoption of your product by becoming stronger sellers.
CIS Resource Catalog
Vendors have the option to contribute resources that show how their solutions align with CIS Controls. MSPs get learning materials, vendors get visibility — without sales pressure.
The result? Your MSP partners win more clients, sell more security, and expand overall sales volume across your channel.
About SecureTheVillage
SecureTheVillage is a nonprofit mobilizing communities to fight cybercrime and protect privacy. Their mission is to make Southern California the cyber-safest metropolitan region in the U.S.—while helping communities nationwide build resilience through education and collaboration.
They are accomplishing their mission through building a strong alliance of cybersecurity leaders, educators, and community builders dedicated to making organizations and communities cyber-safe.
The MSP Cybersecurity Accelerator is an illustration of SecureTheVillage's creativity in community education: delivering trusted cybersecurity, improving resilience, and growing stronger together.