Why MSPs need compliance automation

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As a Managed Service Provider (MSP), you are likely already well aware of how complex and time-consuming managing compliance for your clients can be. Every year, compliance standards like SOC2 and ISO27001 are updated, requiring more time, effort, and resources to both maintain, and keep up to date. For MSPs, juggling these complex requirements for multiple clients, while still maintaining your high service standards, is becoming increasingly difficult.

The truth is, compliance is only going to get more complicated as regulations grow stricter in response to the growth of cyber threats and the evolution of technology continues. Holding off on automating your compliance process will only make these challenges harder to manage down the road. The time has come for MSPs to invest in a comprehensive compliance automation solution like OneClickComply.

Compliance and Complexity

Compliance has always formed the backbone of information technology, but both its scope, and the demand it puts on a business, has dramatically increased in recent years. What used to be a checklist for cyber security hygiene purposes has now become a complex, never ending process of checking and rechecking configurations and devices.

For MSPs, this complexity presents several problems:

More time spent per client: As new regulations are brought out, or current ones are updated, MSPs are forced to spend more time on compliance tasks, leaving fewer resources left to bring more clients onboard.

Greater risks of non-compliance: With every additional client, the risk of overlooking a critical compliance requirement increases. Even missing the smallest aspect of compliance can potentially result in catastrophic damage to your customers, and damage to your own professional reputation.

Sudden need for a specific standard: If a client suddenly requires a specific standard, whether they have a contractual requirement, or simply to improve their own security, it presents a sudden influx of work. As such, MSPS are forced to dedicate more resources to that business, often for weeks or months at a time, just to ensure that a single client becomes compliant.

Without automation, the manual work required to keep up with these tasks can become overwhelming. And when compliance becomes unmanageable, MSPs can face severe consequences such financial penalties, damage to their reputation, or even legal action.

What Are The Risks For Not Adopting Automation

Delaying the adoption of compliance automation, or refusing to utilise its many benefits, doesn’t just slow you down—it actively increases risk. As you continue to manage your clients' compliance manually, you face:

Increased operational costs: The more manual effort and work involved in maintaining compliance, the higher your operational costs become. You need more staff time and resources to keep everything in check, which can easily begin to eat into your margins.

Lost customer opportunities: Clients are becoming increasingly selective about who they trust with their data, and tackling compliance manually drastically increases the potential for risk. Without a robust compliance system in place, you risk losing business to competitors who can offer clients automated solutions for year-round compliance, with less chance of human error.

Burnout: Your compliance team can only manage so much manually. Burnout becomes a real issue when they are constantly dealing with repetitive compliance tasks. Trying to maintain your high standards, while struggling to retain hired talent is an incredibly difficult position to be in, which risks your clients moving to a more automated competitor.

Here's How OneClickComply Can Help MSPs Automate Compliance

Our platform is designed to automate the time-consuming, manual aspects of compliance, ensuring that MSPs stay ahead of growing demands while maintaining efficiency and your own high standards. By investing in our compliance automation solution, you can avoid the many pitfalls of manual processes and put your business, and your clients, on the path to long-term success.

Here’s how OneClickComply helps MSPs:

Instant Remediation: Manually addressing compliance gaps is a drain on both time and resources. Our "Fix this for me" feature allows MSPs to resolve your clients issues with a single click, eliminating the need for manual intervention. OneClickComply detects problems and allows you to fix them automatically, saving your team countless hours of manual effort and stress.

Real-Time Compliance Monitoring: Compliance isn’t a one-time event—it requires constant vigilance and should, in our opinion, be a part of day-to-day operations. OneClickComply continuously monitors systems, checking up to every 15 minutes, alerting you of anything that may impact your client's compliance standing. This means no more surprises when it comes time to renew standards, and it also ensures more peace of mind for your clients.

Stay Up-to-Date with Evolving Standards: Compliance standards are constantly changing, and staying up-to-date can feel like an impossible task. OneClickComply automatically updates with new compliance requirements, so you don’t have to worry about falling behind on regulations. Any updates to standards are automatically made into tasks, notify the appropriate users, and allows you to instantly become compliant as soon as the standard is updated.

The Long-Term Benefits of Compliance Automation

Investing in compliance automation isn’t just about solving today’s problems—it’s about positioning your MSP for the future. Here’s how adopting a solution like OneClickComply can benefit you in the long run:

Significant Cost Savings

By automating tasks that would normally take hours of manual work, you’ll reduce operational costs significantly. OneClickComply cuts down the time your team spends on repetitive checks, manual updates, and other compliance tasks, giving them the ability to focus on other, more complex tasks. Over time, these cost savings add up, improving your overall margins.

Increased Client Retention

Clients are increasingly looking for MSPs who can provide efficient and reliable compliance solutions. Offering an automated compliance service through OneClickComply allows you to differentiate yourself from the competition and provide more value to your clients. MSPs that invest in compliance automation will be much better positioned to attract and retain clients, especially those in heavily regulated industries.

Reduced Workload and Burnout

Your team will no longer have to spend hours on repetitive compliance tasks, even when handling multiple clients. With OneClickComply's automated remediation, compliance becomes much easier to manage, without sacrificing your clients' security. This means you can retain your top talent and deliver efficient, high quality service to your clients.

Invest in Compliance Automation Before It's Too Late

Compliance is changing daily. The sooner MSPs invest in automation, the sooner they can protect themselves from the many risks of manual compliance processes and unlock long-term benefits for both their business and their clients.

OneClickComply offers a way for MSPs to not only meet compliance demands but to stay ahead of them. By investing in our automation solution, MSPs can ensure they save time, reduce costs, and future-proof their operations against the growing complexity and chaos of compliance.