Sprint offers SSL, server-side certificates and VPN services to accommodate encryption. Pricing information was not available. Sprint hardens all of its servers, NT and Unix, before deployment, stripping off vulnerable applications and utilities. Some features may then be added back at customer request but under processes that ensure, for instance, that anonymous FTP is correctly configured to prevent penetration. A staffed geographically redundant facility is always available for the security operations center at no extra charge.
Customers can purchase hot standby services at various pricing levels.
A security officer reports directly to the vice president of corporate security. Sprint has a written security policy, but customers may not see it. Sprint uses the same 120-person pool of dedicated individuals to secure its hosting services as well as its overall network. Sprint appears to have one of the strictest prohibitions we found among The Great Eight for limiting customer access to its facilities. The managed service is available on non-Sprint transports.