Executive Summary

The world's network computing infrastructure is a prime target for theft, interference, and abuse, due to its great and growing value to business and society. Truly effective data security defenses must address data security at the global network level and fully incorporate people, process, and technology factors.

Sun Managed Security Services meets these requirements by integrating Sun's expertise in network computing technology and operations with VeriSign, Inc.'s data collection, monitoring, analysis, and intelligence platform. As a remotely delivered Managed Service, the Sun offering provides expert assistance to customers to lower the cost and complexity of a mission-critical aspect of IT management while strengthening the customer's ability to retain direction over the strategic, programmatic, and budgetary control dials of their overall IT program. Sun Managed Security Services engagements are driven by Service Level Agreement (SLA) management principles and follow a structured Evaluate-Architect-Implement-Manage/Remediate sequence.

The offering is based on a technology partnership between Sun and VeriSign, Inc., a leading supplier of Internet-based commerce and security solutions. Under this partnership, Sun delivers architectural and consulting services within ongoing SLA-based engagement management processes. VeriSign contributes security intelligence, monitoring, event management, and reporting services.