Verisign
Also known as VeriSign,Inc., Verisign, Inc., VRSN
Verisign, Inc. is an American company based in Reston, Virginia, that operates a diverse array of network infrastructure, including two of the Internet's thirteen root nameservers, the authoritative registry for the , , and generic top-level domains and the country-code top-level domains, and the back-end systems for the and sponsored top-level domains.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Verisign, Inc.
- Company.logo
- Verisign logo.svg
- Company.image
- Verisign HQ viewed from the RTC Orange Garage.jpg
- Company.image_caption
- Headquarters in Reston, Virginia
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.location
- Reston, Virginia
- Company.location_country
- U.S.
- Company.founder
- James Bidzos
- Company.industry
- Internet, telecommunications
- Company.revenue
- (2025)
- Company.operating_income
- (2025)
- Company.net_income
- (2025)
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14 sectionsContents
- History
- Naming services
- Company properties
- Controversies
- 2001: Code signing certificate mistake
- 2002: Domain transfer lawsuit
- 2003: Site Finder legal case
- 2003: Gives up {{mono|.org}} domain
- 2005: Retains {{mono|.net}} domain
- 2010: Data breach and disclosure controversy
- 2010: Web site domain seizures
- 2012: Web site domain seizure
- References
- External links
Verisign enables the world to connect online with reliability and confidence, anytime, anywhere. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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1995 establishments in Virginia1998 initial public offeringsAmerican companies established in 1995Companies based in Reston, VirginiaCompanies listed on the NasdaqComputer companies established in 1995Corporate spin-offsDDoS mitigation companiesDomain name registriesDomain name seizures by the United StatesDomain Name SystemFormer certificate authorities
