Editing Verisign (section)

{{Short description|American Internet company}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2013}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox company
| name             = Verisign, Inc.
| logo             = Verisign logo.svg
| image            = Verisign HQ viewed from the RTC Orange Garage.jpg
| image_caption    = Headquarters in [[Reston, Virginia]]
| type             = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as        = {{ubl|{{NASDAQ|VRSN}}|[[S&P 500]] component}}
| foundation       = {{Start date and age|1995|4|12}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://money.cnn.com/quote/profile/profile.html?symb=VRSN |title=Verisign Company Profile - CNNMoney.com |website=CNN Money |access-date=2016-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010005736/http://money.cnn.com/quote/profile/profile.html?symb=VRSN |archive-date=October 10, 2017 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
| location         = [[Reston, Virginia]]
| location_country = U.S.
| founder          = [[James Bidzos]]
| key_people       = {{plainlist|James Bidzos ([[chairman]] & [[Chief executive officer|CEO]])|Todd Strubbe ([[President (corporate title)|president]] & [[Chief executive officer|COO]])|George Kilguss ([[Chief financial officer|CFO]])}}
| num_employees    = 932 (2024)
| industry         = [[Internet]], [[Telecommunications industry|telecommunications]]
| revenue          = {{increase}} {{USD|1.56 billion}} (2024)
| operating_income = {{increase}} {{USD|1.06 billion}} (2024)
| net_income       = {{decrease}} {{USD|786 million}} (2024)
| equity           = {{decrease}} {{USD|−1.9 billion}} (2024)
| assets           = {{decrease}} {{USD|1.41 billion}} (2024)
| website          = {{URL|https://verisign.com/}}
| footnotes        = <ref name=10k>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447325000006/vrsn-20241231.htm |date=2025-02-13 |title=Verisign 2024 Annual Report 10-K |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]}}</ref>
| module           = {{infobox network service provider|child=yes|asn=7342|asn_suffix=(primary)|asn2=26415|asn2_suffix=([[J-root]])}}
}}

'''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 nameserver]]s, the authoritative registry for the {{mono|[[.com]]}}, {{mono|[[.net]]}}, and {{mono|[[.name]]}} generic [[top-level domain]]s and the {{mono|[[.cc]]}} [[country-code top-level domain]]s, and the back-end systems for the {{mono|[[.jobs]]}} and {{mono|[[.edu]]}} [[sponsored top-level domain]]s.

In 2010, Verisign sold its authentication business unit – which included [[Secure Sockets Layer]] (SSL) certificate, [[public key infrastructure]] (PKI), Verisign Trust Seal, and Verisign Identity Protection (VIP) services – to [[NortonLifeLock|Symantec]] for $1.28 billion.<ref>{{cite web |author=Antone Gonsalves |url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/storage/disaster_recovery/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224900541 |title=Symantec To Buy VeriSign Unit For $1.28 Billion – Storage – Disaster |publisher=Informationweek.com |date=May 20, 2010 |access-date=July 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522132659/http://www.informationweek.com/news/storage/disaster_recovery/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224900541 |archive-date=May 22, 2010 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The deal capped a multi-year effort by Verisign to narrow its focus to its core infrastructure and security business units. Symantec later sold this unit to [[DigiCert]] in 2017.<ref name="Fortune-Symantec">{{Cite web |url=http://fortune.com/2017/08/02/symantec-web-certificates-sale-thoma-bravo/ |title=Symantec Plans to Sell This Business for Nearly $1 Billion |date=2017-08-02 |website=Fortune |language=en |access-date=2018-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104093345/http://fortune.com/2017/08/02/symantec-web-certificates-sale-thoma-bravo/ |archive-date=January 4, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> On October 25, 2018, [[Neustar|NeuStar, Inc]]. acquired VeriSign's Security Service Customer Contracts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mergr.com/neustar-acquires-verisign---security-services-customer-contracts|title=NeuStar Acquires VeriSign - Security Services Customer Contracts {{!}} Mergr|website=mergr.com|access-date=2020-02-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229072157/https://mergr.com/neustar-acquires-verisign---security-services-customer-contracts|archive-date=February 29, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> The acquisition effectively transferred Verisign Inc.'s [[Denial-of-service attack|Distributed Denial of Service]] (DDoS) protection, Managed [[DNS]], DNS Firewall and fee-based Recursive DNS services customer contracts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.home.neustar/about-us/news-room/press-releases|title=Neustar Acquires Verisign's Security Services Customer Contracts|website=home.neustar|language=en|access-date=2020-02-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419072826/https://www.home.neustar/about-us/news-room/press-releases|archive-date=April 19, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Verisign's former [[chief financial officer]] (CFO) Brian Robins announced in August 2010 that the company would move from its original location of [[Mountain View, California|Mountain View]], [[California]], to [[Dulles, Virginia|Dulles]] in [[Northern Virginia]] by 2011 due to 95% of the company's business being on the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/2010/08/verisign_shifts_headquarters_to_virginia.html |title=VeriSign shifts headquarters to Virginia |last=Krouse |first=Sarah |date=2010-08-27 |website=Washington Business Journal |access-date=2018-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830170344/http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/2010/08/verisign_shifts_headquarters_to_virginia.html |archive-date=August 30, 2010 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The company is [[Delaware General Corporation Law|incorporated in Delaware]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?CIK=VRSN&owner=exclude&action=getcompany&Find=Search|title=EDGAR Search Results|website=www.sec.gov|access-date=2018-10-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016125921/https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?CIK=VRSN&owner=exclude&action=getcompany&Find=Search|archive-date=October 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>