VERISIGN INC/CA
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 .com, .net, .web and .name generic top-level domains and the .cc country-code top-level domains, and the back-end systems for the .jobs and .edu sponsored top-level domains.
Basic company information
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- Business sectors
- Internet; telecommunications [1]
- Company / filing name
- VERISIGN INC/CA [2]
- Headquarters location
- Reston [1]
- Founded
- 1995-04-12 [1]
- Legal form
- Delaware corporation [1]
- Founders
- James Bidzos [1]
- Official website
- www.verisign.com ↗ [1]
- Employees
- 1,019 · reported year 2015 [1]
- Annual revenue
- USD 1,424,900,000 · reported year 2022 [1]
- ISIN (reported securities)
- US92343E1029 [1]
- CIK
- 1014473 [2]
- Country in background record
- United States [1]
- Symbols / exchanges
- VRSN (Nasdaq) [2]
Company positioning and business
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 .com, .net, .web and .name generic top-level domains and the .cc country-code top-level domains, and the back-end systems for the .jobs and .edu sponsored top-level domains. [3]
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 Symantec for $1.28 billion. 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. On October 25, 2018, NeuStar, Inc. acquired VeriSign's Security Services customer contracts. The acquisition effectively transferred Verisign Inc.'s distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection, managed DNS, DNS firewall and fee-based recursive DNS services customer contracts. [3]
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, to Dulles in Northern Virginia by 2011 due to 95% of the company's business being on the East Coast. The company is incorporated in Delaware. [3]
Background text: Wikipedia contributors, Verisign. Selected introductory paragraphs, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Official filing data is cited separately.
Understanding company scale
Employees: 1,019 · reported year 2015. [1]
Annual revenue: USD 1,424,900,000 · reported year 2022. [1]
Financial year, securities and disclosures
Listed securities: VRSN (Nasdaq). Multiple symbols may represent different share classes or securities of the same registrant. [2]
History and key events
Founding / inception date recorded in Wikidata. [1]
Financial results and regulatory disclosures
No individual financial documents have been indexed yet. Open the source to consult company disclosures. [2]
Related entities and concepts
Frequently asked questions
When was VERISIGN INC/CA founded?
Founded: 1995-04-12. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Where is the headquarters of VERISIGN INC/CA?
Headquarters location: Reston. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Which business sectors are recorded for VERISIGN INC/CA?
Business sectors: Internet; telecommunications. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Sources and review dates
- Wikidata — company background record (CC0) ↗
- Company identity and profile data ↗
- Wikipedia contributors — Verisign (CC BY-SA 4.0) ↗
Reviewed 23 October 2026. Financial periods and historical event dates are shown separately. Figures reflect their stated source dates; this page is not a live quote or investment recommendation.