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VeriSign Inc. (VRSN)At 12:00PM ET: 22.53  Up 0.25 (1.12%)  
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VeriSign Inc.
487 East Middlefield Road
Mountain View, CA 94043
United States - Map
Phone: 650-961-7500
Fax: 650-961-7300
Web Site: http://www.verisign.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 500
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Nasdaq 100
Sector:Technology
Industry:Application Software
Full Time Employees:N/A

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
VeriSign, Inc. provides infrastructure services to various networks worldwide. It operates in two segments, Internet Infrastructure and Identity Services, and Other Services. The Internet Infrastructure and Identity Services segment consists of naming services business, which is the authoritative directory provider of various .com, .net, .cc, .tv, .name and .jobs domain names; secure socket layer (SSL) certificate services business that enables enterprises and Internet merchants to implement and operate secure networks and Web sites that utilize SSL protocol; identity and authentication services (IAS) business, which includes identity protection services, fraud detection services, managed public key infrastructure services, and unified authentication services that help enterprises secure intranets and extranets, as well as provide authentication credentials; and VeriSign Japan business operations primarily comprising SSL certificate services and IAS. The Other Services segment comprises pre-pay billing and payment services. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    VeriSign Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 32.2% of S&P 500 companies and 89.4% of Software & Services companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. D. James Bidzos , 54
    Founder and Exec. Chairman
    $ 491.00KN/A
    Mr. Brian G. Robins , 39
    Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Exec. VP
    $ 551.00K $ 227.00K
    Mr. Russell Lewis B.S., M.B.A., 54
    Exec. VP of Strategy & Technical Operations
    $ 714.00K $ 306.00K
    Mr. Richard H. Goshorn , 53
    Sr. VP, Sec. and Gen. Counsel
    $ 699.00KN/A
    Mr. Kevin A. Werner J.D.,
    Sr. VP of Corp. Devel. & Strategy
    $ 671.00KN/A
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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