VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
VeriSign is a provider of domain name registration and internet security services, ensuring stability for .com and .net domains.
VeriSign
VeriSign is a provider of domain name registry services and internet infrastructure. The company operates domain name registries for primary top-level domains, including.com and.net, providing authoritative domain name resolution services to maintain global internet routing stability. Additionally, VeriSign serves as the Root Zone Maintainer for the Domain Name System under agreement with ICANN, ensuring cryptographic key updates and system resilience. Operating globally through distributed data centers and infrastructure nodes, the company supports digital connectivity and cyber threat mitigation for network operators, domain registrars, and end users worldwide.
Snapshot
Operations
Products and/or services of VeriSign
- Domain Name Registry Services for .com: Manages the definitive database and authoritative domain name resolution infrastructure for the .com generic top-level domain, supporting high-volume global internet traffic and online commercial presence.
- Domain Name Registry Services for .net: Operates the exclusive domain registry and global domain name system resolution network for the .net generic top-level domain, providing internet routing stability and global address availability worldwide.
- Root Zone Maintainer Services: Edits and maintains the authoritative Root Zone file of the Domain Name System under agreement with ICANN, ensuring key cryptographic security updates and global internet operational integrity across distributed networks.
- Regional Internet Resolution Services: Operates critical distributed internet infrastructure nodes and domain name system constellation servers globally to deliver resilient, high-speed, low-latency domain name resolution services against distributed denial-of-service cyberattacks and traffic surges.
- Back-end Registry and IDN Infrastructure: Provides backend domain registry operation platforms and Internationalized Domain Name capabilities, enabling registrar connection APIs, domain WHOIS lookup directory tools, and multi-language domain name management across diverse international markets.
- DNS Security and Management Tools: Develops and operates advanced Domain Name System Security Extensions tools, cryptographic key signing key maintenance protocols, and registration data access protocols to safeguard internet domain name architecture against security vulnerabilities.
VeriSign executive team
- Mr. D. James BidzosExecutive Chairman, CEO & President
- Mr. Thomas C. Indelicarto J.D.Executive VP, General Counsel & Secretary
- Mr. Danny R. McPhersonExecutive VP of Technology & Chief Security Officer
- Mr. John D. CalysExecutive VP & CFO
- Dr. Burt Kaliski Jr.Senior VP & CTO
- Mr. David Atchley CFAVP, Treasury & Investor Relations
- Mr. Ebrahim KeshavarzSenior Vice President of Marketing, Product & Channel Management
- Ms. Ellen PetrocciSenior VP of Human Resources & Chief Human Resources Officer
- Mr. Patrick S. KaneSenior Vice President of Naming & Registry Services
- Mr. Scott T. SchnellSenior VP & Executive Strategic Advisor