VeriSign Enhances Managed PKI for SSL Service with Enterprise Certificate Manager from VeriSign, Inc.

VeriSign Enhances Managed PKI for SSL Service with Enterprise Certificate Manager

Improved Service Delivers Powerful Management Flexibility and Control for SSL Certificates Across the Enterprise

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA. – July 25, 2005 – VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), the leading provider of intelligent infrastructure services for the Internet and telecommunications networks, today announced significant enhancements to the VeriSign® Managed  PKI for SSL service, designed to lower the total cost of ownership for managing SSL and other organizational certificates across the enterprise. Available today, the VeriSign Managed PKI for SSL service now includes the VeriSign® Enterprise Certificate Manager (ECM), a feature that provides enterprises with increased control over their complete organizational certificate environment, through centralized visibility and management, as well as increased security.

The enhanced Managed PKI for SSL service allows enterprises to comprehensively meet all of their SSL and other certificate procurement and management needs, while taking advantage of lower costs through centralized purchasing and control of multiple organizational certificate types. In addition, VeriSign Managed PKI for SSL customers can benefit from the assurance of the VeriSign Secured Seal and the widest protection provided by SSL Certificates enabled with Server Gated Cryptography (SGC) capability.

“VeriSign has long demonstrated leadership in enterprise information security through its Managed PKI for SSL service, widely adopted in industries such as financial services and healthcare where customer security and trust are paramount,” said Chad Kinzelberg, vice president, VeriSign Security Services. “As network perimeters are opened up for internal or remote employees, customers and partners, it is essential to provide secure access while ensuring business continuity and maintaining government and industry compliance. By adding ECM capabilities to our Managed PKI for SSL service, VeriSign is making it more cost-effective for enterprises to acquire, deploy and manage all of their SSL and other organizational certificates.”

Organizations of all sizes rely on Web sites, intranets and extranets to provide access to confidential information and enable e-commerce. SSL Certificates serve as a baseline of confidence for customers and employees to know they are operating in a secure environment. VeriSign is the leading certificate authority (CA) with more than 10 years of experience. VeriSign has issued more than 36 million certificates, and has secured 471,000 servers with certificates; 93 percent of the Fortune 500 have adopted VeriSign SSL security services.

For more information on VeriSign Managed PKI for SSL service, please go to:  
http://www.verisign.com/ssl/buy-ssl-certificates/multiple-ssl-certificates/index.html.

About VeriSign 
VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN) operates intelligent infrastructure services that enable businesses and individuals to find, connect, secure and transact across today’s complex global networks. Additional news and information about the company is available at www.verisign.com.

For more information, contact: 
VeriSign Media Relations: Brendan Lewis, brlewis@verisign.com, 650-426-4470  
VeriSign Investor Relations: Tom McCallum, tmccallum@verisign.com, 650-426-3744

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