VeriSign Appoints Industry Veteran Ken Silva
As Chief Security Officer
Responsibilities Include Protection of VeriSign’s Intelligent Infrastructure
Services, Advising VeriSign Customers On Latest Security Measures
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – April 18, 2005 – VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq:
VRSN), the leading provider of intelligent infrastructure services for
the Internet and telecommunications networks, today announced the appointment
of industry veteran Ken Silva as the company’s first Chief Security
Officer (CSO). Silva has been an employee of VeriSign since June, 2000.
“Our customers and business partners expect VeriSign
intelligent infrastructure services to be scalable, reliable and secure
when they conduct communications and commerce online,” said Stratton
Sclavos, VeriSign Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “Our elevation
of Ken to be our first-ever CSO is a reflection of the tremendous job
he has done in maintaining the integrity of our global infrastructure,
and we look forward to using his talents to benefit our customers and
our entire corporation.”
Silva already oversees the critical operations of
the VeriSign Advanced Transaction Lookup and Signaling platform (ATLAS),
which is a vital component of the company’s intelligent infrastructure
services. As CSO, he will be charged with establishing cross-company
security measures, including security policies and auditing functions
that benefit internal VeriSign system deployments as well as a wide
variety of customer solutions.
“VeriSign provides critical services that allow companies
to operate in the digital economy, such as SMS services targeted to
carriers or security services geared to Fortune 500 businesses and governments,
and VeriSign operates essential Internet addressing systems. Our customers
demand that VeriSign is always there,” said Silva. “I’m extremely honored
to take on the CSO role and look forward to working with all our business
units and their customers, to help them implement security measures
that will proactively meet their business goals for digital commerce
and communications.”
Silva has more than 20 years experience in the telecommunications
and security industries. Before being named CSO, he was vice president,
Networking and Information Security for VeriSign. Prior to joining the
company, Silva served 10 years at the U.S. National Security Agency,
most recently as an executive technical director. He has held a variety
of other key leadership positions, he has taught courses at the National
Cryptologic School and he served 10 years in the United States Air Force.
Currently, Silva serves on the board of directors
for the Information Technology, Information Sharing and Analysis Center
(IT-ISAC) and is the Chairman of the Internet Security Alliance. He
also advises and participates in a number of national and international
committees for organizations, including the National Infrastructure
Protection Center (NIPC), the White House ISP Security Panel, the ICANN
DNS Security Panel, the Network Reliability and Interoperability Council
(NRIC) and the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
(NSTAC).
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 http://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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