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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of future revenue and profitability and potential fluctuations in quarterly
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successfully develop and market new products and services and customer
acceptance of any new products and services, including the products
and services described herein, the possibility that VeriSign’s announced
new services may not result in additional customers, profits or revenues;
and increased competition and pricing pressures. More information about
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the year ended December 31, 2004 and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
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