VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN)
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The Company operates intelligent infrastructure services that enable and protect billions of interactions every day across the world's voice and data networks.
The Company operates intelligent infrastructure services that enable and protect billions of interactions every day across the world's voice and data networks.
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Without VeriSign there is no Internet.
That's like saying "Without Microsoft, there are no business-friendly operating systems." Not immediately, but that doesn't mean there aren't companies who couldn't replicate the feat if Microsoft was ever gone. Given a recent rash of accidentally-signed and, in some cases, purposefully badly signed certificates, there is a call within the IT community to re-think how we do large-scale trust. VeriSign looks great now, but watch out for changes in Internet infrastructure. Remember, the Flame virus propagated because the US Government beat a company just like VeriSign.