CEOLive.com — Securing the Killer App Is Job One, Says VeriSign CEO in Interview With IT Radio Network

Business Wire, March 2, 2000

Business Editors & High-Tech Writers

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 2000

In a recent interview with the newly launched eBusiness audio Webzine IT Radio Network, VeriSign Inc. (Nasdaq:VRSN) President & CEO Stratton Sclavos discussed the role of security in B-to-B eCommerce.

Stratton said: "Today, we're securing the network. In fact, most of them (B-to-B companies) use our Web site services already, and we're securing their servers and allowing encrypted channels from the supplier to the buyer network."

Sclavos also discussed VeriSign's plans to extend its services in the B-to-B market.

"What we really want to do is build out a whole set of turnkey services for B-to-B exchanges and vertical market makers," said Sclavos. "We want to go to them and say we will give you buyer and seller credentials, payment services, digital receipts, digital archiving and secure message services for things like encrypted pill presentment and bill payment."

VeriSign's Digital Signature Technology helps make these transactions secure.

Stratton emphasized that its prominence in both the B-to-C and B-to-B markets lends it an advantage against traditional competitors like Entrust (Nasdaq:ENTU) and Baltimore Technologies (Nasdaq:BALT) and larger players like GTE (NYSE:GTE) and IBM (NYSE:IBM), who are also staking claims in the digital signature/certificate arena. VeriSign's history with Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT), Cisco (Nasdaq:CSCO) and Netscape (NYSE:AOL) also help it remain competitive.

To hear the complete interview, visit www.ITRadioNetwork.com.

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