VeriSign(R) Extended Validation SSL Lifts the Bottom Line of Online Businesses Around the World

Market Wire, June, 2009

Results: After deploying VeriSign EV SSL Certificates, Trend Micro recorded an 8.4 percent increase in the number of online visitors who completed renewal of their Trend Micro service subscriptions. View case study: www.verisign.com/trendmicro

"It's essential that we maintain the utmost in information security for our customers, and it's equally essential that we let them know we're doing so," said David Fitzgerald, CIO and executive vice president at CarInsurance.com. "That's what the VeriSign Secured Seal and the green address bar of EV SSL are all about -- peace of mind."

"Over the past several months, as the global economy has contracted, worldwide Internet usage has continued to rise, and that makes protections like VeriSign EV SSL more crucial than ever," said Bob Cortale, vice president of SSL sales at VeriSign. "As companies around the world continue to discover, when consumers see the reassuring green address bar of EV SSL, they respond with their wallets. And in any economy, that's great news for online merchants."

As the most respected and trusted SSL authority on the Web, VeriSign is the EV SSL Certificate provider of choice for more than 10,000 Internet domain names, representing 74 percent of the entire EV SSL Certificate market worldwide*. In fact, more than 95 percent of the Fortune 500 and 96 of the world's 100 largest SSL-using banks secure their sites with SSL Certificates sold by VeriSign**. To learn more about VeriSign EV SSL, visit http://www.verisign.com/EV-SSL .

* Your company's results may vary. Contact VeriSign today to talk about how VeriSign can best address your company's security needs.

** Includes VeriSign's subsidiaries, affiliates and resellers.

About VeriSign

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) is the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world. Billions of times each day, VeriSign helps companies and consumers all over the world engage in communications and commerce with confidence. Additional news and information about the company is available at www.verisign.com .

Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause VeriSign's actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements. The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, the uncertainty of future revenue and profitability and potential fluctuations in quarterly operating results due to such factors as the inability of VeriSign to successfully develop and market new products and services and customer acceptance of any new products or services, including VeriSign EV SSL solutions; 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 potential factors that could affect the company's business and financial results is included in VeriSign's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. VeriSign undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this press release.