VeriSign

E37205
domain name registry operator internet infrastructure company public company technology company

VeriSign is an American technology company best known for operating key internet infrastructure, including managing the .com and .net top-level domains and providing critical DNS and security services.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
VeriSign canonical 6
Verisign 6
VeriSign, Inc. 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf domain name registry operator ⓘ
internet infrastructure company ⓘ
public company ⓘ
technology company ⓘ
basedIn Fairfax County, Virginia ⓘ
contractsWith Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ⓘ
surface form: ICANN
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
focusesOn DNS availability and performance ⓘ
critical internet infrastructure ⓘ
internet security and stability ⓘ
top-level domain registry operations ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs VeriSign self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: VeriSign, Inc.
foundedBy James Bidzos ⓘ
hasFormerSubsidiary VeriSign self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: VeriSign Authentication Services
hasSubsidiary VeriSign self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: VeriSign Information Services
hasWebsite https://www.verisign.com ⓘ
headquartersLocation Reston ⓘ
surface form: Reston, Virginia

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Virginia ⓘ
inception 1995 ⓘ
industry DNS services ⓘ
cybersecurity ⓘ
domain name services ⓘ
information technology ⓘ
internet infrastructure ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalForm corporation ⓘ
notableFor contributing to global internet stability ⓘ
operating the .com top-level domain ⓘ
operating the .net top-level domain ⓘ
providing highly available DNS infrastructure ⓘ
numberOfEmployees 1000-5000 (approximate range) ⓘ
operates .com ⓘ
.net ⓘ
root zone management services (in cooperation with others) ⓘ
providesService DDoS protection services ⓘ
DNS resolution services ⓘ
DNSSEC signing services ⓘ
domain name registry services ⓘ
internet security services ⓘ
managed DNS services ⓘ
threat intelligence services ⓘ
regulates .com domain registry policies (under ICANN contracts) ⓘ
.net domain registry policies (under ICANN contracts) ⓘ
sold authentication business to Symantec ⓘ
soldTo Symantec ⓘ
tradedAs NASDAQ:VRSN ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Domain Name System root zone → historicalRootZoneMaintainer → VeriSign ⓘ
DNSSEC → rootZoneManagedBy → VeriSign ⓘ
this entity surface form: Verisign
VeriSign → hasSubsidiary → VeriSign self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: VeriSign Information Services
VeriSign → hasFormerSubsidiary → VeriSign self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: VeriSign Authentication Services
VeriSign → formerlyKnownAs → VeriSign self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: VeriSign, Inc.
IANA Naming Function Contract → associatedWith → VeriSign ⓘ
this entity surface form: Verisign
.tv → registryOperator → VeriSign ⓘ
this entity surface form: Verisign
Mockapetris → employer → VeriSign ⓘ
subject surface form: Paul Mockapetris
this entity surface form: Nominum
.cc → registryOperator → VeriSign ⓘ
network solutions → acquiredBy → VeriSign ⓘ
subject surface form: Network Solutions, LLC
this entity surface form: VeriSign, Inc.
J-root → operatedBy → VeriSign ⓘ
this entity surface form: Verisign
J-root → managedBy → VeriSign ⓘ
this entity surface form: Verisign
.net → sponsoredBy → VeriSign ⓘ
.net → registryOperator → VeriSign ⓘ
.net → zoneFileMaintainedBy → VeriSign ⓘ
NASDAQ:VRSN → abbreviation → VeriSign ⓘ
subject surface form: VeriSign, Inc.
this entity surface form: Verisign
James Bidzos → employer → VeriSign ⓘ
Network Information Center → predecessorOf → VeriSign ⓘ
this entity surface form: InterNIC