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Government Relations |
Introduction
The Internet has established itself
as a major economic and political force, whose potential has yet to
be fully realized. It has already had an enormous impact on all of our
lives. It has changed the way we work, play, study and communicate.
Faster than the blink of any eye, we can chat, buy, sell, or do almost
anything with other people around the world, at any time of the day.
As an expanding, global company
that has helped fuel the dramatic growth of the Internet, VeriSign stays
on top of the range of issues in which governments and international
organizations are involved that could affect our core business interests
in the areas of digital identity, authentication services, and payment
services, as well as the general health of the Internet. In addition,
we have a special responsibility to support the stability and security
of the Internet. Network Solutions, which merged with VeriSign in June
2000, pioneered commercial domain name registrations. VeriSign today
is the leading provider of digital trust services. It also plays a unique
role in maintaining the Internet's root servers and the authoritative
databases for the .com, .net, and .org registries of domain names, in
helping to preserve the security and stability of the Internet and in
providing the most widely used digital signature services in the world.
VeriSign maintains a staff of public
policy professionals who work with the Executive Branch, the Congress,
state and local governments, foreign governments and international organizations,
as well as participate in industry associations and non-profit organizations,
to address the many novel and challenging issues posed by development
of the Internet. This work reflects the company's values and philosophy
about business practices in general, and about the evolution and stability
of the Internet in particular.
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