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VeriSign - About the company

VeriSign is a public company based in Mountain View (United States), founded in 1995. It operates as an Attack traffic analysis and management based DDoS protection. VeriSign has raised an undisclosed amount in funding. The company has 1515 active competitors, including 8 funded and 14 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like NetScout, Corero and NSFOCUS.

Company Details

Attack traffic analysis and management-based DDoS protection and domain name solutions to organizations and governments globally. The Verisign DNS Firewall is a cloud-based network security and threat intelligence service built upon our global recursive DNS platform that provides malware protection, and customizable filtering at the DNS level. Features include category filtering, custom white or blacklist, passive or test mode, predictive analytics, agentless device identification, real-time alerting & reporting. The solution is based on Verisign's iDefense security intelligence which provides real-time threat feeds. Network intelligence and availability services include intelligence driven DDoS protection, iDefense Security Intelligence, and Managed DNS. Symantec acquired the security businesses including SSL, code signing certificate, managed PKI, the VeriSign Trust Seal, the VeriSign Identity Protection Authentication Service, and VIP Fraud Detection Service.
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Registered Address
Reston, Virginia
Key Metrics
Founded Year
1995
Location
Mountain View, United States
Stage
Public
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
Annual Revenue
$1B+ as on Dec 31, 2025
Employee Count
1,232 as on Jun 30, 2026
Investment & Acquisitions
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Exit Details
Public

VeriSign's IPO details

VeriSign got listed on Jan 29, 1998.
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VeriSign's funding and investors

VeriSign has raised funding over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Post IPO round on Sep 2001 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. VeriSign has 13 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of VeriSign:
Date of Funding
Funding Amount
Round Name
Post-Money Valuation
Revenue Multiple
Lead Investors
Other Investors
Sep 2001
5423509
Post IPO
7386394
3688931
3375787
7676901
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VeriSign's founders and board of directors

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VeriSign's employee count trend

VeriSign has 1,232 employees as of Jun 26. Here is VeriSign's employee count trend over the years:
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VeriSign's Competitors and alternates

Top competitors of VeriSign include NetScout, Corero and NSFOCUS. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of VeriSign, ranked by Tracxn score:
Rank
Company Details
Short Description
Total Funding
Investors
Tracxn Score
1st
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VeriSign
1995, Mountain View (United States), Public
Attack traffic analysis and management based DDoS protection
-
69/100
2nd
Logo for NetScout
NetScout
1985, Westford (United States), Public
Provider of network performance, observability, cybersecurity, and DDoS solutions
$6M
67/100
3rd
Logo for Corero
Corero
1997, Hudson (United States), Public
Provider of DDoS protection for enterprise
$14.5M
64/100
4th
Logo for NSFOCUS
NSFOCUS
2000, Santa Clara (United States), Public
Intelligent hybrid security solutions provider protecting against DDoS and web attacks
-
60/100
5th
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MazeBolt
2013, Ramat Gan (Israel), Series A
Vulnerability Scanning, DDoS analysis
$10M
58/100
6th
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Link11
2005, Frankfurt (Germany), Series B
DDoS protection and CDN solutions provider
$29M
57/100
7th
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Neustar
1996, Sterling (United States), Acquired
Cloud based platform offering predictive analytic solutions
-
57/100
8th
Logo for Reflectiz
Reflectiz
2016, Tel Aviv (Israel), Series B
Provider of website security and migration solutions
$28M
56/100
9th
Logo for Radware
Radware
1997, Mahwah (United States), Public
Cloud based application delivery network management software provider
-
55/100
10th
Logo for Blackwall
Blackwall
2019, Tallinn (Estonia), Series B
Provider of web security and traffic filtering solutions for hosting providers
$62.7M
50/100
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VeriSign's Investments and acquisitions

VeriSign has made 5 investments in companies including Air2Web and Kontiki. VeriSign has also acquired 13 companies including Global Name Registry and InCode Wireless.
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Date of Investment/Acquisition
Type
Company Name
Founded Year
Location
Oct 01, 2008
Acquisition
1995
Reston (United States)
Nov 27, 2006
Acquisition
1998
San Diego (United States)
Sep 25, 2006
Investments
2001
Atlanta (United States)
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