VeriSign, Inc. is a company that provides domain name registry services and internet infrastructure. Its services enable internet navigation for various recognized domain names worldwide, and it provides security, stability, and resiliency of internet infrastructure and services. The company offers root zone maintainer services, operates two of the 13 internet root servers, and offers registration services and authoritative resolution for the .com and .net domains, which support global e-commerce. VeriSign also operates back-end systems for .cc, .gov, .edu, and .name domain names and provides distributed servers, networking, security, and data integrity services. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.
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