VeriSign Security Services to Support Symbian Platinum Program Agreement brings VeriSign's Content Signing Services to Symbian OS

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Wednesday, October 22, 2003; 12:00 AM

CTIA Wireless IT, BOOTH #1103, Las Vegas, NV. OCTOBER 21, 2003 - VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), the leading provider of critical infrastructure services for the Internet and telecommunications industries, today announced it has become a Symbian Platinum Partner, extending its PKI solutions to the Symbian OS ecosystem and supporting the rapidly emerging market for smart phones based on Symbian OS™.

"Verisign is a recognized leader in providing trusted security services that support Internet infrastructure," said Geoff Preston, Technology Operations Director at Symbian Ltd. "Their authentication technology in securing both wired and wireless Internet content is widely recognized within the industry. We are very happy to welcome Verisign to the Symbian Platinum Program and are pleased to see their technology being made available to the rapidly expanding Symbian OS ecosystem."

"VeriSign security services help protect platform providers like Symbian against unauthorized or malicious content getting online," said Mike Foley, vice president of Security Services for VeriSign. "VeriSign's authentication services enable wireless carriers to deploy content with confidence knowing that their network infrastructure is protected while ensuring their applications development and distribution is never disrupted."

VeriSign's agreement with Symbian is a significant step toward VeriSign's strategy of supporting all leading platforms for wired and wireless Internet content. Wireless carriers are increasingly concerned about malicious content that disrupts the reliability of their networks and keeps content from being readily used and trusted online. By supporting all leading platforms through the industry's most rigorous authentication standards, VeriSign is making it easier for carriers to provide content and application security across any platform they choose to support.

VeriSign's content signing services are part of VeriSign's group of Security Intelligence and Control ServicesSM http://www.verisign.com/corporate/news/2003/pr_20031007e.html providing customers with security information that goes beyond traditional security tools and applications. Security Intelligence and Control Services enable enterprises to proactively assess, monitor, manage, and respond to security threats. These services combine real-time information, sophisticated analysis tools, and 24X7 operational monitoring and management support to provide integrated control over complex, heterogeneous networks.

About Symbian
Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the global open industry standard operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones.

Symbian has licensed Symbian OS to the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers including Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens and Sony Ericsson. Publicly announced products based on Symbian OS include the BenQ P30, Motorola A920 for 3, Samsung SGH-D700, Siemens SX-1, NTT DoCoMo FOMA F2102V and F2051 built by Fujitsu, Sony Ericsson P800 Smartphone, Nokia 9200 Communicator range as well as the 7650, 6600, 3650/3600, 3660/3620 and N-Gage.

Symbian has its global headquarters in London, United Kingdom with development sites in Europe and Asia.

For further information about Symbian, please see www.symbian.com or email press@symbian.com

About the Symbian Platinum Program
The Symbian Platinum Program includes companies that have a technology or strategic position that is key to the success of mobile computing technology surrounding Symbian OS. As part of the program, Platinum Partners benefit from a range of commercial services, including technical support and joint marketing opportunities as well as privileged access to Symbian OS source code and a dedicated Partner Support team. For more information please see www.symbian.com/partners/platinum.html

About VeriSign
VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), delivers critical infrastructure services that make the Internet and telecommunications networks more intelligent, reliable and secure. Every day VeriSign helps thousands of businesses and millions of consumers connect, communicate, and transact with confidence. Additional news and information about the company is available at http://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, VeriSign's limited operating history under its current business structure; uncertainty of future revenue and profitability and potential fluctuations in quarterly operating results; the ability of VeriSign to successfully develop and market new services and customer acceptance of any new services; the risk that VeriSign's announced strategic relationships may not result in additional products, services, customers and revenues; increased competition and pricing pressures; and risks related to potential security breaches. 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, 2002 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.

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For more information, contact: Media Relations: Patrick Burns, pburns@verisign.com, 703-948-4471 Investor Relations: Kathleen Bare, kbare@verisign.com, 650-426-3241