(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, November 20 / MARKET WIRE/ --

As travelers prepare for the joys and
stresses of the Thanksgiving holiday, the savviest are booking their trips
on sites protected by VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the trusted provider
of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world. Whether
traveling by air or by car, staying with family or in hotels, more
travelers than ever can marry their zeal for searching for deals with the
assurance of VeriSign Extended Validation (EV) Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Certificates.

JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines join Central Reservation Service
(CRSHotels) and the more than 6,000 other sites using VeriSign EV SSL*.
These leading travel companies are providing their customers with online
security measures to help protect against phishing schemes. By displaying a
green address bar, which is enabled by an EV SSL Certificate, these top
travel sites are letting customers know that they are on a Web site whose
identity is verified by VeriSign -- and that their personal information is
secure.

"VeriSign EV SSL protection helps us provide our valuable customers with
the most trusted online experience possible," said Michael Stromer,
Director of Interactive Marketing for JetBlue Airways. "As customers begin
to book their holiday travel this season to any of JetBlue's 50 plus
destinations, the assurance of enhanced validation takes away the stress of
worrying about unsecure transactions."

"Trust is very important to CRSHotels," said Hakan Ogun, IT Manager of
CRSHotels. "Before deploying EV SSL, we polled our customers and asked the
top reasons why they did not complete the purchase procedure. Twenty seven
percent reported they were concerned with the security of their personal
information including credit card numbers."

When visiting a VeriSign EV SSL protected site, consumers using the latest
high security browsers immediately see an easily recognizable green address
bar, a lock icon next to the address bar and a new field that contains the
name of the organization that owns the site as well as the security
provider that issued the certificate, such as VeriSign.

"When consumers see the green address bar, they can rest assured that they
are dealing with a secured Web site verified by a trusted certificate
authority such as VeriSign, and not some fraudulent site set up by identity
thieves to capture credit card numbers and other information," said Bob
Cortale, vice president of SSL sales at VeriSign. "With VeriSign EV SSL
protection, more online travel sites are able to protect their consumers
and themselves online -- helping those businesses nurture the kind of trust
that makes for lasting and lucrative customer relationships."

As the most respected and trusted SSL authority on the Web, VeriSign is the
EV SSL Certificate provider of choice for more than 6,000 Internet domains,
representing greater than 75 percent of the entire EV SSL Certificate
market worldwide.* In fact, over 95 percent of the Fortune 500 and 96 of
the world's 100 largest SSL-using banks secure their sites with SSL
Certificates sold by VeriSign**. To learn more about VeriSign EV SSL, visit
http://www.verisign.com/EV-SSL.

About VeriSign

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) is the trusted provider of Internet
infrastructure services for the networked world. Billions of times each
day, VeriSign helps companies and consumers all over the world engage in
communications and commerce with confidence. Additional news and
information about the company is available at 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, the uncertainty of future revenue and profitability
and potential fluctuations in quarterly operating results due to such
factors as the inability of VeriSign to successfully develop and market new
products and services and customer acceptance of any new products or
services, including VeriSign EV SSL solutions; the possibility that
VeriSign's announced new services may not result in additional customers,
profits or revenues; and increased competition and pricing pressures. 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, 2007 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.

?2008 VeriSign, Inc. All rights reserved. VeriSign, the VeriSign logo,
the Checkmark Circle logo, and other trademarks, service marks, and designs
are registered or unregistered trademarks of VeriSign, Inc., and its
subsidiaries in the United States and in foreign countries. All other
trademarks are property of their respective owners.

* Includes EV SSL issued by VeriSign and its subsidiaries.

** Includes VeriSign's subsidiaries, affiliates and resellers.

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