MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - April 7, 2003 - VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), the leading provider of digital trust services, will be announcing its first quarter 2003 financial results on Thursday, April 24, 2003. The press release will be distributed to the wire services at approximately 1:15 pm (PDT) and will also be available directly from the company's website at www.verisign.com.

VeriSign will host a live teleconference call on April 24th at 2:00 pm (PDT), which will be accessible by direct dial at (800) 946-0712. A listen-only live webcast of the Q1 2003 earnings conference call will also be available at www.verisign.com or www.streetevents.com. A replay of this call will be available at (888) 203-1112 (passcode: 394069) beginning at 6:00 pm (PDT) on April 24th and running through May 1st.

About VeriSign, Inc. 
VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN) is the leading provider of digital trust services that enable everyone, everywhere to engage in commerce and communications with confidence. VeriSign's digital trust services create a trusted environment through our core offerings -- telecommunications services, security services and registry services -- powered by a global infrastructure that manages billions of network connections and transactions a day. Additional news and information about the company is available at http://www.verisign.com

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Contacts: 
Media Relations: Brian O'Shaughnessy, boshaughnessy@verisign.com, 650-426-5270 
Investor Relations: Steven Gatoff, sgatoff@verisign.com, 650-426-4560