Digex Forges Partnership With VeriSign to Provide Highest-Available Security For Internet,
E-Commerce Applications
PR Newswire, Monday, June 28, 1999 at 15:36
World's Strongest Web Site Certificates - 128-Bit Encryption - Make Global
Internet-Based Transactions More Secure Than Ever Before for Financial
Services, Retail, and Health Care Industries
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Sending confidential information over the
Internet used to make CIOs' hearts race and stomachs flutter, but a new partnership announced today
by Digex, Incorporated and VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) makes it more secure than ever before for
companies to move business transactions and applications over the Web.
Under the new partnership, Digex will offer VeriSign's full line of Web site digital certificate
services -- which includes the world's strongest encryption, Global 128-bit -- with its managed Web
and application hosting services to deliver the highest-available level of security for mission- critical
e-business transactions.
Security experts say that digital certificates provide the most secure means for transacting
business over the Internet today because they can authenticate identities over the Web and encrypt
browser-to-server and use-to-user communications. VeriSign is the only provider that offers Global
128-bit server digital certificates -- which are so secure that RSA Data Security says "it would take a
trillion-trillion years to break using today's most sophisticated hacking techniques."
"The fact is that the many companies today 'sink or swim' based on the success of their Web
strategy, particularly those in the finance, retail, and health care sectors," said Bobby Patrick, vice
president of marketing and product development for Digex.
"So, security is not something they can chance. With VeriSign, we are combining the world's
strongest encryption capabilities with our high-performance hosting services to provide a managed,
secure environment -- 24 x 7 -- for all of our customers."
VeriSign is the only digital certificate provider that is authorized to issue Global 128-bit Web
site certificates for worldwide browser connections, and the only provider with 128-bit technology
embedded in Microsoft and Netscape browsers (since version 4.0).
As a leading provider of financial information to individual investors, Thomson Investors Network
must ensure that its members can conduct transactions over the Internet with the highest level of
security. According to Blair Miller, vice president of research and development at Thomson Financial
Interactive, "We chose VeriSign because they offer exactly what we need -- state-of-the-art
safeguards to protect our members' personal financial communications and transactions." Digex has
hosted the Thomson Investors Network since April 1998.
Commenting on the partnership, Anil Pereira, vice president of VeriSign's Internet Services
Group said, "As companies move their businesses and business processes to the Web, there is a
growing, legitimate concern about security, reliability, and performance. Together, Digex and VeriSign
are providing customers a highly secure foundation on which to host an e-business. In fact, Digex's
comprehensive line of products combined with their expertise in managing complex, transactional
Web sites enable them to provide high-quality Web hosting solutions."
VeriSign Secure Site ISP Program
The Secure Site ISP program enables small, medium and large ISPs, ASPs and Web hosting
companies to integrate VeriSign's comprehensive range of digital certificate services into their own
e-commerce and enterprise offerings. The program includes an automated enrollment interface,
industry-leading lifecycle services, volume-based discounts and billing options, and global promotion
of customers' secure Web sites. These services enable providers to differentiate themselves with
one-stop shopping for e-commerce Web sites, secure e-mail, secure extranets and virtual private
networks for businesses of all sizes. (See related release "VeriSign Secure Site Services Integrated
into E-Commerce Offerings of More Than 2200 ISPs, ASPs, and Web Hosting Companies", dated
June 28, 1999). Providers may enroll online at www.verisign.com/isp/index.html/.
About Digex
Digex is a leading provider of Web and application hosting services for some of the world's
leading companies that rely on the Internet as a critical business tool. Digex also offers value-added
enterprise and professional services, including performance and security testing, monitoring, reporting
and networking services. Digex customers, from Fortune 2000 corporations to Internet-based
businesses, leverage Digex's services to deploy secure, scalable, high performance business
solutions, including electronic retailing, online banking, online procurement and customer self-service
applications. Digex, Incorporated is a wholly owned subsidiary of Intermedia Communications
(NASDAQ:ICIX). Additional information on Digex is available at digex.com.
About VeriSign, Inc.
VeriSign is the leading provider of Internet trust services and digital certificate solutions needed
by Web sites, enterprises, electronic commerce service providers and individuals to conduct trusted
and secure electronic commerce and communications over the Internet. The company has issued
more than 125,000 Web site digital certificates to date, with customers including all of the top 40
e-commerce sites and all of the Fortune 500 companies with a Web presence. In addition, over 400
enterprises have adopted VeriSign's OnSite and Go Secure! Services to secure their intranet, extranet
and e-commerce applications. VeriSign's Internet trust services are also distributed globally through
its network of Affiliate service providers, including 2200 ISPs/Web hosts and over 12 international
Affiliates.
NOTE: VeriSign is a registered trademark exclusively licensed to VeriSign, Inc. All other
trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
SOURCE VeriSign, Inc.
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/CONTACT: Missie Hamilton Sargeant of Digex, Incorporated, 301-847-2438, or
sargeant@digex.net; or Gayle LeDoux of GCI Group, 415-974-7257, or gledoux@gcigroup.com, for
Digex, Inc.; or Kelly Brieger of VeriSign, Inc., 650-429-3424, or kbrieger@verisign.com.com/
/Web site: digex.com
/Web site: verisign.com
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