January 26, 2007 — Last September, VeriSign acquired SSL security provider GeoTrust in a $125 million agreement, adding a channel of more than 9,000 direct resellers in more than 140 countries.
December 14, 2006 — Earlier this year, the CA/Browser Forum, a voluntary organization of leading certification authorities and vendors of Internet browser software, met to establish standards and guidelines to enforce Internet security and combat fraud.