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May 22, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — VeriSign (verisign.com) announced yesterday that it has signed a deal to monitor the computer network of Merrill Lynch & Co. (ml.com) against outside attacks and viruses.
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VeriSign said it believes the deal is the largest ever for managed security services.
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No financial details were disclosed.
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Under the agreement, VeriSign will monitor about 300 devices for Merrill Lynch from an operations center outside Chicago, Ben Golub, VeriSign’s senior vice president of security services said.
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VeriSign is a network security service provider based in Mountain View, California. Merril Lynch is one of the world?s largest investment banks.
