Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  CALYS JOHN
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/26/2011		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
VERISIGN INC/CA [VRSN]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
21355 RIDGETOP CIRCLE		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
VP, Interim CFO
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

DULLES, VA 20166		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 10,878.4632 (1)
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
CALYS JOHN
21355 RIDGETOP CIRCLE
DULLES, VA 20166		       VP, Interim CFO  

Signatures

By: Luci Altman, as Attorney-in-Fact For: John D. Calys 09/27/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) On January 18, 2011 Reporting Person was awarded 10,000 RSU's. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one (1) share of VeriSign common stock once vested. Each award vests annually over a four-year period at the rate of 25% per annum and are released on each respective anniversary of the date of grant, subject to shares withheld automatically as payment of applicable taxes upon release. On May 18, 2011 Reporting Person received 737.4632 RSU's in connection with the $2.75 per share of Common Stock cash dividend declared by VeriSign, Inc.'s Board of Directors on April 27, 2011 and paid on May 18, 2011. Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one (1) share of VeriSign Common Stock once vested. These additional RSUs will vest on the same schedule as the already outstanding RSUs to which they relate.
 
Remarks:
Reporting Person's total direct holdings disclosed in Table I, Item 2 under Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned includes 141 shares acquired through the VeriSign, Inc. 2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan on July 29, 2011.

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