As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12, 2002
                                                           Registration No. 333-
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                        REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
                             SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                 VERISIGN, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

            Delaware                                       94-3221585
   (State or Other Jurisdiction                         (I.R.S. Employer
 of Incorporation or Organization)                     Identification No.)

                                 VeriSign, Inc.
                            487 East Middlefield Road
                         Mountain View, California 94043
          (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

                            2001 Stock Incentive Plan
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                  Dana L. Evan
                             Chief Financial Officer
                                 VeriSign, Inc.
                            487 East Middlefield Road
                         Mountain View, California 94043
                                 (650) 961-7500
            (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)

                                   Copies to:
                               James M. Ulam, Esq.
                     Senior Vice President, General Counsel
                                 VeriSign, Inc.
                            487 East Middlefield Road
                         Mountain View, California 94043



                                           CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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                                                Amount         Proposed Maximum      Proposed Maximum       Amount of
                                                 to be          Offering Price      Aggregate Offering    Registration
  Title of Securities to be Registered        Registered          Per Share               Price                Fee
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Common stock, $0.001 par value per share      4,687,162 (1)        $23.64 (2)        $110,804,510 (2)       $10,194
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(1)  Represents shares automatically reserved for issuance upon exercise of
     options granted under the Registrant's 2001 Stock Incentive Plan. Shares
     available for issuance under the 2001 Stock Incentive Plan were initially
     registered on a registration statement on Form S-8 filed with the
     Securities and Exchange Commission on September 21, 2001 (Registration No.
     333-69818).

(2)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in
     accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933 and
     based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of VeriSign Common
     Stock reported on the Nasdaq National Market on April 10, 2002.



                        REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
                        PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E

         This registration statement on Form S-8 registers 4,687,162 additional
shares of common stock automatically reserved for issuance under the
Registrant's 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, pursuant to the terms of that plan. This
registration statement on Form S-8 hereby incorporates by reference the contents
of the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.
333-69818) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 21,
2001.

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Mountain View, State of California, on this 12th day
of April 2002.

                                      VERISIGN, INC.

                                      By: /s/ Stratton D. Sclavos
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Stratton D. Sclavos
                                          President, Chief Executive Officer and
                                          Chairman of the Board

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Stratton D. Sclavos, Dana L. Evan,
and James M. Ulam, and each of them acting individually, as his or her
attorney-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for him or her in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration
statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection herewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or any
substitute, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated:



Signature                          Title                                      Date
---------                          -----                                      ----
                                                                    
Principal Executive Officer
And Director:
/s/ Stratton D. Sclavos         President, Chief Executive Officer        April 12, 2002
------------------------------- and Chairman of the Board
Stratton D. Sclavos             (Principal Executive Officer)


Principal Financial and
Principal Accounting Officer:
/s/ Dana L. Evan                Executive Vice President of Finance       April 12, 2002
------------------------------- and Administration and Chief
Dana L. Evan                    Financial Officer (Principal Financial
                                Officer and Principal Accounting
                                Officer)

Additional Directors:

/s/ D. James Bidzos             Vice Chairman of the Board                April 12, 2002
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D. James Bidzos

/s/ William Chenevich           Director                                  April 12, 2002
-------------------------------
William Chenevich

/s/ Kevin R. Compton            Director                                  April 12, 2002
-------------------------------
Kevin R. Compton

/s/ David J. Cowan              Director                                  April 12, 2002
-------------------------------
David J. Cowan





----------------------------------- Director                 April 12, 2002
Roger H. Moore

/s/ Scott G. Kriens
----------------------------------- Director                 April 12, 2002
Scott G. Kriens

/s/ Greg Reyes
----------------------------------- Director                 April 12, 2002
Greg Reyes


----------------------------------- Director                 April 12, 2002
Timothy Tomlinson



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

   Exhibit
   Number                             Exhibit Title
   ------      ---------------------------------------------------------
    5.01       Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP.

   23.01       Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (included in Exhibit 5.01).

   23.02       Consent of KPMG LLP

   24.01       Power of Attorney (see page 2).