Danny McPherson

Danny McPherson

Executive Vice President, Engineering, Operations, and Chief Security Officer at Verisign
Joined on May 22, 2008
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Danny McPherson leads Verisign’s technology and security organizations. He is responsible for Verisign’s corporate and production infrastructure, platforms, services, engineering and operations, as well as information and corporate security. He has actively participated in internet operations, research and standardization since the early 1990s, including serving on the Internet Architecture Board and chairing an array of Internet Engineering Task Force and other working groups and committees. He has authored several books and numerous patents, internet protocol standards and network and security research publications.

Prior to joining Verisign in 2010, Danny was chief security officer at Arbor Networks, where he developed solutions to detect and mitigate cyberattacks. He also performed pioneering research on internet infrastructure evolution, as well as botnet and malware collection and analysis. Before that, he held technical leadership positions in architecture, engineering and operations with Amber Networks, Qwest Communications, Genuity, MCI Communications and the U.S. Army Signal Corps.

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2014 - Dec 09 on Which Domains Stand the Strongest Against Phishing Attacks?
2008 - May 26 on Uprooting of the DNS Root
2008 - May 26 on Uprooting of the DNS Root

Topic Interests

DNSCybersecurityMalwareICANNNetworksThreat IntelligenceIPv6 Transition IPv4 MarketsDDoS AttackNew TLDsDomain NamesRegistry ServicesDNS SecurityInternet GovernanceDomain ManagementCyberattack

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