Danny McPherson is responsible for Verisign’s information systems and services, as well as information and corporate security. He has actively participated in internet operations, research, and standardization since the early 1990s, to include serving on the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) and chairing an array of Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and other working groups and committees. He has authored several books, numerous internet protocol standards, network and security research papers, and other publications.
Previously, McPherson was CSO at Arbor Networks, where he developed solutions to detect and mitigate cyberattacks and 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.
