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Verisign

VRSNCybersecurityReston, United States

VeriSign, Inc., along with its affiliates, provides fundamental internet infrastructure and domain name registration services, which enable global web navigation across numerous recognized online addresses. The company plays a crucial role in upholding the security, stability, and resilience of internet systems and services. This includes its function as the root zone maintainer, operating two of the thirteen internet root servers globally, and delivering essential registration and authoritative lookup services for the widely used .com and .net domains, which are vital for worldwide online commerce. Beyond these, VeriSign also manages the underlying technical systems for several other top-level domains, such as .cc, .gov, .edu, and .name. Its operational scope further encompasses distributed server management, network infrastructure, cybersecurity, and ensuring data integrity. Established in 1995, VeriSign, Inc. maintains its corporate headquarters in Reston, Virginia.

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Verisign at a glance

Verisign is a cybersecurity company headquartered in Reston, United States. It is publicly listed (VRSN) with a market capitalisation of $27.5B. Xcout tracks 20 named people at Verisign, including D. James Bidzos (Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & President). Xcout recorded 48 job postings from Verisign in the last 90 days, naming tools such as GitHub, Jenkins.

Industry
Cybersecurity
Headquarters
Reston, United States
Market cap
$27.5B
Employees
929
Ticker
VRSN
Job postings recorded (90 days)
48
Xcout AI Rank
29/100
Xcout Green Rank
0/100

Verisign leadership

  • D. James BidzosExecutive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & President
  • James BidzosCEO
  • Jim BidzosExecutive Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
  • John D. CalysExecutive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
  • Burt Kaliski Jr.Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
  • Danny R. McPhersonExecutive Vice President of Technology & Chief Security Officer

14 more named people on record for Verisign, with roles, board committees and tenure — see the full roster →

Hiring at Verisign

Xcout recorded 48 job postings from Verisign in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since June 2026.

Tools named in Verisign's job postings

GitHubJenkins

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Hiring vs the trend

Lagging in AI hiring

Based on 22 job postings in the last 8 weeks (10 Aug – 4 Oct 2026), compared with 380 scale-up technology companies.

This describes a hiring pattern — how often Verisign’s job postings ask for AI skills, and how that changed against the previous 8 weeks, ranked among its peers. It says nothing about the company’s products or performance.

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Tech stack

PythonAnsibleDockerKubernetesC++TerraformAWSJavaRustAzureGCP

Verisign competitors

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VirnetX Holding CorpVHC · CybersecurityZephyr Cove, United States
68% matchPublic

VirnetX Holding Corporation, which operates primarily through its subsidiary VirnetX, Inc., is a U.S.-based entity dedicated to developing and providing internet security software and related technologies. The company engineers advanced solutions, including a secure domain name registry and its proprietary GABRIEL Connection Technology, all designed to safeguard online communications by employing a zero-trust network access methodology. Among its comprehensive suite of licenses and services are: VirnetX One: A Security-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform engineered to shield enterprise applications, services, and infrastructure from cyber threats. GABRIEL Connection Technology Software Development Kit (SDK): Facilitating rapid integration of their security methods into existing software implementations. War Room software: Which establishes a highly secure video conferencing environment for sensitive discussions and data, ensuring invisibility to unauthorized parties. GABRIEL Collaboration Suite: Enabling seamless and protected cross-platform communication among users' devices. VirnetX caters to a diverse clientele, including providers of domain infrastructure and communication services, system integrators, corporate clients, developers, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of various computing and mobile devices (such as chips, servers, desktops, smartphones, tablets, and laptops). Their solutions are applied across critical markets like IP-telephony, mobile communications, fixed-mobile convergence, and unified communications. Established in 2005, the company maintains its headquarters in Zephyr Cove, Nevada.

Market cap$56.7M
Employees23
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