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EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO, VERISIGN, RESTON
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO, VERISIGN, RESTON
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
A native of Greece, Bidzos is an internet and cybersecurity pioneer and an early advocate for encrypted commercial software. Verisign, a company he founded in 1995 as a spinoff of RSA Data Security, is the world’s largest internet domain name registration and infrastructure provider. Any address with a .com or .net domain suffix is registered with the S&P 500 company.
In August, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration said it would renew its agreement with Verisign to run the .com registry but noted it planned to discuss pricing after multiple increases.
Bidzos began his career at IBM in the 1970s, previously served as president and CEO of RSA Data Security and co-founded RSA Laboratories, a cybersecurity research organization that created early encryption software. According to The New York Times, Bidzos struck a deal with the Netscape browser to use RSA technology. He previously served as president and CEO of RSA Security from 1986 to 1999, and he then served as RSA’s vice chairman from 1999 to 2002.
Verisign has about 900 employees and reported revenue of $1.49 billion in 2023.
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