diff --git a/pkg/customresources/verifiers/api.go b/pkg/customresources/verifiers/api.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1e492c38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/customresources/verifiers/api.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+Copyright The Ratify Authors.
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package verifiers
+
+import (
+	vr "github.com/deislabs/ratify/pkg/verifier"
+)
+
+type Verifiers interface {
+	GetVerifiers(scope string) []vr.ReferenceVerifier
+
+	AddVerifier(scope, verifierName string, verifier vr.ReferenceVerifier)
+
+	DeleteVerifier(scope, verifierName string)
+
+	IsEmpty() bool
+
+	GetVerifierCount() int
+}
diff --git a/pkg/customresources/verifiers/verifiers.go b/pkg/customresources/verifiers/verifiers.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0ef99d6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/customresources/verifiers/verifiers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+Copyright The Ratify Authors.
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package verifiers
+
+import (
+	"github.com/deislabs/ratify/internal/constants"
+	vr "github.com/deislabs/ratify/pkg/verifier"
+)
+
+type ActiveVerifiers struct {
+	NamespacedVerifiers map[string]map[string]vr.ReferenceVerifier
+}
+
+func NewActiveVerifiers() ActiveVerifiers {
+	return ActiveVerifiers{
+		NamespacedVerifiers: make(map[string]map[string]vr.ReferenceVerifier),
+	}
+}
+
+// GetVerifiers implements the Verifiers interface.
+// It returns a list of verifiers for the given scope. If no verifiers are found for the given scope, it returns cluster-wide verifiers.
+func (v *ActiveVerifiers) GetVerifiers(scope string) []vr.ReferenceVerifier {
+	verifiers := []vr.ReferenceVerifier{}
+	for _, verifier := range v.NamespacedVerifiers[scope] {
+		verifiers = append(verifiers, verifier)
+	}
+
+	if len(verifiers) == 0 && scope != constants.EmptyNamespace {
+		for _, verifier := range v.NamespacedVerifiers[constants.EmptyNamespace] {
+			verifiers = append(verifiers, verifier)
+		}
+	}
+	return verifiers
+}
+
+func (v *ActiveVerifiers) AddVerifier(scope, verifierName string, verifier vr.ReferenceVerifier) {
+	if _, ok := v.NamespacedVerifiers[scope]; !ok {
+		v.NamespacedVerifiers[scope] = make(map[string]vr.ReferenceVerifier)
+	}
+	v.NamespacedVerifiers[scope][verifierName] = verifier
+}
+
+func (v *ActiveVerifiers) DeleteVerifier(scope, verifierName string) {
+	if verifiers, ok := v.NamespacedVerifiers[scope]; ok {
+		delete(verifiers, verifierName)
+		if len(verifiers) == 0 {
+			delete(v.NamespacedVerifiers, scope)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (v *ActiveVerifiers) IsEmpty() bool {
+	return len(v.NamespacedVerifiers) == 0
+}
+
+func (v *ActiveVerifiers) GetVerifierCount() int {
+	count := 0
+	for _, verifiers := range v.NamespacedVerifiers {
+		count += len(verifiers)
+	}
+	return count
+}
diff --git a/pkg/customresources/verifiers/verifiers_test.go b/pkg/customresources/verifiers/verifiers_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24d44c912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/customresources/verifiers/verifiers_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/*
+Copyright The Ratify Authors.
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package verifiers
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/deislabs/ratify/internal/constants"
+	"github.com/deislabs/ratify/pkg/common"
+	"github.com/deislabs/ratify/pkg/ocispecs"
+	"github.com/deislabs/ratify/pkg/referrerstore"
+	"github.com/deislabs/ratify/pkg/verifier"
+)
+
+type mockVerifier struct {
+	name string
+}
+
+func (v mockVerifier) Name() string {
+	return v.name
+}
+
+func (v mockVerifier) Type() string {
+	return "mockType"
+}
+
+func (v mockVerifier) CanVerify(_ context.Context, _ ocispecs.ReferenceDescriptor) bool {
+	return true
+}
+
+func (v mockVerifier) Verify(_ context.Context, _ common.Reference, _ ocispecs.ReferenceDescriptor, _ referrerstore.ReferrerStore) (verifier.VerifierResult, error) {
+	return verifier.VerifierResult{}, nil
+}
+
+func (v mockVerifier) GetNestedReferences() []string {
+	return nil
+}
+
+const (
+	namespace1 = constants.EmptyNamespace
+	namespace2 = "namespace2"
+	name1      = "name1"
+	name2      = "name2"
+)
+
+var (
+	verifier1 = mockVerifier{name: name1}
+	verifier2 = mockVerifier{name: name2}
+)
+
+func TestVerifiersOperations(t *testing.T) {
+	verifiers := NewActiveVerifiers()
+	verifiers.AddVerifier(namespace1, verifier1.Name(), verifier1)
+	verifiers.AddVerifier(namespace1, verifier2.Name(), verifier2)
+	verifiers.AddVerifier(namespace2, verifier1.Name(), verifier1)
+	verifiers.AddVerifier(namespace2, verifier2.Name(), verifier2)
+
+	if verifiers.IsEmpty() {
+		t.Error("Expected verifiers to not be empty")
+	}
+
+	if verifiers.GetVerifierCount() != 4 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 4 verifiers, got %d", verifiers.GetVerifierCount())
+	}
+
+	if len(verifiers.GetVerifiers(namespace1)) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 2 verifiers, got %d", len(verifiers.GetVerifiers(namespace1)))
+	}
+
+	if len(verifiers.GetVerifiers(namespace2)) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 2 verifiers, got %d", len(verifiers.GetVerifiers(namespace2)))
+	}
+
+	verifiers.DeleteVerifier(namespace2, verifier1.Name())
+	verifiers.DeleteVerifier(namespace2, verifier2.Name())
+
+	if len(verifiers.GetVerifiers(namespace2)) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 2 verifiers, got %d", len(verifiers.GetVerifiers(namespace2)))
+	}
+
+	verifiers.DeleteVerifier(namespace1, verifier1.Name())
+	verifiers.DeleteVerifier(namespace1, verifier2.Name())
+
+	if !verifiers.IsEmpty() {
+		t.Error("Expected verifiers to be empty")
+	}
+
+	if verifiers.GetVerifierCount() != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 0 verifiers, got %d", verifiers.GetVerifierCount())
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/executor/core/executor.go b/pkg/executor/core/executor.go
index 74a071d26..f1dea1cd4 100644
--- a/pkg/executor/core/executor.go
+++ b/pkg/executor/core/executor.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	vr "github.com/deislabs/ratify/pkg/verifier"
 	vt "github.com/deislabs/ratify/pkg/verifier/types"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
+	
 )
 
 const (
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ var logOpt = logger.Option{
 type Executor struct {
 	ReferrerStores []referrerstore.ReferrerStore
 	PolicyEnforcer policyprovider.PolicyProvider
-	Verifiers      []vr.ReferenceVerifier
+	Verifiers      verifiers.Verifiers
 	Config         *config.ExecutorConfig
 }