19 Facts About Babak Pasdar

Babak Pasdar is an Iranian-American innovator, cyber security expert, author, and entrepreneur best known for his contributions in the areas of cloud-based security innovations and as a whistle blower on government warrantless wiretapping.

Babak Pasdar exited Bat Blue Networks in 2016 with the sale of his company to OPAQ Networks.

Babak Pasdar is serving as founder, CEO and CTO of Acreto IoT Security, focused on addressing emerging security challenges posed by highly distributed and mobile purpose-built internet of things devices that have seeped into every day life.

Babak Pasdar was selected as one of New York's Top Ten Startup Founders in 2017.

Babak Pasdar the eldest of three sons was born in Kermanshah, Iran.

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Babak Pasdar's father was Koocheck Pasdar, a General in the Iranian Army under the Shah of Iran.

Babak Pasdar's mother Simin Fardsavar-Pasdar was a school teacher from Shiraz, Iran.

Babak Pasdar's family fled Iran to the United States in 1979 to escape the revolution.

Babak Pasdar was an early entrepreneur, starting his first business while still in high school.

At a time when computer memory chips were in significant demand with high prices, Babak Pasdar purchased used mainframe computers at auctions and extracted their memory chips using special techniques he developed.

In 1992, Babak Pasdar discovered the Internet and quickly moved to start his first Internet Services Company where he developed experience and expertise in Internet Communications technologies.

In 1995 while experimenting with unorthodox Internet communications, Babak Pasdar inadvertently compromised the Microsoft corporation.

In 1997, Babak Pasdar founded IGX Global, a cyber security company delivering fully operationalized Security as-a-Service.

Babak Pasdar developed a reputation for effective handling of large-scale and complex projects.

At IGX Global, Babak Pasdar invented the first Proxy in-the-Cloud technology called Security Anywhere.

In 2007, Babak Pasdar exited IGX Global and formed Bat Blue Networks with a focus on furthering his works around Cloud Delivered Security.

In 2016 Babak Pasdar exited Bat Blue Networks with the sale of the company to OPAQ Networks.

In 2003, Babak Pasdar was engaged by Juniper Networks to re-architect and scale the network and security infrastructure for Verizon Wireless.

Babak Pasdar's testimony led to a Dear Colleague Letter from congressmen Dingell, Markey and Stupak.