Ali pabrai
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Uday Ali Pabrai: Security+, CISSP (ISSMP, ISSAP), CSCS Member, U.S. FBI InfraGard, ecfirst, chief executive
Uday Ali Pabrai is an Indian-American entrepreneur based in Newport Beach, California, USA. He is a subject matter expert on information security and regulatory compliance standards including ISO 27001, 27002, PCI DSS, HIPAA, FISMA and Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404. He is chairman and chief executive officer of ecfirst, an Inc. 500 business based in Des Moines, Iowa. Also, he currently manages a blog on compliance and cyber security at www.pabrai.com. [1]
Mr. Pabrai spoke extensively at the 15th HIPAA Summit in Washington D.C. in December 2007 and videos of his talks can be seen on Youtube. [2]
Previously, Mr. Pabrai bootstrapped Net Guru Technologies (NGT) in 1994. NGT was acquired by NASDAQ-based firm in 1997. He launched his career in 1983 with Schumberger, a leading oilfield services provider, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) as an Associate Accountant. His career was established in the United States in 1987 as a member of the security team at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) – world’s leading high-energy physics research organization.
Mr. Pabrai has held office positions of CTO, CKO, and Vice Chairman for NASDAQ-based businesses. Mr. Pabrai’s clients have included U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Principal Financial, Microsoft, Kemin, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Marsh, many hospitals, several U.S. state governments and the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).
Mr. Pabrai established the world’s first certification program that comprehensively addresses global compliance standards and regulations in the area of information security - the Certified Security Compliance Specialist (CSCS). Mr. Pabrai successfully developed leading certification credentials in the world, including CIW (over 100,000 certificates issued), Security Certified Program (SCP), and the HIPAA Academy’s CHP and CHSS.
Mr. Pabrai is a 10+-rated keynote speaker at several conferences, including ISSA, HCFA, HIPAA Summit, Internet World, DCI Expo, Comdex, Net Secure, Nurse Practitioners Conference, National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP), National Council for State Board of Nursing (NCSBN) IT Conference, and many others. He has delivered fast paced, high energy information security briefings in many cities worldwide including New Delhi (Pragati Maidan), Bangalore and Mumbai (India), Tsukuba City (Japan), Dubai (UAE), Karachi and Lahore (Pakistan), London (UK), and across the United States.
Mr. Pabrai is the author of The Art of Information Security, a leading book covering cyber security strategy and best practices. He is also the author of several best selling industry books, including The Art of Information Security, Internet & TCP/IP Network Security and Getting Started with HIPAA. He has published hundreds of articles on regulatory compliance and information security.
Mr. Pabrai was awarded Entrepreneur of the Year by the Illinois Indian Chamber of Commerce in 1997 and nominated for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year® award, 1997.
He is also a member of the U.S. FBI InfraGard. Mr. Pabrai has a Bachelor of Science degree from Clemson University in Computer Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT).
