Ian L. Paterson is CEO at Plurilock, an advanced cybersecurity company, where he led the initial productization and later commercialization of over 35,000 hours of academic research. As CEO, he raised $5M in early-stage investment and closed the company’s first $1M in revenue from lighthouse customers in the US federal government, critical infrastructure, and financial services.
A serial entrepreneur, Ian was previously founder and CEO of Exapik (acquired), a data monetization marketplace that he bootstrapped from $0 to six figures in recurring revenue over the first six months, processing over a billion data events per month with clients in AdTech, FinTech, and Fortune 1000, and then selling the business after 2 years.
Prior to
Select Media Appearances
- “Michael Campbell March 12“, Money Talks, Mar 12, 2012
- “Ian L. Paterson on Leadership Success” Leadership and Success Podcast, Nov 22, 2021
- “Taking a company public- The Full Bloom” The Full Bloom Podcast, Mar 17, 2021
- “Multi-Factor Authentication, New Attacks on 4G and 5G Mobile Networks” Shared Security Podcast, Mar 4, 2019
- “The CyberWire Daily Podcast for 11.8.18” The CyberWire Daily, Nov 8, 2018
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Post login security” Secure Talk, August 12, 2018 - “Advanced Biometric Security” Evolved Radio, Jul 9, 2018
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In to replace Common Access Card, DoD starts testing behavior-based authentication” FedNews Radio,quest July, 5 2017 - “Monetizing Data: What’s Really Possible” Rich Data Summit, Oct
29 , 2015
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- “The Future of Cyber Attacks“ Panther Labs, Dec 5, 2021
- “Cyber Economics and Ransomware: To Pay or Not to Pay?” Forbes, Oct 15, 2021
- Canada Needs Greater Capacity in Domestic Cybersecurity Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Oct 1, 2021
- “Grassroots Group Survey Finds Pay Disparity Among Victoria Tech Workers” BetaKit, Sept 11, 2019
- “Why do video games use stronger security than some Canadian banks?” The Globe and Mail, Jan 10, 2019