About the Author

M. L. Srinivasan is the founder and CEO of ChennaiNet, an India-based technology company focused on information technology and information security-related product development, services, and training. He's a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Information Security Management System Lead Auditor.

Popularly known as MLS, the author is an information technology and information security professional and has about 25 years' experience in various IT domains, such as software programming, hardware troubleshooting, networking technologies, systems administration, security administration, information security-related consulting, auditing and training.

He has been an avid trainer throughout his career and has developed many short-term and long-term training programs. He has been invited to speak at many international conferences and seminars on information security. Currently he is associated with NIIT Technologies (USA), and CA Technologies (USA) as a senior instructor covering various product-based training on CA identity manager, CA SiteMinder (Single Sign-On), CA ControlMinder (AccessControl), CA Federation Manager, and CA DataMinder products.

He was a specialist IT and IS auditor with Det Norske Veritas (DNV), India region. He has performed many quality and information security audits for hundreds of medium and large organizations in the past.