M.L.Srinivasan is presently 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, with roughly 18 years of experience in various domains of IT such as Software Programming, Hardware Troubleshooting, Networking Technologies, Systems Administration, Security Administration, Information Security-related consulting, auditing, and training. MLS has been an avid trainer throughout his career and has developed many short-term and long-term training programs. One such program is "Certified Vulnerability Assessor" (cVa), which is accredited by a leading ISO certifying agency. He's a prolific speaker and has presented many papers on the Network Security domain at many international conventions and conferences.

He is a specialist IT and IS auditor with Det Norske Veritas (DNV), India region. He has performed many quality and information security audits in hundreds of medium and large organizations over the past 10 years.

He was a Technical Director with Secure Matrix, an India-based company that provides information security consulting and audits. During his tenure in the last four years, he led a team of consultants to implement many ISO 27001-certification projects across India, the Middle East, and Africa.