Dr. T. Subbulakshmi is currently working as a Professor in the School of Computing Science and Engineering at VIT university Chennai Campus, Tamilnadu, India. Earlier she has worked as the Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sethu Institute of Technology, Virudhunagar, Tamilnadu, India and Assistant Professor in Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India. The author has contributed in framing many Computer networks and security based syllabus for engineering students like computer networks, information security, network security, cryptography, intrusion detection systems and cloud security. The author is actively taking part in most of the networks and security forums. The author has also contributed in the complete curriculum design and development for M.Tech CSE with specialization in Information Security Program at VIT University Chennai. The author is a cloud certified associate from EMC2. The author used to conduct series of workshops for engineering and arts students in the area of Computer Networks. The author has the experience of doing consultancy projects in security using open source security tools. The author has 16 years of experience in teaching and consultancy work. The author is involved in the design of new operating systems based on Linux Kernel based on mod security and member of the Special Interest Group on Operating Systems (SIG-OS). The author has completed a project using Security tools in Linux "Design of Masquerader Detection Systems for Information Security" for Computer Society of India (CSI). The author has completed her research as a part of the "Smart and Secure Environment Project", funded by National Technical Organization (NTRO), New Delhi. The author is an expert in developing real time security policies based on open source tools and has publications in 16 Journals, 12 conferences, 3 magazines, two book to her credit. The author can be reached at subbulakshmibest@gmail.com