He holds a PhD from the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS in Malaysia and a MTech in Networking from the Indian Institute of Technology. His main interest is information security and he is working on intelligent transport system security. Karan has developed an IP-CHOCK Reference which detects and prevents DoS attacks. Karan is passionate about building a community around Internet Standards to help others improve their understanding of the IT environment. He is a Returning Fellow and an IEEE-ISOC Exchange Fellow.