SHANKAR KARUPPAYAH, received a B.Sc. degree (Hons.) in computer science from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), in 2009, an M.Sc. degree in engineering (software systems engineering) from the King Mongkut’s University ofTechne ology North Bangkok, in 2011, and a Ph.D. degree from Technische Universität Darmstadt, in 2016. Currently, he is a Senior Lecturer and a Researcher with the National Advanced IPv6 Centre (NAv6), USM. His main research interests include cyber security and distributed systems.