About the Authors

Praveenraj, R is a security enthusiast with extensive experience in the open-source community. For the past seven years, he has been actively involved in developing and enhancing security technologies through Intel® Security Libraries. His work includes significant contributions to container runtime projects such as containerd, ocicrypt, ocicrypt-rs, and katacontainers, where he has focused on advancing security features and solutions.

Currently, Praveenraj works for Intel® Trust Authority. Intel Trust Authority is Software as a Service that remotely attests to the authenticity and integrity of confidential computing environments and related workloads, regardless of workload location.

Praveenraj holds a master’s degree in computer science from RVCE, Bangalore. Beyond his professional achievements, he has a passion for traveling, which allows him to explore new cultures and landscapes. He practices yoga to maintain balance and mindfulness in his life and enjoys sketching as a creative outlet to express his artistic side.

Krishna Desai is a dedicated and passionate individual with a profound interest in the ever-evolving fields of machine learning and cloud security. In the realm of machine learning, Krishna has primarily contributed to developing cutting-edge machine learning models for various applications, with a particular focus on image classification and segmentation.

She is currently working at Intel contributing to development of Intel® Trust Authority which provides remote verification of the trustworthiness of a compute asset based on attestation, policy, and reputation/risk data.

She has completed her master’s in machine learning from PES University, Bangalore. She was also a topper in her master’s program, demonstrating not only her passion for the subject matter but also her exceptional academic achievements.

Beyond her professional achievements, Krishna has a passion for traveling, singing, and practicing mandala art, a tool for meditation and self-reflection, as the repetitive patterns and symmetrical designs can help to calm the mind and promote a sense of inner peace.