Shon Harris (March 27, 1968 – October 8, 2014) was an author of books and articles on topics related to

information security Information security is the practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks. It is part of information risk management. It typically involves preventing or reducing the probability of unauthorized or inappropriate access to data ...

, including study guides for

Certified Information Systems Security Professional CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) is an independent information security certification granted by the International Information System Security Certification Consortium, also known as ISC2. As of July 2022, there were 1 ...

(CISSP) security certification examination. At the time of her death, over 1,000,000 copies of her books had been sold. Harris was also an engineer in the

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its ori ...

Information Warfare Information warfare (IW) is the battlespace use and management of information and communication technology (ICT) in pursuit of a competitive advantage over an opponent. It is different from ''cyberwarfare'' that attacks computers, software, and ...

Unit, an information security consultant, and the founder of information security training company LogicalSecurity. Harris posthumously won the

Information Systems Security Association Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) is a not-for-profit, international professional organization of information security professionals and practitioners. It was founded in 1984 after work on its establishment started in 1982. ISSA prom ...

's Hall of Fame award in 2015. Updated editions of her CISSP books were published posthumously by McGraw-Hill in 2015 and 2016. In 2015 Logical Security was acquired by former associates of Harris, and rebranded as Human Element. The company continues to offer training for CISSP based on the training curriculum designed by Harris. The

University of Texas The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 students as of fall 2 ...

offers the "Shon Harris Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Computer Science" to students in need.

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Shon Harris's articles on TechTarget

Human Element Security
the company which acquired LogicalSecurity.com after Harris's death. {{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Shon 1968 births 2014 deaths American women writers Place of death missing Place of birth missing Writers about computer security 21st-century American women