Shon Harris (March 27, 1968 – October 8, 2014) was an author of books and articles on topics related to information security, including study guides for Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) security certification examination.^[1] At the time of her death, over 1,000,000 copies of her books had been sold.^[2]

Harris was also an engineer in the United States Air Force Information Warfare Unit,^[3] an information security consultant, and the founder of information security training company LogicalSecurity.^[4]

Harris posthumously won the Information Systems Security Association's Hall of Fame award in 2015.^[5]

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.^{[citation needed]} The company continues to offer training for CISSP based on the training curriculum designed by Harris.^[6]

The University of Texas offers the "Shon Harris Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Computer Science" to students in need.^[7]

References

External links

• Shon Harris's articles on TechTarget
• Human Element Security, the company which acquired LogicalSecurity.com after Harris's death.