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Shon Harris

Shon Harris

American writer

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]

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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

  1. [1]
    Worldcat record for author Shon Harris
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    Tech Target obituary for Shon Harris
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    Shon Harris Obituary
  4. [4]
    Tech Target: Remembering Shon Harris
  5. [5]
    ISSA International Awards – 2015 Winners
  6. [6]
    Human Element: Shon Harris Training for CISSP
  7. [7]
    "Scholarship Donors | Department of Computer Science". www.cs.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
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