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.Worldcat record for author Shon Harris At the time of her death, over 1,000,000 copies of her books had been sold.Tech Target obituary for Shon Harris
Harris was also an engineer in the United States Air Force Information Warfare Unit,Shon Harris Obituary an information security consultant, and the founder of information security training company LogicalSecurity.Tech Target: Remembering Shon Harris
Harris posthumously won the Information Systems Security Association's Hall of Fame award in 2015.ISSA International Awards – 2015 Winners
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.Human Element: Shon Harris Training for CISSP
The University of Texas offers the "Shon Harris Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Computer Science" to students in need.
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External links Shon Harris's articles on TechTarget Human Element Security, the company which acquired LogicalSecurity.com after Harris's death.