Shon Harris

{{Short description|American writer}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1968|3|27}}

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| nationality = American

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| known_for = Computer security and information security

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| employer = Logical Security

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| website = https://web.archive.org/web/20141015074516mp_/https://logicalsecurity.com/shon-harris/

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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.[http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2002152994/ Worldcat record for author Shon Harris] At the time of her death, over 1,000,000 copies of her books had been sold.[http://www.techtarget.com/contributor/Shon-Harris Tech Target obituary for Shon Harris]

Harris was also an engineer in the United States Air Force Information Warfare Unit,[https://www.affoplano.com/obituary/4236126 Shon Harris Obituary] an information security consultant, and the founder of information security training company LogicalSecurity.[http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/2240232722/Remembering-Shon-Harris-Logical-Security-founder-passes-away Tech Target: Remembering Shon Harris]

Harris posthumously won the Information Systems Security Association's Hall of Fame award in 2015.[https://www.issa.org/?page=Awards 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.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} The company continues to offer training for CISSP based on the training curriculum designed by Harris.[https://humanelementsecurity.com/cissp/shon-harris-training/ 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cs.utexas.edu/undergraduate-program/scholarships/donors|title=Scholarship Donors {{!}} Department of Computer Science|website=www.cs.utexas.edu|access-date=2020-02-13}}