Shon Harris, CISSP, was the founder and CEO of Shon Harris Security LLC and Logical Security LLC, a security consultant, a former engineer in the Air Force’s Information Warfare unit, an instructor, and an author. Shon owned and ran her own training and consulting companies for 13 years prior to her death in 2014. She consulted with Fortune 100 corporations and government agencies on extensive security issues. She authored three best-selling CISSP books, was a contributing author to Gray Hat Hacking: The Ethical Hacker’s Handbook and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Implementation, and a technical editor for Information Security Magazine.
Fernando Maymí, Ph.D., CISSP, is a security practitioner with over 25 years’ experience in the field. He currently leads a multidisciplinary team charged with developing disruptive innovations for cyberspace operations as well as impactful public-private partnerships aimed at better securing cyberspace. Fernando has served as a consultant for both government and private-sector organizations in the United States and abroad. He has authored and taught dozens of courses and workshops in cyber security for academic, government, and professional audiences in the United States and Latin America. Fernando is the author of over a dozen publications and holds three patents. His awards include the U.S. Department of the Army Research and Development Achievement Award and he was recognized as a HENAAC Luminary. He worked closely with Shon Harris, advising her on a multitude of projects, including the sixth edition of the CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide. Fernando is also a volunteer puppy raiser for Guiding Eyes for the Blind and has raised two guide dogs, Trinket and Virgo.
About the Contributor
Bobby E. Rogers is an information security engineer working as a contractor for Department of Defense agencies, helping to secure, certify, and accredit their information systems. His duties include information system security engineering, risk management, and certification and accreditation efforts. He retired after 21 years in the U.S. Air Force, serving as a network security engineer and instructor, and has secured networks all over the world. Bobby has a master’s degree in information assurance (IA) and is pursuing a doctoral degree in cybersecurity from Capitol Technology University in Maryland. His many certifications include CISSP-ISSEP, CEH, and MCSE: Security, as well as the CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, and Mobility+ certifications.
About the Technical Editor
Jonathan Ham, CISSP, GSEC, GCIA, GCIH, is an independent consultant who specializes in large-scale enterprise security issues, from policy and procedure, through staffing and training, to scalable prevention, detection, and response technology and techniques. With a keen understanding of ROI and TCO, he has helped his clients achieve greater success for more than 12 years, advising in both the public and private sectors, from small upstarts to the Fortune 500. Jonathan has been commissioned to teach NCIS investigators how to use Snort, has performed packet analysis from a facility more than 2,000 feet underground, and has chartered and trained the CIRT for one of the largest U.S. civilian federal agencies. He is a member of the GIAC Advisory Board and is a SANS instructor teaching their MGT414: SANS Training Program for CISSP Certification course. He is also co-author of Network Forensics: Tracking Hackers Through Cyberspace, a textbook published by Prentice-Hall.