ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Shon Harris was the founder and CEO of Logical Security, LLC, an information security consultant, an engineer in the Air Force’s Information Warfare unit, an instructor, and an author. She authored several international bestselling books on information security published by McGraw-Hill Education and Pearson, which have sold over a million copies and have been translated into six languages. Ms. Harris authored academic textbooks and security articles for publication and was a technical editor for Information Security Magazine.

Ms. Harris consulted for a large number of organizations in every business sector (financial, medical, retail, entertainment, utility) and several U.S. government agencies. She also worked directly with law firms as a technical and expert witness on cases that covered patent infringement, criminal investigations, and civil lawsuits, and specialized in cryptographic technologies.

Ms. Harris taught information security to a wide range of clients, some of which included West Point, Microsoft, DHS, DoD, DoE, NSA, FBI, NASA, CDC, PWC, DISA, RSA, Visa, Intel, Cisco, Oracle, HP, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Shell, Verizon, Citi, BoA, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, Symantec, Warner Brothers, Bridgestone, American Express, etc. Ms. Harris was recognized as one of the top 25 women in the Information Security field by Information Security Magazine.

About the Technical Editor

Fernando Maymi is Deputy Director of the Army Cyber Institute at West Point. He has over 25 years of experience as a leader in information systems security, including 6 years as senior research scientist at the Military Academy’s Cyber Research Center. He has authored and taught over a dozen courses and workshops in cyber security for both academic and professional audiences. Fernando is co-author of two patents. His awards include the Department of the Army Research and Development Achievement Award, and he was recognized as a HENAAC Luminary. Fernando holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the U.S. Military Academy, a master’s degree in Computer Science from the Naval Postgraduate School, and a Ph.D. in Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico.