Shon Harris
Shon Harris is the founder and CEO of Logical Security LLC, an information security consultant, a former engineer in the Air Force’s Information Warfare unit, an instructor and an author. She has authored several international bestselling books on information security published by McGraw-Hill and Pearson which has sold over a million copies and have been translated into six languages. Ms. Harris authors academic textbooks, security articles for publication and is a technical editor for Information Security Magazine.
Ms. Harris has consulted for a large number of organizations in every business sector (financial, medical, retail, entertainment, utility) and several U.S. government agencies over the last 18 years. Ms. Harris provides high-end, advanced and specialized consulting for organizations globally. She also works directly with law firms as a technical and expert witness on cases that range from patent infringement, criminal investigations, civil lawsuits and she specializes in cryptographic technologies.
Ms. Harris has taught information security to a wide range of clients over the last 18 years, some of which have 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.
Fernando Maymi
Fernando Maymí (West Point, NY), Ph.D., CISSP is a security practitioner with over 25 years’ experience in the field. He is currently the Deputy Director at the Army Cyber Institute at West Point, where he leads a multidisciplinary team charged with developing disruptive innovations for cyberspace operations as well as impactful public-private partnerships aimed at better securing cyberspace. Dr. Maymí has served as a consultant for both government and private sector organizations in the US 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. Dr. Maymí 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 for the last two years of her life, advising her on a multitude of projects, including the previous version of this book. Dr. Maymí is also a volunteer puppy raiser for Guiding Eyes for the Blind and has raised two guide dogs, Trinket and Virgo.
