DEBRA LITTLEJOHN SHINDER is a technology consultant, trainer and writer who has authored a number of books on computer operating systems, networking, and security. These include Scene of the Cybercrime: Computer Forensics Handbook, published by Syngress, and Computer Networking Essentials, published by Cisco Press. She is co-author, with her husband, Dr. Thomas Shinder, of Troubleshooting Windows 2000 TCP/IP, and the best-selling Configuring ISA Server 2000, ISA Server and Beyond and Configuring ISA Server 2004. She also co-authored the recently released Windows XP: Ask the Experts with Jim Boyce.

Deb is a tech editor, developmental editor and contributor to over 20 additional books on subjects such as the Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 MCSE exams, CompTIA Security+ exam and TruSecure’s ICSA certification. She formerly edited the Brainbuzz A+ Hardware News and currently edits Sunbelt Software’s WinXP News and the Element K Inside Windows Server Security journal, and authors a weekly column for TechRepublic’s Build to Scale newsletter. Her articles are regularly published on TechRepublic’s TechProGuild Web site and Windowsecurity.com, and have appeared in print magazines such as Windows IT Pro (formerly Windows & .NET) Magazine. She has authored training material, corporate whitepapers, marketing material, and product documentation for Microsoft Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, DigitalThink, GFI Software, Sunbelt Software, CNET and other technology companies.

Deb currently specializes in security issues and Microsoft products; she has been awarded Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional (MVP) status in Windows Server Security. A former police officer and police academy instructor, she lives and works in the Dallas-Ft Worth area and teaches computer networking and security and occasional criminal justice courses at Eastfield College (Mesquite, TX). She may be contacted at deb@shinder.net or via the website at www.shinder.net.