Who is Deb Shinder?                                                                         

Debra Littlejohn Shinder is a former police officer/criminal justice instructor who now makes her living as an IT analyst, author, trainer and speaker. She has written or contributed to 26 books, published over 800 articles and has been living online, along with her husband Tom (whom she met via the Internet), since the mid-1990s.

• Deb is co-founder, with her husband Tom Shinder, owner and CEO of TACteam (Trainers, Authors & Consultants team).
• Deb is editor of WinNews.
• Deb is lead author and blogger for ISAServer.org and Windowsecurity.com and contributor and newsletter editor for WindowsNetworking.com
• Deb writes articles and columns on business and consumer technologies and network security for TechRepublic.
• Deb is a blogger for Amazon's End User Blog.
• Deb has written books for Syngress Publishing and contributed to books for Osborne/McGraw Hill. She has also written or contributed to books published by Cisco Press and Que Publishing.
• Deb writes freelance articles for CNET, ZDnet and Windows IT Pro Magazine. She has also published articles in Law & Order magazine.
• Deb is a contractor for Microsoft, Sunbelt Software, GFI Software, 2X Software and Prowess Consulting. She has also done contract work for Hewlett-Packard, Sony, Configuresoft, Intel and other software and hardware companies.
• Deb is a current member and past chairperson of the Eastfield College Law Enforcement Training Advisory Board.
• Deb was editor of (discontinued) Win7News.
• Deb was editor of (discontinued) VistaNews.
• Deb was editor of (discontinued) WXPNews.
• Deb was previously the editor of the Element K Windows Server Security Journal.
• Deb was chairperson of the City of Rowlett bond committee facilities subcommittee.
• Deb served on the city council and public safety commission for the City of Seagoville.
• Deb served as president of the Board of Directors of her neighborhood homeowners' association, Harborside HOA.
• Deb is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Police Crisis Negotiations

On April 1, 2013, Deb Shinder received the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award from Microsoft with area of expertise in Enterprise Security for the tenth year in a row. She and her husband, Tom Shinder, were one of a handful of MVP couples until Tom joined Microsoft as a full-time employee in 2009.