Howard Schmidt

Howard A. Schmidt is an American computer security specialist. He is currently President and CEO of R & H Security Consulting LLC, which he founded in May 2005. Schmidt has served as Chief Security Strategist for the US CERT Partners Program for the National Cyber Security Division through Carnegie Mellon University, in support of the Department of Homeland Security. He has served as Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Security Strategist for eBay. Fact|date=April 2008 He was namedwhen to become president of the Information Security Forum.

In May 2003, Schmidt retired from the White House after 31 years of public service in local and federal government. After the 9/11 attacks, he was appointed by President Bush as the Vice Chair of the President’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Board and as the Special Adviser for Cyberspace Security for the White House in December 2001. [ [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/12/20011221-11.html Nominations and Appointment ] ] While at the White House, assisted in the creation of the US National Strategy to Secure CyberSpace.Fact|date=December 2007 He assumed the role as the Chair in January 2003 until his retirement in May 2003, when he joined eBay.Fact|date=December 2007

In 1997, Schmidt joined Microsoft, as the where Director of Information Security, Chief Information Security (CISO) and Chief Security Officer, (CSO). He was the co-founder of the Trustworthy Computing Security Strategies Group.Fact|date=December 2007

In 1994, Schmidt was a Supervisory Special Agent and Director of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Computer Forensic Lab and Computer Crime and Information Warfare Division.Fact|date=December 2007 In 1996, while serving in that position, he established the first dedicated computer forensic lab in the government, which was the basis for the formation of the Defense Computer Forensic Laboratory (DCFL).Fact|date=December 2007

Prior to the AFOSI in 1994, Schmidt was with the FBI at the National Drug Intelligence Center, where he headed the Computer Exploitation Team.Fact|date=December 2007 He is recognized as one of the pioneers in the field of computer forensics and computer evidence collection.Fact|date=December 2007 Before working at the FBI, Schmidt was a city police officer from 1983 to 1994 for the Chandler Police Department in Arizona where he served on the SWAT team, Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Unit and formed and led the Special Enforcement Team.Fact|date=December 2007

Schmidt served with the U.S. Air Force in various roles from 1967 to 1983, both in active duty and in the civil service.Fact|date=December 2007 He served in the Arizona Air National Guard with the 161st Communications Squadron in based at Phoenix International Airport, Phoenix, AZ from 1989 until 1998. In 1998, Schmidt transferred to the U.S. Army Reserves as a Special Agent, Criminal Investigation Division, where he continues to serve and is currently assigned to the Computer Crime Investigations Unit (CCIU). He has also served with the 315th MP Det (CID) at Ft. Lawton in WA. He has testified as an expert witness in federal and military courts in the areas of computer crime, computer forensics and Internet crime.Fact|date=December 2007

Schmidt also serves as the international president of the Information Systems Security Association and was the first president of the Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center.Fact|date=December 2007 He is a former executive board member of the International Organization of Computer Evidence, and served as the co-chairman of the Federal Computer Investigations Committee.Fact|date=December 2007 He is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Scientists. He had served as a board member for the CyberCrime Advisory Board of the National White Collar Crime Center, and was a distinguished special lecturer at the University of New Haven, Conn., teaching a graduate certificate course in forensic computing. He has also taught courses for the FBI and DEA on the use of computers and law enforcement investigations.Fact|date=December 2007

Schmidt also serves on the Executive Committee of the Information Technology Sector Coordination Council. His memberships include the High Technology Crime Investigation Association, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.Fact|date=December 2007

He served as an augmented member to the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology in the formation of an Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection. He has testified before congressional committees on computer security and cyber crime, and has been instrumental in the creation of public and private partnerships and information-sharing initiatives.Fact|date=December 2007 He is regularly featured on various worldwide television and radio shows including, BBC, ABC, CNN, CNBC, Fox TV as well as a number of local media outlets talking about cyber-security, investigations and technology.Fact|date=December 2007 He is a co-author of the Black Book on Corporate Security and author of Patrolling CyberSpace, Lessons Learned from a Lifetime in Data Security.Fact|date=December 2007

Schmidt has been appointed to the Information Security Privacy Advisory Board to advise the National Institute of Standards and Technology the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on information security and privacy issues pertaining to Federal Government information systems.Fact|date=December 2007

Schmidt holds board positions on a number of corporate boards in both an advisory and director positions.Fact|date=December 2007

Background

Schmidt holds a bachelor's degree in business administration (BSBA) and a master’s degree in organizational management (MAOM) from the University of Phoenix.Fact|date=December 2007 He also holds an Honorary Doctorate degree in Humane Letters.Fact|date=December 2007 Schmidt’s certifications include CISSP and CISM, and he is a Professor of Practice at the Georgia Institute of Technology's GTISC, and Professor of Research at Idaho State University and Adjunct Distinguished Fellow with Carnegie Mellon's CyLab.Fact|date=December 2007 Schmidt is a Distinguished Fellow with the Poneman Institute.Fact|date=December 2007

Government career

Schmidt began his government service in the U.S. Air Force in 1967, where he studied Chemical Weapons, High Explosives and Nuclear Weapons while attending Munitions School. Between 1968 and 1974, Schmidt completed 3 Tours of Duty in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.Fact|date=December 2007 He left active military duty in 1974 when started his civil service career at the Gila Bend, Air Force Auxiliary Field, since renamed as the Barry M. Goldwater Range and served as Chief of Transportation and Deputy Director of Resource Management until 1982.Fact|date=December 2007

Schmidt served with the U.S. Air Force in various roles from 1967 through 1983.Fact|date=December 2007

A highly regarded international speaker on cybersecurity issues and technology issues, Schmidt has testified before numerous congressional committees on information security, internet security and cybercrime [ [Testimony to United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Virtual Threat, Real Terror: Cyberterrorism in the 21st Century2/24/04 http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/congress/2004_h/040224-schmidt.htm] [Testimony, 2000 Congressional Hearings, Homeland Security http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/congress/2000_h/index.html] [Testimony, 2003 Congressional Hearings, Homeland Security http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/congress/2003_h/index.html] [Testimony before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Hearing on Combating Spyware, 1-26-05 http://energycommerce.house.gov/reparchives/108/Hearings/01262005hearing1423/Schmidt.pdf] [Testimony Before The Judiciary Committee on Cyber Terrorism – US Senate, 2-24-04 http://judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=1054&wit_id=2994] ["Prepared Testimony of Howard Schmidt, General Manager for Information Security, Chief Information Security Officer, Microsoft Corporation Before a Joint Hearing of the Subcommittee on Crime House Judiciary Committee and The Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight Senate Judiciary Committee Feb 29, 2000" http://hatemonitor.csusb.edu/Congressional/JointOversightInternetDenialServiceAttacks_Feb29_2000/HowardSchmidt.html] ]

Publications

"Patrolling Cyberspace, Lessons Learned from a Lifetime in Data Security" [ISBN 0-9776895-2-2]

References

External links

*http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid14_gci1246660,00.html -- Information Security News: Q&A, Schmidt: Cybersecurity a private affair, 3/8/07
*http://www.csoonline.com/read/030104/ground.html - CSO - The Resource for Security Executives, March 2004
*http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A50606-2002Jun26?language=printer -- Timeline: The US Government and Cybersecurity, May, 2003
*http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80549,00.html (“Howard Schmidt leaving government cybersecurity job”) April, 2003
*http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2002/11/mil-021104-295e6199.htm -- 11/4/02 – Background Report on Cyber-Terrorism
*http://www.ilpf.org/conference2002/speakers_schmidt.html -- ILPF Conference 2002 (speaker Bio for conference)
*http://www.securityfocus.com/news/9660 -- Security Focus, “Howard Schmidt Returns to Government”
*http://www.aallnet.org/aallwash/lu0696.html -- The American Association of Law Libraries Washington Affairs – Legislative and Regulatory Update – June, 1996