Professor Howard Schmidt, President and CEO of the Internet Security Forum (ISF) was one of the Senior Advisers to the Commission for the recently released "Report of the CSIS Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency".

 

The Commission was co-chaired by Mr. James R. Langevin, Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cyber Security and Science and Technology; Mr. Michael T. McCaul, Ranking Member on Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cyber Security and Science and Technology; Mr. Scott Charney, Vice President for Trustworthy Computing, Microsoft Corporation; and Lt. General Harry Raduege, USAF (Ret), Chairman, Center for Network Innovation, Deloitte & Touche LLP.

 

Other Commissions Members included the likes of Eric Cole, Chief Scientist and Senior Fellow of Lockheed Martin Corporation, Mary Ann Davidson, Chief Security Officer of Oracle Corporation, Amit Yoran, Chairman and CEO of NetWitness Corp, former Director of National Cyber Security Division and US-Cert, among others.

 

Prof. Howard A. Schmidt has had a long distinguished career in defense, law enforcement and corporate security spanning almost 40 years, including serving as the Special Adviser for Cyber Security at the U.S. White House. In addition to Schmidt's service at the White House he has served as Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Security Strategist at eBay, Chief Security Officer for Microsoft Corp, Supervisory Special Agent and Director of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Computer Forensic Lab and Computer Crime and Information Warfare Division. Click HERE to see detailed bio.

 

Prof. Schmidt will be one of the keynote speakers at the upcoming Hacker Halted USA 2009 conference, held in Miami, Florida from Sep 23 - 25. This premier security conference brings together some of the best security experts, and serves as a knowledge sharing and international networking platform.