Howard Schmidt:  

The Honorable Howard A. Schmidt is the Cyber-Security Coordinator of the Obama Administration, operating in the Executive Office of the President of the United States. One of Schmidt's leading policy objectives is the development of "[[National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace|Trusted Identities in Cyberspace]]," which seeks to enable private industry to create electronic identities that can be relied upon in cyberspace similar to the way that businesses rely on the combination of driver's licenses and credit cards to authenticate identities in physical space. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, Schmidt served as President of the Information Security Forum and President and CEO of R & H Security Consulting LLC, which he founded in May 2005. He was also the international president of the Information Systems Security Association and a board member of the Finnish security company Codenomicon, the American security company Fortify Software, and the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium,commonly known as (ISC)². In October 2008 he was named one of the 50 most influential people in business IT by readers and editors of Baseline Magazine. 1 Education 2 Biography 2.1 Public Service 2.2 Private Industry and Professional Organizations 3 Publications 4 See also 5 References 6 External links [edit]Education Schmidt holds a bachelor's degree in business administration (BSBA) and a master’s degree in organizational management (MAOM) from the University of Phoenix. He also holds an honorary doctorate degree in humane letters. Schmidt’s certifications include CISSP and CISM.[7] He is a professor of practice at the Georgia Institute of Technology's GTISC, professor of research at Idaho State University, adjunct distinguished fellow with Carnegie Mellon's CyLab, and a distinguished fellow with the Ponemon Institute.[8] [edit]Biography Public Service Schmidt began his government service in the United States Air Force in 1967, where he studied chemical weapons, high explosives, and nuclear weapons while attending munitions school. Between 1968 and 1974, Schmidt completed three tours of duty in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.[9] 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 Air Force Range and served as chief of transportation and deputy director of resource management until 1982. He served in the Arizona Air National Guard with the 161st Communications Squadron based at Phoenix International Airport, from 1989 until 1998. Schmidt was a city police officer from 1983 to 1994 for the Chandler Police Department in Arizona where he served on the SWAT team and the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Unit, and formed and led the Special Enforcement Team.[10]. In 1994 he took a position with the FBI's National Drug Intelligence Center, where he headed the Computer Exploitation Team.[11] Before working at the FBI, In 1994, Schmidt joined the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI)Computer Forensic Lab and Computer Crime and Information Warfare Division.[12] as a supervisory special agent and director. 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).[13] 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 Investigation...Expand for more