Krebs Given ISSA’s ‘President’s Award’

KrebsOnSecurity was honored this month with the 2017 President's Award for Public Service from the Information Systems Security Association, a nonprofit organization for cybersecurity professionals. The award recognizes an individual's contribution to the information security profession in the ar...

On Howard Schmidt, CloudBleed, and the CloudPets Breach

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook look back at the life of Howard Schmidt then recap the news of the week, including fallout from CloudBleed, the CloudPets breach, and a quickly fixed Slack bug. Download: ThreatpostNewsWrapMarch32017.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...

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Howard Schmidt

Howard Schmidt, former White House cybersecurity coordinator and Microsoft CSO, said executives need to be aware of the threats their companies face. “We have to understand that theft of intellectual property is different from trying to turn the lights out,” he said...

Howard Schmidt Answered the Bell

There’s an old saying that all things end badly or else they wouldn’t end. It sounds nice, but it’s not necessarily true. Plenty of things simply end. The useful career of the Police, Man Vs. Food and highway A1A all ended without any catastrophic effects or gnashing of teeth. Now, with the end o...

White House Security Czar Howard Schmidt Retiring

Howard Schmidt, the top White House information security adviser, is retiring after more than two years on the job and several decades in security both in government and private industry. Schmidt is in his second stint as the White House security chief and he’s leaving at a time when cybersecurit...

RSA 2010: Howard Schmidt Lays Out U.S. Security

The nation’s new cybersecurity czar in a Town Hall meeting session here today mapped out his top priorities in the post and provided a glimpse at how the Obama administration may handle security issues with other countries. National cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt also announced that the...

An Interview With Howard Schmidt

Howard Schmidt has been involved in just about every aspect of the security industry during his career. After stints in the Air Force and at Microsoft, he served as a cybersecurity adviser to George W. Bush. Now, after heading back to the private sector for several years, he’s been appointed to...

Tom Kellermann on Google and Howard Schmidt's Priorities

Dennis Fisher talks with Tom Kellermann of Core Security about the Google attack, the priorities for new cyber coordinator Howard Schmidt and the economic and political realities of advanced persistent threats. Podcast audio courtesy of sykboy65 Subscribe to the Digital Underground podcast on...

2009: The Year That Was in Security

Threatpost editor Dennis Fisher talks about the implications of Howard Schmidt’s appointment, the story of the year in 2009 and what 2010 might bring for security...

Some Advice for Howard Schmidt

It’s been little more than 24 hours since President Obama named Howard Schmidt his White House Cybersecurity Coordinator, but it didn’t take nearly that long for just about everyone with any interest in security to line up on one side or the other of the “he has no chance/he’ll save the Internet”...

Can Howard Schmidt Make a Difference?

At first glance, the selection of Howard A. Schmidt as the White House Cybersecurity Coordinator looks like little more than a safe and easy choice designed to quiet the critics who for seven months have been howling for action from the Obama administration. But a closer look shows that Schmidt’s...

Mike Mimoso on the Schmidt Appointment and the Top Security Stories of 2009

Dennis Fisher talks with Mike Mimoso, editorial director of the Security Media Group at TechTarget, about Howard Schmidt’s appointment, the top security stories of 2009 and the World Cup draw. Podcast audio courtesy of sykboy65 Subscribe to the Digital Underground podcast on...

Howard Schmidt on the Cybersecurity Czar, Cybercrime and How to Fix Federal Cybersecurity

President Obama on Tuesday appointed Howard Schmidt, the former CSO of Microsoft and Bush administration security adviser, to be the White House Cybersecurity Coordinator. In this podcast, recorded in May soon after Obama’s announcement that he would appoint a security czar, Dennis Fisher talks...

New Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt

Howard A. Schmidt, the former CSO of Microsoft and former security adviser to President George W. Bush, was named White House Cybersecurity Coordinator on Tuesday...

Google Internet Summit 2009: Security Session

Whitfield Diffie, the inventor of public-key cryptography, moderates a panel of security experts, including Howard Schmidt, Steve Crocker, Chris DiBona and Eric Grosse, discussing a variety of security topics...