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

Author: Dennis Fisher
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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 with Schmidt about the job, the cybercrime problem and what needs to be done to fix it.

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 with Schmidt about the job, the cybercrime problem and what needs to be done to fix it.

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Originally posted on May 28, 2009

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