Obama Ready to Appoint Chief Cyber Security
Howard Schmidt
Obama Ready to Appoint Chief Cyber Security
President of the United States, Barack Obama, reportedly was ready to appoint a National Cyber Security Chief.
Who chose the figure that?
Barack Obama is rumored to be appointed Howard A. Schmidt to complete the line of officers in the field of cyber. Schmidt will be the Chief of Cybersecurity in the Obama administration following the two ‘official cyber’ Vivek Kundra (Chief Information Officer) and Aneesh Chopra (Chief Technology Officer).
As quoted from NYTimes, Tuesday (22/12/2009), Obama will reportedly be pointed Schmidt. Schmidt’s own figures considered a compromise, because he has a background as one of the cyber security adviser during President George W. Bush and also has a military background and law enforcement.
Schmidt reportedly will report to the National Security Council and have regular meetings with President Obama. Schmidt held positions created to harmonize all cyber security efforts have been impressed apart in the U.S..
Schmidt now, before the official announcement, still serving as CEO of the Information Security Forum – an industry association based in London. Previously he had served as an Information Security Officer of eBay and Chief Security Officer at Microsoft.
At the time President Bush, Schmidt is the Vice Chairman for Critical Infrastructure Protection Board and special adviser about cyber security. He also had served in the Air Force, Army and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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