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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This is a Good news for all of Us. Prof Howard
Schmidt is a Key people in the Cybersecurity world. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Those who were in Dakar for the AfriNIC meeting saw
the IMPACT ALLIANCE presentation, and his BIO as International Advisory
Board Member.http://www.impact-alliance.org/</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>He is also one of the key speaker of the Hacker
Halted Conference (<A
href="http://www.hackerhalted.com/">http://www.hackerhalted.com/</A>)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>RH</DIV>
<DIV></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>--------------------------------</FONT></DIV>
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<H1 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px">President Obama names Howard Schmidt as
cybersecurity coordinator</H1>
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<P>Seven months after President Obama vowed to "personally select" an adviser to
orchestrate the government's strategy for protecting computer systems, the White
House on Tuesday tapped a former Bush administration official for the job. </P>
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<P>Howard A. Schmidt, who was a cyber-adviser in President George W. Bush's
White House, will be Obama's new cybersecurity coordinator, an administration
official said Monday night. A <A href="" target=""><FONT color=#000080>letter
announcing the appointment</FONT></A> was posted on the White House Web site
early Tuesday. </P>
<P>The letter said Schmidt will "have regular access to the President and serve
as a key member of his National Security Staff. He will also work closely with
his economic team to ensure that our cybersecurity efforts keep the Nation
secure and prosperous." </P>
<P>Schmidt, who declined to comment Monday, will have a challenging mission: to
coordinate cybersecurity policy across the federal government, from the military
to civilian agencies. His appointment comes as the Pentagon launches a major new
"cyber-command" unit up and running and the Department of Homeland Security
works to improve protection of civilian networks. </P>
<P>In May, Obama <A href="" target=""><FONT color=#000080>declared</FONT></A>
the nation's digital networks a "strategic national asset" and said protecting
them would be a "national security priority." Creating a White House
cybersecurity office, run by a senior White House official, would be key to that
effort, he said. "I'll depend on this official in all matters relating to
cybersecurity, and this official will have my full support and regular access to
me as we confront these challenges," Obama said from the East Room. </P>
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<P>But his remarks were undercut by internal tension over how much authority the
"cyber-czar" would have and to whom the official would report. White House
economic adviser Lawrence H. Summers insisted that the new coordinator report to
him as well, <A href="" target=""><FONT color=#000080>arguing</FONT></A> that
cybersecurity is also a matter of national economic security, sources said. </P>
<P>Schmidt, who does not require Senate confirmation, will report to deputy
national security adviser John O. Brennan. In the letter announcing his
appointment, Brennan called Schmidt "one of the world's leading authorities on
computer security, with some 40 years of experience in government, business and
law enforcement." </P>
<P>Schmidt was chosen after a long process in which dozens of people were
sounded out. <A href="" target=""><FONT color=#000080>Many declined</FONT></A>
the post, largely out of concern that the job conferred much responsibility with
little true authority, some of them said. </P>
<P>The cybersecurity chief at the National Security Council, Christopher
Painter, has served as the de facto coordinator, trying to push ahead the 60-day
cyberspace policy review plan unveiled by Obama in May. That plan's formulation
was led by Melissa Hathaway, who <A href="" target=""><FONT
color=#000080>resigned in frustration</FONT></A> in August after delays in
naming a cyber-coordinator. </P>
<P>Schmidt's résumé reflects experience in the private sector, law enforcement
and government. Schmidt served as special adviser for cyberspace security from
2001 to 2003 and shepherded the <A href="" target=""><FONT
color=#000080>National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace</FONT></A>, a plan that
then was largely ignored. He left that job frustrated, colleagues said. </P>
<P>Before he joined the Bush White House, he worked as chief security officer at
<A href="" target=""><FONT color=#000080>Microsoft</FONT></A>. He then became
vice president and chief information security officer at eBay. He served in the
Air Force from 1967 to 1983 in various roles, both active-duty and civilian, and
headed the computer exploitation team at the FBI's National Drug Intelligence
Center in the 1990s. </P>
<P>He is now president of the Information Security Forum, a nonprofit consortium
of corporations and public-sector organizations working to resolve cybercrime
and cybersecurity issues. </P>
<P>"He has many of the qualities and connections that one would think would be
good for the position," said a colleague who spoke on the condition of anonymity
in order to be candid. "He is a team player. I don't have high expectations for
that position as it is currently defined, so he's very possibly overqualified
for it." </P>
<P><I>Staff researcher Eddy Palanzo contributed to this report.</I>
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