President Obama appointed Howard Schmidt, the former CSO of Microsoft and Bush administration security adviser, to be the White House Cybersecurity Coordinator. In this podcast, Dennis Fisher talks with Schmidt about the job, the cybercrime problem and what needs to be done to fix it. The interview was recorded in May soon after Obama s announcement that he would appoint a security czar was recorded soon after he announced he d appoint him. The Digital Underground podcast is available now on iTunes and Amazon.com.
Source: https://threatpost.com/howard-schmidt-cybersecurity-czar-cybercrime-and-how-fix-federal-cybersecurity-122209/73289/