Howard Schmidt advised both President Brack Obama and George W. Bush on cybersecurity. He was a CSO at Microsoft and a CISO at eBay. He led several industry groups, and wrote books on cybersecurity.
But when security professionals remember him, it is not so much for his technical accomplishments as for the impact he had on the people around him. He is remembered as a mentor, a communicator, and an educator.
“He does have a very storied path of accomplishment,” said Mary Ann Davidson, CSO at Redwood City, Calif.-based Oracle Corp. “From a security standpoint, he had a tremendous impact, the many roles he played, the work in the white house.”
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