Whitehouse Names Howard Schmidt New Cybersecurity Coordinator

It’s been a long seven months since the White House released a cyber security review, and an even longer ten months since President Barack Obama declared cyber security a priority, so it’s about time the White House has gotten around to naming Howard A. Schmidt as the nation’s new cyber security coordinator . Schmidt, who The Atlantic refers to as a “ veteran cyber security warrio r”, has wide ranging experience in cyber security, including stints as chief of cyber security for Microsoft (no snickering, if you please), and eBay.

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