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How do we embrace change? Sometimes, it's hardest to do at home. Howard Schmidt joins your host, Jim Mason, to discuss Howard's homeschool journey as a parent, his career as Vice President & General Manager at Lennox International, and his newest adventure working in the academic setting at Patrick Henry College as Executive Vice President. Gain insight into how he is equipping leaders to view challenges as opportunities in an ever-changing environment. “Maybe you're going through a time of flux [in your home education journey], maybe it's a difficult time. Just hit the slow down [button] (but never [the] stop button) and pray about it! Find some people to sit down and have the discussion. Why are we here? Why do we do this? And I can tell you, the purpose of homeschooling is so immense”—Howard Schmidt
Principal in PricewaterhouseCoopers Cyber Risk and Regulatory Practice, Sloane Menkes, shares her story of how non-linear math helped to shape her life and career. Sloane credits a high school classmate for inspiring her mantra "What is the 2%?" that she employs when she feels like things are shutting down. She talks about her experiences in calculus class at the US AIr Force Academy that helped to enlighten her and inform the intuitive problem solving skill or way of thinking that she'd been employing in her life. She joined Office of Special Investigations and working with Howard Schmidt is where Sloane first started to get interested in cybersecurity. She shares what she loves about the consulting role is that the environment is constantly changing, and she offers some advice for women interested in cybersecurity. We thank Sloane for sharing her story with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Principal in PricewaterhouseCoopers Cyber Risk and Regulatory Practice, Sloane Menkes, shares her story of how non-linear math helped to shape her life and career. Sloane credits a high school classmate for inspiring her mantra "What is the 2%?" that she employs when she feels like things are shutting down. She talks about her experiences in calculus class at the US AIr Force Academy that helped to enlighten her and inform the intuitive problem solving skill or way of thinking that she'd been employing in her life. She joined Office of Special Investigations and working with Howard Schmidt is where Sloane first started to get interested in cybersecurity. She shares what she loves about the consulting role is that the environment is constantly changing, and she offers some advice for women interested in cybersecurity. We thank Sloane for sharing her story with us.
Principal in PricewaterhouseCoopers Cyber Risk and Regulatory Practice, Sloane Menkes, shares her story of how non-linear math helped to shape her life and career. Sloane credits a high school classmate for inspiring her mantra "What is the 2%?" that she employs when she feels like things are shutting down. She talks about her experiences in calculus class at the US AIr Force Academy that helped to enlighten her and inform the intuitive problem solving skill or way of thinking that she'd been employing in her life. She joined Office of Special Investigations and working with Howard Schmidt is where Sloane first started to get interested in cybersecurity. She shares what she loves about the consulting role is that the environment is constantly changing, and she offers some advice for women interested in cybersecurity. We thank Sloane for sharing her story with us.
In our 153rd episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, and Maury Shenk discuss: Howard Schmidt, RIP; the Trump wiretap story; a federal magistrate judge in Wisconsin has ruled that the government can use a warrant issued under the Stored Communications Act to compel email providers to disclose the content of emails stored abroad; internet-connected teddy bear company hacked, 2 million parent-child voice messages exposed and held ransom; new analysis of the 50c army forces a reconsideration of who they are and what they do; the fight over 702 reauthorization warms up: lefty lawmakers want an estimate on how many innocent Americans are swept up in key surveillance programs up for reauthorization this year; a dozen civil society groups are asking Vera Jourová the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumer and Gender Equality, to suspend the US-EU Privacy Shield unless reforms are made to Section 702; and Wilbur Ross endorses Privacy Shield. Our guest interview is with Matt Tait, CEO and Founder of Capital Alpha Security. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
In today's podcast, we review some encouraging news about Android apps, Cloudbleed, and Slack's swift bug patching. Amazon finds a typo at the root of Wednesday's internet outages. Symantec opens a venture arm. Yahoo! breach post mortems continue. Decryption tools for Dharma ransomware are out. Prospects look dim, again, for Wassenaar. China calls for the demilitarization of cyberspace. Terbium's Emily Wilson surveys the Dark Web scene during tax season. MasterCard's Melanie Gluck takes us behind the scenes of credit card security. And the security sector bids farewell to Howard Schmidt—leader, advisor, and mentor.
Howard Schmidt is a seasoned, talented and highly successful leader, with record-breaking numbers year after year to prove his processes and leadership skills lead to success. As Vice President and General Manager of Advanced Distributor Products, a division of Lennox International, Inc., Howard Schmidt has created a "Customer Intimacy" culture in a company that manufactures evaporator coils for cooling systems. ADP stands apart and alone in a manufacturing world that is extremely process, commodity, cost and bottom-line driven. They stand alone because Howard is driven by two things - innovation and relationships. He creates solutions for those who work for him and for those who buy from him. He doesn't believe he makes stuff and sells it. He believes in his heart that he creates success and wealth for those around him, through his passion for innovation and his love of people. Listen to this tutorial on leadership skills and techniques and bring your leadership skills to a whole new level. This is a gem and it's only here on Successcast!
Russia and the U.S. are working to reduce chances for a cyber security incident that could damage the countries' relationship, according to the top cyber security adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama. Howard Schmidt, the White House cyber security adviser, wrote about a recent meeting with Russian officials where the two countries agreed to exchange technical information on problems such as botnets and have "crisis prevention" communications links by the end of the year. Thousands of Sydney, Australia households are placing their personal information at risk and inadvertently protecting fraudsters by not securing their home Wi-Fi networks, a newspaper investigation has shown. NSW Police have prosecuted individuals for crimes involving fraud and child exploitation material who were using unsecured wireless internet networks to commit offences, said Bruce Van Der Graaf from the NSW Police fraud squad. When being questioned by officers Wednesday, a Lousiana man told investigators from the Lafayette Police Department that he downloaded more than 100 videos containing inappropriate pictures with a child in the last year. According to a Affidavit for Warrant of Arrest signed by the LPD, 26 year-old William Patrick D’Arcy confessed to downloading the videos using the search term "13 year old" to find the explicit material. Also, we will have the job of the day. Make sure you tune in.
At Infosecurity Europe this year, we heard from some of the legends of the Industry in the Hall of Fame. In this podcast, Jon Collins speaks to the fourth of the legends, Howard Schmidt, on what he thinks the next big issue will be.
At Infosecurity Europe this year, we heard from some of the legends of the Industry in the Hall of Fame. In this podcast, Jon Collins speaks to the fourth of the legends, Howard Schmidt, on what he thinks the next big issue will be.
As cyber security has evolved in the new world of distributed computing there have been dramatic changes to the nature of our security needs. Mr. Schmidt will talk about issues that affect large enterprises, small and medium business and end users. He will talk about common threats, and the possibility of frameworks which would protect ourselves, our civil rights and our privacy while ensuring improved security.
As cyber security has evolved in the new world of distributedcomputingthere have been dramatic changes to the nature of our security needs. Mr.Schmidt will talk about issues that affect large enterprises, small andmedium business and end users. He will talk about common threats, and thepossibility of frameworks which would protect ourselves, our civil rightsand our privacy while ensuring improved security. About the speaker: Howard A. Schmidt has had a long distinguished career in defense, law enforcement and corporate security spanning almost 40 years. He has served as Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Security Strategist for online auction giant eBay. He most recently served in the position of Chief Security Strategist for the US CERT Partners Program for the National Cyber Security Division, Department of Homeland Security.He retired from the White House after 31 years of public service in local and federal government. He was appointed by President Bush as the Vice Chair of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board and as the Special Adviser for Cyberspace Security for the White House in December 2001. He assumed the role as the Chair in January 2003 until his retirement in May 2003.Prior to the White House, Howard was chief security officer for Microsoft Corp., where his duties included CISO, CSO and forming and directing the Trustworthy Computing Security Strategies Group.Before Microsoft, Mr. Schmidt was a supervisory special agent and director of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) Computer Forensic Lab and Computer Crime and Information Warfare Division. While there, he established the first dedicated computer forensic lab in the government.Before AFOSI, Mr. Schmidt was with the FBI at the National Drug Intelligence Center, where he headed the Computer Exploitation Team. He is recognized as one of the pioneers in the field of computer forensics and computer evidence collection. Before working at the FBI, Mr. Schmidt was a city police officer from 1983 to 1994 for the Chandler Police Department in Arizona.Mr. Schmidt served with the U.S. Air Force in various roles from 1967 to 1983, both in active duty and in the civil service. He had served in the Arizona Air National Guard from 1989 until 1998 when he transferred to the U.S. Army Reserves as a Special Agent, Criminal Investigation Division where he continues to serve. He has testified as an expert witness in federal and military courts in the areas of computer crime, computer forensics and Internet crime.Mr. Schmidt also serves as the international president of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and was the first president of the Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC). He is a former executive board member of the International Organization of Computer Evidence, and served as the co-chairman of the Federal Computer Investigations Committee. He is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Scientists. He had served as a board member for the CyberCrime Advisory Board of the National White Collar Crime Center, and was a distinguished special lecturer at the University of New Haven, Conn., teaching a graduate certificate course in forensic computing.He served as an augmented member to the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology in the formation of an Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection. He has testified before congressional committees on computer security and cyber crime, and has been instrumental in the creation of public and private partnerships and information-sharing initiatives. He is regularly featured on CNN, CNBC, Fox TV as well as a number of local media outlets talking about cyber-security. He is a co-author of the Black Book on Corporate Security and author of "Patrolling CyberSpace, Lessons Learned from a Lifetime in Data Security".Mr. Schmidt has been appointed to the Information Security Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) to advise the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on information security and privacy issues pertaining to Federal Government information systems.Howard holds board positions on a number of corporate boards in both an advisory and director positions and recently has assumed the role as Chairman of the Board for Electronics Lifestyle Integration (ELI).Mr. Schmidt holds a bachelor's degree in business administration (BSBA) and a master's degree in organizational management (MAOM) from the University of Phoenix. He also holds an Honorary Doctorate degree in Humane Letters. Howard is a Professor of Practice at GA Tech, GTISC, Professor of Research at Idaho State University and Adjunct Senior Fellow with Carnegie Mellon's CyLab.