For the past five years, Enterpriseleadership.org has been on a mission to bring you interviews with the most influential people in information technology. These people include C-level executives at global corporations, academics from major graduate schools of business, top industry analysts, and best-selling management book authors and consultants. Two and a half years ago, we saw the viability in interviewing Howard Schmidt, who was recently appointed as the new White House Cybersecurity Czar. In this position, he will orchestrate the government’s strategy for protecting information network, and coordinate cybersecrutiy activities and policy across the federal government from the military to civilian agencies.

When Enterpriseleadership.org interviewed Schmidt, he was promoting his book, co-authored with Tom Ridge, called Patrolling Cyberspace – Lessons Learned from a Lifetime in Data Security. Schmidt got his first exposure to federal government security when he was appointed by George W. Bush as the vice chair of the president’s Critical Infrastructure Board in December 2001. The board reported to Tom Ridge, then director of the Dept. of Homeland Security.  For the past few years, Schmidt has worked as a consultant with Trident Capital, an international venture capital firm. Below is a link to Enterpriseleadership’s org interview with Schmidt:

     http://www.enterpriseleadership.org/blogs/Articles/2007/08/27/interview-howard-schmidt--former-white-house-cybersecurity-czar