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Obama picks Schmidt as cyber-security chief

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-12-22 13:57
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WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has picked former Bush administration adviser Howard Schmidt to serve as national cybersecurity coordinator, The Washington Post reported on Monday.

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Schmidt is president of the Information Security Forum, a nonprofit consortium of 300 large corporations and public-sector organizations working on cybersecurity issues.

Schmidt, a cyber-adviser in President George W. Bush's administration, will be based in the National Security Council. He will report to the national security adviser to coordinate federal government cybersecurity policy for both military and civilian agencies, the Post reported.

Schmidt, a veteran of the US Air Force and FBI, had earlier in his career served as chief security officer at Microsoft and as chief information security officer at eBay, the newspaper said.

He would be named by Obama as early as Tuesday, the newspaper said, citing administration officials.

 
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