Howard A. Schmidt is an American computer security specialist. He is President of the Information Security Forum and President and CEO of R & H Security Consulting LLC, which he founded in May 2005. . He is also a board member of the Finnish security company Codenomicon and international president of the Information Systems Security Association. In October 2008 he was named one of the 50 most influential people in business IT by readers and editors of Baseline Magazine.

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. Schmidt’s certifications include CISSP and CISM. He is a professor of practice at the Georgia Institute of Technology's GTISC, professor of research at Idaho State University, adjunct distinguished fellow with Carnegie Mellon's CyLab, and a distinguished fellow with the Ponemon Institute.

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