[Infowarrior] - RIP Howard Schmidt

[Richard Forno]

I just heard via a friend in DC that security pro Howard Schmidt passed away today.  For those that knew him, Howard was one of the infosec community's elders with a long history in government, military, and private sector infosec and computer crimes experience, to include serving as a security czar at both the White House and at Microsoft.   I knew him dating back to the mid-90s when he served as a mentor to me when I began doing computer crimes work in DC a few years after college.  --rick

> On Thursday morning, March 2nd 2017, in the presence of his wife and four sons, Howard Anthony Schmidt (67), a loving husband, father and grandfather peacefully passed away following a long battle with cancer, in his Muskego, Wisconsin home. Howard is survived by his wife, Raemarie, his four sons and their wives, Kyle & Revea, David & Amy, Andrew & Hollie, Anthony & Lauren and his 8 grandchildren, Kylie, Nicholas (Kyle), Ashlyn, Grant (David) Abigail, Eleanor, William (Andrew) and Layla (Anthony).
> Funeral service details will be shared shortly.