Recruited by President George W. Bush after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Mr. Schmidt returned to the White House under President Barack Obama. Meanwhile, Mr. Schmidt said, nations were already acting defensively. He also served as chief security officer at Microsoft and chief information security officer at eBay. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMr. Schmidt was the president’s special adviser for cyberspace security in the Bush administration from late 2001 to 2003; he was also chairman of the president’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Board. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe Obama administration recruited him in late 2009 to be its computer security adviser.

Source: New York Times March 04, 2017 05:44 UTC