Title: Howard Schmidt
1Prof. Howard A. Schmidt
First president of the Information Security
Forum (ISF)?
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2Highlights from Howards background as a computer
security specialist
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3Key responsibilities associated with the new
position in the ISF
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4300 of the world's leading organizations are
members of the ISF. What does the ISF offer?
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5Crisis time on international markets. Will
information security be relegated due lack of
budget in companies, or enforced further due to
greater regulations and/or an increase in the
controls needed?
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6What kind of trends can we expect regarding
regulations for local countries/EU/US/worldwide?
(Stronger, unified, etc.)?
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7With Asia leading the number of ISO 27001
certificates worldwide, are EU or American
organizations one step behind regarding
information security?
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8Collaborations promoted by the ISF with
interested parties (i.e. governments,
associations, security agencies...)
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9Why join the ISF instead of other associations?
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10Final topics
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11Thanks to Howard A. Schmidt for his collaboration
on this recording prior to ISF's Annual World
Congress in BarcelonaSpecial mention to ISMS
Forum Spain and Agbar Tower facilities in
Barcelonafor their support and
facilitiesiso27000.es Team