Rick Howard

Rick Howard is the N2K Chief Security Officer and the Chief Analyst and Senior Fellow at The Cyberwire, a cybersecurity podcasting network. His prior jobs include the Palo Alto Networks CSO, the TASC CISO, the iDefense GM, the Counterpane Global SOC Director, and the Commander of the US Army’s Computer Emergency Response Team. He was one of the founding organizers of the Cyber Threat Alliance and he also created the Cybersecurity Canon; a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for cybersecurity books. Rick holds a Master of Computer Science degree from the Naval Postgraduate School and an engineering degree from the US Military Academy. He also taught computer science at the Academy from 1993 to 1999. He has published one book on cybersecurity and been the executive editor for two others.