Rick Howard

Rick Howard is the N2K CSO and podcaster for The CyberWire. His prior jobs include Palo Alto Networks CSO, TASC CISO, iDefense GM (a commercial cyber threat intelligence service at Verisign,) Counterpane SOC Director (one of the original MSSPs), and the Commander of the US Army’s Computer Emergency Response Team where he coordinated offensive and defensive operations. He helped found the Cyber Threat Alliance (a security vendor ISAO) and 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 just published his third cybersecurity book “Cybersecurity First Principles: A Reboot of Strategy & Tactics."