McAfee Cybercrime Advisory Council

Prof. Howard Schmidt was appointed by President George W. Bush as the Vice Chair of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board in December 2001. The board reports to Condoleezza Rice, National Security Advisor and Governor Tom Ridge, Director of Homeland Security. The Cyber Security Board focuses on building a specialized group of senior government and private sector leaders to focus on cybersecurity issues and coordination of security related incidents.

Previously, Howard was chief security officer for Microsoft Corp., a supervisory special agent and director of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), Computer Forensic Lab and Computer Crime and Information Warfare Division. Before working at the AFOSI, Schmidt was with the FBI at the National Drug Intelligence Center. He is recognized as one of the pioneers in the field of computer forensics and computer evidence collection. Before working at the FBI, Schmidt was a city police officer from 1983 to 1994 for the Chandler Police Department in Arizona.

Dr. Ian Brown is a research fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University, and an honorary senior lecturer at University College London. His work is focused on public policy issues around information and the Internet, particularly privacy, copyright and e-democracy. He also works in the more technical fields of information security, networking and healthcare informatics.

Tom is the Executive Director of the Merchant Risk Council (MRC), the leading trade association for supporting merchants in preventing online fraud and promoting secure e-commerce in global online payments. The MRC consists of more than 7,500 members including 120 of the world’s largest Internet retailers who account for a large segment of all e-commerce revenue. Donlea has 15 years of non-profit management experience including starting a network of venture philanthropy organizations as Executive Director of Social Venture Partners International from 2001 to 2005. Donlea received his BA in Finance and Marketing from Loras College in Dubuque, IA.

Professor Lillian Edwards works at the Sheffield University, focusing on law relating to the Internet, the Web and new technologies. Prior to that, Lillian was with the University of Southampton, Strathclyde University and Edinburgh University. She is Associate Director, and was co-founder, of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Centre for IP and Technology Law, funded from 2002-2012. She has taught IT, e-commerce and Internet law at undergraduate and postgraduate level since 1996 and been involved with law and artificial intelligence (AI) since 1985. She has been a visiting scholar and invited lecturer to universities in the USA, Canada, Australia, Mexico, and Latin America.

Steve leads the team responsible for identifying and addressing Intel product security risks as well as planning products that solve tomorrow’s security challenges. The team also manages Intel’s policy positions on security and privacy. Previously Steve was Director of Business Client Architecture where he defined Intel’s future business client strategy, architecture and product roadmap. During Steve’s 15 year tenure at Intel, he has worked in leadership roles across Intel product groups and Intel Information Technology. Steve holds 3 patents and received his Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from North Carolina State University.

Joe Majka is the Global Head of Fraud Control & Investigations with Visa Inc., managing the Cyber-Security and Investigations group. Joe has been with Visa for over 12 years and has more than 28 years of experience in corporate security and criminal investigations, specializing in the area of financial crimes.

Joe has lectured internationally on the subject of financial crimes and cyber security and as been a guest instructor at the Los Angeles Police Academy and the FBI Academy.

Joe is considered a leading expert in the area of data compromise investigations and incident response.

Joe holds a Bachelor's degree from California State University, Hayward and a lifetime teaching credential from the University of California at Berkeley.