Charles R. Smith Charles R. Smith - CyberWar Columnist Charles R. Smith is one of America's leading experts on cyber technology and its implications for war, terrorism, privacy and every way technology interacts with our lives. He is an exclusive columnist for NewsMax.com as its "CyberWar" expert and is currently President and CEO of SOFTWAR, his own consulting company. Mr. Smith's life sounds like a character in a Tom Clancy novel. He received a U.S. government "Top Secret" clearance as a top-level computer engineer for EDS. There he was assigned to work with the U.S. Army on logistic projects during the Cold War. Smith provided war games programs that were used by the U.S. Army, as well as the U.S. Naval weapons center at Dahlgren, Virginia, and North American Rockwell. Smith has provided detailed combat simulations on advanced conventional, nuclear, chemical and biological warfare systems. Smith is frequently sought out to provide detailed information on advanced  missile warfare, ramjet technology and ballistic missile defense systems. Smith has provided information obtained directly from Russian sources on the advanced SS-N-22 SUNBURN cruise missile to members of the U.S. Congress. In addition, Smith has provided detailed evaluations of former Soviet weapons technology as well as current Russian and Chinese combat systems. Smith is an expert on cyber security and pioneered the use of light as a means of extracting random numbers for digital keys for security software. He currently provides security software for medical information services and hospitals, encryption software for secure e-mail, direct communications, electronic commerce and Internet Web Site services. He has worked for over a decade with the government of Virginia and the Virginia State Police on stolen vehicle tracking using the FBI National Criminal Information Center (NCIC) and the National Law Enforcement System (NLETS). He has also testified before Congress on matters relating to cyber war. During the past ten years, Smith has also become a noted investigative journalist and his reports have been covered by NewsMax.com, Insight magazine, USAF, "The Connection" Information Protection journal, E-SOURCES Online, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings Magazine and dozens of other outlets. He is a journalist recognized by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Dept. of Defense (DOD), Dept. of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Commerce Department (DOC). Smith frequently appears on national television for the Fox network on matters of national security and international affairs and is a popular guest on radio shows all over America almost daily. Areas of Expertise:  Information Warfare - Strategic, Tactical and Practical Applications/Offensive-Defensive systems Advanced warfare (energy weapons, genetics, nanotechnology and robotics) Missile warfare, nuclear warfare, biotox warfare, WMD Cryptanalyst Computer forensics encryption systems Computer Programming, Systems Analysis, DP project management, Quality Assurance Organized crime Russian and Chinese military/intelligence operations Privacy & Human Rights, Freedom of Information Foreign & Domestic electronic surveillance Super computers - High Speed Computing INTERNET - Security on the Net/Tracking hackers and stalkers Gaming System - Training Tools & Analysis Engines for management and leadership Return to Charles Smith's Articles