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Charles J. Kolodgy
Research Director, Security Products

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Security and Business Continuity
Security Products and Services
Mr. Kolodgy is a Research Director for IDC's Security Products service. In this role, he executes primary research projects, and analyzes markets for both vendors and user customers.

Mr. Kolodgy's responsibilities within the Security Products service includes both hardware and software security products. Product areas of concentration include firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention, vulnerability assessment and management, hardware authentication (tokens and smartcards), and encryption. Research areas that cut across product markets include product certification, website security, and security policy.

Mr. Kolodgy's perspectives on security products and security markets was shaped during his 16 year career with the National Security Agency (NSA). While employed within the nation's intelligence community, he held a variety of analyst and managerial positions within both information assurance and signals intelligence organization. He was certified under the Agency's Information Security Professionalization program. Among his accomplishments are the codification of business processes under which commercial products were approved for government use, the management of a Business Affairs Branch, and contributions to the export control policies on encryption.

Popular press and trade publications frequently call on Mr. Kolodgy. His comments appear in Time, Boston Globe, San Jose Mercury News, Information Security Magazine, BusinessWeek, eWeek, ComputerWorld, Network World, CSO, USA Today, Information Week, and others. He also has been a speaker at a number of conferences within the United States, including the RSA Security Conference, Government CIO Conference, and CEIC.

Mr. Kolodgy holds a Master of Arts degree in National Security from Georgetown University and a Bachelors degree from the University of Lowell (MA).

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VCs Find Security Palatable
Charles J. Kolodgy
Feb 2009 - Doc # lcUS21685909      IDC Link
During these dire economic times, especially when brought on by liquidity problems, you would expect venture capital deals to disappear. They have dropped off considerably over the past year. It has been harder for many companies to get fun ...
Taking Data Disclosure Laws to the Next Level
Charles J. Kolodgy
Feb 2009 - Doc # lcUS21685809      IDC Link
In response to the realization that data breaches were occurring at an alarming rate and that companies were not taking responsibility for the loss of private personal information, California enacted a law that became effective in July 2003 ...

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Understanding the Infrastructure GRC Packaged Applications Ecosystem
Vivian Tero, Frederick W. Broussard, Sally Hudson, Christian A. Christiansen, Charles J. Kolodgy
Feb 2010 - Doc # 221803      Customer Needs and Strategies
This IDC study describes the ecosystem of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) packaged software applications for the IT infrastructure domain.: "Governance, risk, and compliance in the IT infrastructure domain ...
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Worldwide Security Software as a Service 2009–2013 Forecast and 2008 Vendor Shares
Brian E. Burke, Irida Xheneti, Christian A. Christiansen, Jon Crotty, Charles J. Kolodgy, Sally Hudson
Dec 2009 - Doc # 221289      Market Analysis
This IDC study examines the worldwide security SaaS market for the period from 2008 to 2013, with vendor revenue trends and market growth forecasts. Worldwide market sizing is provided for 2008 and a five-year growth forecast f ...
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Appearances

IDC at RSA 2010: The End of Useless Information
San Francisco, CA United States
March 03, 2010

IDC at RSA 2009
San Francisco, CA United States
April 21, 2009