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Charles J. Kolodgy
Research Vice President, Security Products

Team: Security and Business Continuity
Security Products and Services
Worldwide Software Research
Charles Kolodgy is a Research Vice President 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 endpoint security, vulnerability assessment and management, and encryption. Research areas that cut across product markets include product certification, website security, threats 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.

Mr. Kolodgy is frequently quoted in popular business and trade publications such as 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 numerous industry events 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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Privateering in the Digital World
Charles J. Kolodgy
Dec 2012 - Doc # lcUS23839512      IDC Link
A worrisome by-product of the success of ecommerce and digital information are the corresponding cybercrime activities, which have grown in prevalence over the years. However, the primary focus for security experts and government entities h ...

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Trustwave Launches New Mobile Security Practice
Christina Richmond, Charles J. Kolodgy
May 2013 - Doc # 241041      Event Flash
This IDC Flash discusses the new mobile security services practice launched by Trustwave on May 1, 2013.

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U.S. Mobile Security Survey, 2013
Phil Hochmuth, Charles J. Kolodgy, John Grady, Sally Hudson, Christian A. Christiansen
Apr 2013 - Doc # 240598      Survey
This IDC study discusses the findings from the U.S. Mobile Security Survey regarding threats posed by mobile devices and apps among BYOD and IT-controlled firms.: "Mobile devices and apps pose a great security risk in the eye ...
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Appearances

IDC at RSA 2013
San Francisco, CA United States
February 27, 2013

Predictions 2013: The Evolving Security Ecosystem
Framingham, MA United States
December 20, 2012

U.S. SMB Security 2011-2015: The Shift from Defense to Empowerment
Framingham, MA United States
May 31, 2012

Security Predictions 2012: Big Data, Social, Mobile, and Cloud Embolden the Security Community
Framingham, MA United States
December 22, 2011