Charles Edge (computer scientist)
{{Short description|American computer scientist and author (died 2024)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Charles Edge
| image = CharlesEdgePhoto090918.jpg
| caption = Edge on September 18, 2009
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Dahlonega, Georgia
| death_date = April 19, 2024
| death_place =
| nationality = American
| education = University of Georgia
| years_active = 1998–2024
| children = 2
}}
Charles Edge was an American computer scientist, author,{{Cite web|last=Campbell|first=Leah|date=2021-01-12|title=How to Permanently Delete iPhone Apps|url=https://www.rd.com/article/how-to-delete-apps-iphone/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119121357/https://www.rd.com/article/how-to-delete-apps-iphone/ |archive-date=2021-01-19 |access-date=2021-02-05|website=Reader's Digest|language=en-US}} podcaster,{{Cite web |date=2016-03-23 |title=Episode 1: It Begins |url=https://podcast.macadmins.org/2016/03/23/episode-1-it-begins/ |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=Mac Admins Podcast |language=en-US}} and a contributing author for Inc.com{{Cite web|title=Charles Edge's Articles|url=https://www.inc.com/author/charles-edge|website=Inc.com|access-date=2020-05-15}} and Huffington Post.{{Cite web|title=Charles Edge|work=HuffPost|url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/krypted-233|access-date=2020-05-15}}
Edge spent 15 years as the Chief Technology Officer{{Cite web|title=MacVoices #20130: 'How Long Should Tech Last' with Charles Edge, Ken Ray, and Brett Terpstra (Part 2)|url=http://www.macvoices.com/macvoices-20130-how-long-should-tech-last-with-charles-edge-ken-ray-and-brett-terpstra-part-2/|last=Chuck|date=2020-05-06|website=MacVoices|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-16}} of 318 Inc{{Cite web|title=Big Business Takes a [Small] Bite of the Apple|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2550036/big-business-takes-a--small--bite-of-the-apple.html|last=Mitchell|first=Robert L.|date=2011-08-22|website=Computerworld|language=en|access-date=2020-05-16}} in Santa Monica and 5 years at Jamf.{{Cite web|title=r/macsysadmin - AMA w/ Charles Edge and the Apple management experts at JAMF Software|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/macsysadmin/comments/4pkght/ama_w_charles_edge_and_the_apple_management/|website=reddit|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-16}} At the time of his death, he was the Chief Technology Officer of Bootstrappers.mn{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://www.bootstrappers.mn/|website=Bootstrappers.mn|language=en|access-date=2020-05-15}} and HandrailUX.{{Cite web|title=Whoami|url=https://krypted.com/about-2/|website=krypted|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-15}} Edge spoke at Defcon,{{Cite web|title=DEFCON 14 Speakers|url=https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-14/dc-14-speakers.html|website=www.defcon.org|access-date=2020-05-15}} Blackhat,{{Cite web|title=Black Hat USA 2006 Topics and Speakers|url=https://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-usa-06/bh-usa-06-speakers.html|website=www.blackhat.com|access-date=2020-05-15}} LinuxWorld,{{Cite web|title=Macworld - Speaker Bios|url=http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/dev/20/events/20SFO05A/conference/bio//CMONYA00B5A9#|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927190354/http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/dev/20/events/20SFO05A/conference/bio//CMONYA00B5A9#|archive-date=2007-09-27|website=linuxworldexpo.com|access-date=2020-05-15}} MacSysAdmin,{{Cite web|title=MacSysAdmin 2020|url=http://macsysadmin.se/|website=macsysadmin.se|access-date=2020-05-15}} and a number of other conferences.
Edge died on April 19, 2024.{{cite web|url=https://tidbits.com/2024/04/22/take-control-author-charles-edge-dies/|title=Take Control Author Charles Edge Dies|work=Tidbits|first=Adam|last=Engst|date=22 April 2024|access-date=22 April 2024}}
Bibliography (author)
- Mac Tiger Little Black Book. Paraglyph Press, February 2006, {{ISBN|1-933097-14-0}}
- Web Scripting Little Black Book. Paraglyph Press, April 2007, {{ISBN|1-933097-19-1}}
- Foundations of Mac OS X Security. Apress, March 2008, {{ISBN|1-59059-989-6}}
- Enterprise Mac Administrators Guide. Apress, October 2009, {{ISBN|1-4302-2443-6}}
- Foundations of Mac OS X Snow Leopard Security. Apress, February 2010, {{ISBN|1-4302-2730-3}}
- Beginning Mac OS X Server. Apress, February 2010, {{ISBN|1-4302-2772-9}}
- Mac OS X Lion Server. O'Reilley, January 2011, {{ISBN|1-4493-1605-0}}
- Using Apple Configurator. Packt, January 2012, {{ISBN|1849694060}}
- Take Control of OS X Yosemite Server. TidBits, January 2013, {{ISBN|978-1-61542-435-1}}
- Take Control of OS X Mavericks Server. TidBits, January 2014, {{ISBN|978-1-61542-435-1}}
- Learning iOS Security. Packt, January 2015, {{ISBN|1783551747}}
- Enterprise Mac Administrators Guide.Apress, September 2015, {{ISBN|1430224436}}
- Fundamentals of Mac OS X 10.11 Security.Apress, September 2015, {{ISBN|148421711X}}
- Enterprise Mac Security. Apress, {{ISBN|148421711X}}
- Build, Run, and Sell Your Apple Consulting Practice. Apress, August 2018, {{ISBN|9781484238349}}
- Apple Device Management. Apress, January 2020, {{ISBN|1484253876}}
- The ABCs of Computers (2022)
- The Startup Field Guide (2022)
- The History of Computers (2023)
Podcasts
Edge maintained the following podcasts:
- MacAdmins Podcast https://podcast.macadmins.org{{Cite web|title=Mac Admins Podcast|url=https://podcast.macadmins.org/|website=Mac Admins Podcast|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-15}}
- Jamf After Dark Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jamf-after-dark/id1434572611{{Cite web|title=Jamf After Dark on Apple Podcasts|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jamf-after-dark/id1434572611|website=Apple Podcasts|language=en-us|access-date=2020-05-15}}
- The History Of Computing http://thehistoryofcomputing.net
Community work
Edge worked on a number of open source projects including precache, swift-ldif-csv, and jssimporter{{Cite web|title=krypted - Overview|url=https://github.com/krypted|website=GitHub|language=en|access-date=2020-05-15}} and served on the board of directors of Tamarisk{{Cite web|title=Tamarisk Board|url=http://www.tamarisk.org/team/charles-edge|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424202619/http://tamarisk.org/team/charles-edge/ |archive-date=2019-04-24 |access-date=}} and on the corporate council of the Guthrie Theater.
Edge spoke at Black Hat 2007 and was scheduled to give a speech on a vulnerability of the Mac OS X FileVault at Black Hat 2008 but the talk was pulled after he cited a non-disclosure agreement the talk would violate.{{Cite web|title=Canceled Apple talks at Black Hat|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2478677/canceled-apple-talks-at-black-hat.html|last=Jennings|first=Richi|date=2008-08-04|website=Computerworld|language=en|access-date=2020-05-15}} The talk was later disputed having ever existed.{{Cite web|title=Black Hat Disputes Charles Edge Talk Even Submitted|url=https://www.informationweek.com/news/229210327|website=Dark Reading|language=en|access-date=2020-05-15}}
Edge wrote the SANS course on Mac OS X Security in 2007, establishing baseline security practices for Apple and IoT{{Cite web|last=February 2021|first=2nd|title=New IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act: Creating a Floor For IoT Security?|url=https://www.iotworldtoday.com/2021/02/02/new-iot-cybersecurity-improvement-act-creating-a-floor-for-iot-security/|access-date=2021-02-05|website=IoT World Today|language=en-GB}} devices in large-scale environments.{{Cite web|title=SANS Institute|url=https://www.sans.org/thought-leaders/osx-security|website=www.sans.org|language=en|access-date=2020-05-16}}
Edge founded the Minnesota non-profit Minnesota Computer History Museum in January 2020.{{Cite web|title=Classes|url=https://www.minnesotacomputerhistorymuseum.com/about-us|website=Minnesota Computer History Museum|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-16}}
Editor
Edge was on the Editorial team for the Apple Inc. platform, with Apress. Edge was also the technical editor for the following title(s):
- Mac OS X for Unix Geeks. O'Reilly, September 2008, {{ISBN|0-596-52062-X}}
References
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