Charles Edge (computer scientist) explained

Charles Edge
Birth Place:	Dahlonega, Georgia
Death Date:	April 19, 2024
Nationality:	American
Education:	University of Georgia
Years Active:	1998–2024
Children:	2

Charles Edge was an American computer scientist, author,^[1] podcaster,^[2] and a contributing author for Inc.com^[3] and Huffington Post.^[4]

Edge spent 15 years as the Chief Technology Officer^[5] of 318 Inc^[6] in Santa Monica and 5 years at Jamf.^[7] At the time of his death, he was the Chief Technology Officer of Bootstrappers.mn^[8] and HandrailUX.^[9] Edge spoke at Defcon,^[10] Blackhat,^[11] LinuxWorld,^[12] MacSysAdmin,^[13] and a number of other conferences.

Edge died on April 19, 2024.^[14]

Bibliography (author)

• Mac Tiger Little Black Book. Paraglyph Press, February 2006,
• Web Scripting Little Black Book. Paraglyph Press, April 2007,
• Foundations of Mac OS X Security. Apress, March 2008,
• Enterprise Mac Administrators Guide. Apress, October 2009,
• Foundations of Mac OS X Snow Leopard Security. Apress, February 2010,
• Beginning Mac OS X Server. Apress, February 2010,
• Mac OS X Lion Server. O'Reilley, January 2011,
• Using Apple Configurator. Packt, January 2012,
• Take Control of OS X Yosemite Server. TidBits, January 2013,
• Take Control of OS X Mavericks Server. TidBits, January 2014,
• Learning iOS Security. Packt, January 2015,
• Enterprise Mac Administrators Guide.Apress, September 2015,
• Fundamentals of Mac OS X 10.11 Security.Apress, September 2015,
• Enterprise Mac Security. Apress,
• Build, Run, and Sell Your Apple Consulting Practice. Apress, August 2018,
• Apple Device Management. Apress, January 2020,
• 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^[15]
• Jamf After Dark Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jamf-after-dark/id1434572611^[16]
• 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^[17] and served on the board of directors of Tamarisk^[18] 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.^[19] The talk was later disputed having ever existed.^[20]

Edge wrote the SANS course on Mac OS X Security in 2007, establishing baseline security practices for Apple and IoT^[21] devices in large-scale environments.^[22]

Edge founded the Minnesota non-profit Minnesota Computer History Museum in January 2020.^[23]

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,

Notes and References

1. Web site: Campbell. Leah. 2021-01-12. How to Permanently Delete iPhone Apps. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210119121357/https://www.rd.com/article/how-to-delete-apps-iphone/ . 2021-01-19 . 2021-02-05. Reader's Digest. en-US.
2. Web site: 2016-03-23 . Episode 1: It Begins . 2024-04-23 . Mac Admins Podcast . en-US.
3. Web site: Charles Edge's Articles. Inc.com. 2020-05-15.
4. Web site: Charles Edge. HuffPost. 2020-05-15.
5. Web site: MacVoices #20130: 'How Long Should Tech Last' with Charles Edge, Ken Ray, and Brett Terpstra (Part 2). Chuck. 2020-05-06. MacVoices. en-US. 2020-05-16.
6. Web site: Big Business Takes a [Small] Bite of the Apple]. Mitchell. Robert L.. 2011-08-22. Computerworld. en. 2020-05-16.
7. Web site: r/macsysadmin - AMA w/ Charles Edge and the Apple management experts at JAMF Software. reddit. en-US. 2020-05-16.
8. Web site: Home. Bootstrappers.mn. en. 2020-05-15.
9. Web site: Whoami. krypted. en-US. 2020-05-15.
10. Web site: DEFCON 14 Speakers. www.defcon.org. 2020-05-15.
11. Web site: Black Hat USA 2006 Topics and Speakers. www.blackhat.com. 2020-05-15.
12. Web site: Macworld - Speaker Bios. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927190354/http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/dev/20/events/20SFO05A/conference/bio//CMONYA00B5A9#. 2007-09-27. linuxworldexpo.com. 2020-05-15.
13. Web site: MacSysAdmin 2020. macsysadmin.se. 2020-05-15.
14. Web site: Take Control Author Charles Edge Dies. Tidbits. Adam. Engst. 22 April 2024. 22 April 2024.
15. Web site: Mac Admins Podcast. Mac Admins Podcast. en-US. 2020-05-15.
16. Web site: Jamf After Dark on Apple Podcasts. Apple Podcasts. en-us. 2020-05-15.
17. Web site: krypted - Overview. GitHub. en. 2020-05-15.
18. Web site: Tamarisk Board. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190424202619/http://tamarisk.org/team/charles-edge/ . 2019-04-24 .
19. Web site: Canceled Apple talks at Black Hat. Jennings. Richi. 2008-08-04. Computerworld. en. 2020-05-15.
20. Web site: Black Hat Disputes Charles Edge Talk Even Submitted. Dark Reading. en. 2020-05-15.
21. Web site: February 2021. 2nd. New IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act: Creating a Floor For IoT Security?. 2021-02-05. IoT World Today. en-GB.
22. Web site: SANS Institute. www.sans.org. en. 2020-05-16.
23. Web site: Classes. Minnesota Computer History Museum. en-US. 2020-05-16.