About Comodo
All about Comodo Group
Comodo's range of solutions gives businesses the ability to create online trust through proprietary technology that help e-businesses convert more customers, retain more customers and increase lifetime value.
From providing certificates that put the trusted padlock on websites to patented technologies that lets internet users verify legitimate web content from faked content, Comodo empowers businesses and consumers to authenticate each other and protect their digital identities.
Our credentials are impeccable
Comodo is the 2nd largest Certification Authority for ensuring Identity Trust & Assurance on the web. Our third generation solutions are setting the standards for Identity and Trust Assurance to ensure both consumers and business' true e-identity and e-business authenticity. When a consumer sees or an e-merchant displays either a Comodo Content Verification Certificate or a HackerGuardian TrustLogo or a High Assurance SSL Certificate, they know they are assured of complete legitimacy and safety.
What Comodo offers:
Comodo provides a growing range of Identity and Trust Assurance encryption, verification and authentication services and security applications for business users, as well as for consumers. Our solutions work across all platforms, including Linux. In addition, we offer the only free online website identity assurance database (idAuthority) - maintained by a worldwide dedicated team of engineers at our Digital Trust Lab. Users can research any online business through Comodo.
Some Fast Facts about Comodo:
- Global offices in U.S., U.K., Ukraine and India
- Exclusive provider of digital security services to top level domain name registrants
- More than 200,000 customers in more than 100 countries, securing 500,000+ businesses and individuals
- 4500 strong global partner network
- Operates one of the world's largest fastest growing Certification Authority infrastructures with the highest standards as evidenced by our KPMG annual audits
How Comodo got its name
Ever wonder why the world's most innovative identity and trust assurance company is called Comodo?
Well, it started with what we have in common with the Komodo dragon. It's the largest dragon in the species, the most powerful and adaptable. Remind you of anything? Yup, the internet. Then we changed the K to C to show our powerful commitment to commerce, communications, even, .com. We're back to the internet.
We're all about slaying all the fraudsters, hackers and anyone else who creates untrustworthiness on the internet. We're all about creating trust online.
Comodo provides services which require the highest possible levels of trust and integrity. To meet such requirements Comodo has invested heavily in the providing both physical and logical security for the Certification Authority operations.
Comodo employs policies and practices that have been designed to meet or exceed the requirements of the AICPA/CICA WebTrust Program for Certification Authorities, ANS X9.79:2001 PKI Practices and Policy Framework, and other industry standards related to the operation of CAs.
To date, Comodo have issued tens of thousands of validated SSL and secure email digital certificates through our secure Certification Authority operations. The advanced physical and logical security and validation practices and procedures ensure that all Comodo certificates are highly trusted.
Key elements of security and service integrity employed are detailed below. For further information on the Comodo operations are available in our Certification Practice Statement - available at the Comodo repository
Use of Hardware Security Modules for Key Protection and Certificate Generation
Comodo securely generates and protects its own private key(s), using a trustworthy system (IBM 4758 accredited to FIPS PUB 140-1 level 4), and takes necessary physical and logical precautions to prevent the compromise or unauthorised usage of such devices. All digital certificates issued are issued using IBM 4758 hardware security modules.
The world renowned Digital Trust Lab Research and Development Center.
With its dedicated team of R & D engineers, the Comodo Digital Trust Lab specializes in design and development of next generation Internet security solutions. Comodo collaborates with leading industry participants such as IBM, HP, Microsoft and Intel to implement a vision of security through invention and innovation. Core development areas include Certificate Services, ASIC design house and fabless semiconductor work, software development and design, infrastructural projects including the idAuthority (the world's only real-time identity assurance infrastructure), and cryptographic research and analysis.
Access to the secure part of Comodo facilities is limited through the use of physical access control and is only accessible to appropriately authorised individuals (known as Trusted Personnel). Card access systems are in place to control, monitor and log access to all areas of the facility. Access to the Comodo CA physical machinery within the secure facility is protected with locked cabinets and logical access control.
The secure facilities are protected from fire and smoke damage (fire protection is made in compliance with local fire regulations) and flood and water damage
Comodo secure facilities have a primary and secondary power supply and ensure continuous, uninterrupted access to electric power. Heating / air ventilation systems are used to prevent overheating and to maintain a suitable humidity level.
Comodo employ a redundant CA system to ensure uninterrupted service levels. Comodo also utilise secondary server and operations sites.
The Comodo Research Lab performs state-of-the-art research work in several areas which support the company's development of security products and ensure it is a global leader. The cryptography team is headed by Dr. Colin Walter who is internationally recognised for extensive research into the hardware implementation of RSA cryptography and for a number of major advances in the field.
Among these, Comodo Research Lab owns the patent rights to a randomized exponentiation algorithm called "Mist" which is particularly suitable for RSA applications in smartcards. It provides a key software solution as part of security measures against power analysis attacks. The company is in the process of setting up a web site for research results on this new algorithm.
Comodo Research Lab has an on-line research series, which provides external readers with publications and de-classified technical reports written by team members.
This includes several papers about Mist.
With its dedicated team of R&D engineers, the Comodo Research Lab specializes in design and development of next generation Internet security solutions. It provides a unique combination of the following core development areas:
- Certificate Services, including a Certification Authority for the issuance of x.509 Certificates for SSL, email, IdAuthority and certified delivery systems
- ASIC design house & fabless semiconductor work comprising the SIDEN project (trusted platform module security chip)
- Software design & development house comprising device drivers, web based EPKI management software, enterprise policy solutions, fast implementation of algorithms, data delivery certification software for servers and clients
- Specialist in Infrastructural projects including the IdAuthority, the world's only real-time identity assurance infrastructure
- Cryptographic research and analysis through the Comodo Research Lab cryptography department
At present the Comodo Research Lab have developed a number of hardware and software security solutions, many of which are patent pending.
Management Biographies
Melih Abdulhayoglu
CEO and Chief Security Architect of Comodo
Melih Abdulhayoglu created Comodo in 1998 with a bold vision of making the Trusted Internet a reality for all. His innovations have challenged some of the largest corporations and deeply entrenched business models to make the vision a reality, and his success has benefited the ecommerce industry, online businesses and users alike. Melih's pioneering business model has allowed him to provide the Comodo Firewall absolutely free, while continuing to grow revenue by over 30 percent, year over year. This innovative business model earned him Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2008 Award in the Information Technology Software Category for New Jersey.
Melih earned a BS in Electronic Engineering from Bradford University in 1991. During his tenure at Bradford, Melih was instrumental in creating new digital security technologies for large enterprises, computer manufacturers and governmental organizations worldwide. Using that experience and training, Melih established Comodo's core business building principle around the concept of Value Innovation - delivering solutions recognized for their technological innovation that has high value in the marketplace.
This intense focus on creating trust online has yielded such significant results that within just three years, Comodo has powered its way to the number two Certificate Authority position, controlling nearly one-third of all SSL certificates worldwide. Meanwhile, the company's award-winning, free firewall has become one of the most downloaded products in the world, protecting another PC every second of every day.
Please visit Melih's blog at www.melih.com.
Robin Alden
Chief Technical Officer
Robin is the Chief Technical Officer of the Comodo Research Lab. Robin
has gained a B.Sc. in Computer Science & Electronics from
the University
of London and an M.Sc. in Computer Science from University of
Manchester.
He has extensive experience at developing and implementing
Global computer
systems and solutions. Prior to joining the Comodo Research Lab
in 2000,
Robin has held senior programming and technical positions with
British
Airways, CAPS and InfoSys.
Bill Fallon
VP, Marketing
Bill Fallon joined Comodo in March, 2007. As VP Marketing he is responsible for the company's go to market strategy and execution, product management, channel support and corporate communications. Prior to Comodo he was Chief Marketing Officer at EasyLink Services Corporation, a provider of secure communications and document management services. Prior to EasyLink, he was among the founding management team of Audible, Inc. where he was responsible for business development, product management and operations. Audible is the world's leading distributor of spoken audio, and creator of one of the first widely-used secure digital rights management systems for distribution of copyrighted works over the Internet. Before that, he was a Director at AT&T Corporation, where he was involved with several of the company's major new service development initiatives including online collaboration, wireless e-mail, and unified messaging. He began his career at IBM as a field sales representative.
Bill holds a BS in Telecommunications from Syracuse University, and MPS in Information Processing from New York University.
Dr. Richard Furness
Hardware Development - Comodo Research Lab
Richard is Head of Hardware Development with the Comodo Research
Lab.
He obtained his doctorate in Electronic Engineering, entitled
"Circuit
Architectures for Arithmetic Operations in Finite Fields"
from Huddersfield
University. Richard has published several papers in the field of
Electronics
and is a member of the Institution of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers.
Leonard M. Gangi
VP, Enterprise Solutions
Len Gangi joined Comodo in October of 2007 as Vice President of Enterprise Solutions, responsible for the product development and management of Comodo's corporate offerings, as well as for Comodo's Customer Service operations.
Len brings more than 25 years of managerial and technical experience in providing service oriented solutions to Fortune 500 clients. Prior to Comodo, Len Gangi was Vice President of Quality and Security at EasyLink Services, championing his passion and success for customer-facing Six-Sigma Quality and Information Security programs. Other executive positions include his being SVP of Product Development for United Messaging where he led the delivery of the first hosted MS Exchange and Lotus Notes offerings, as well as a patented solution for the perimeter filtering and key word compliance of corporate security policies. As General Manager and Product Director of AT&T EasyCommerce, and as Sr. Director of Western Union's Global Customer Service and Technical Support organization Len has successfully developed and managed technical service organizations, key technology partners and customer relationships supporting the critical needs of global businesses.
Mr. Gangi holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics Engineering, and a Business Administration certificate from New York University. He has completed a number of professional development programs, and was formally certified as an examiner for the National Quality Award (Malcolm Baldrige) program.
James Langman
VP, Business Development
James Langman, Director of Business Development for Comodo, is responsible for identifying and developing Global strategic partnerships, alliances and OEM relationships. James provides key strategic leadership in defining Comodo's go-to-market strategy for partner programs across channel sales, OEM sales and strategic business alliance organizations.
Since joining Comodo in 2001, James has taken the lead developing Comodo's extensive partner network that now reaches into well over 45%+ of the world's domains. Further, James has initiated and secured numerous successful technology relationships across multiple markets including wireless, ISP's and other Service Providers. Finally, James is a key contributor in Comodo's continuous innovation and development of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) based solutions.
Prior to joining Comodo, James held a senior sales position at Hays Plc a leading Global recruitment specialists where he was on focused on driving revenues through sales and field operations. James holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (with honours) in Business Management from Manchester Metropolitan University.
Andrew J. Pynes
EVP, Sales
After working as a sales and marketing consultant to Comodo for over
five years, Andrew Pynes formally joined Comodo in November 2004 as
Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing. Mr. Pynes
brings over fifteen of sales, marketing and management experience
in the high technology industry to Comodo. Prior to joining Comodo he served as the sales & marketing executive with one of North Americas leading IT consulting/systems integration firm, Sierra Systems. Mr. Pynes' career also includes tenures with one of North Americas largest IT Value Added Reseller TIG (Technology Integration Group), a leading eCommerce consulting firm, and an ERP implementation and custom application development firm. Mr. Pynes holds a B.A. and graduated with honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Judy Shapiro
VP, Corporate Communications
Judy Shapiro joined Comodo in 2005 as VP of Marketing. Ms. Shapiro's
background and experience in technology marketing will strengthen
Comodo's substantial leadership and growth in Identity Assurance
Management solutions for businesses, infrastructure service providers
and end-users.
Judy Shapiro joins Comodo from Computer Associates where most
recently she was VP, Marketing responsible for customer acquisition,
retention and upsell efforts. Prior to joining Computer Associates,
Ms. Shapiro held several senior management positions at Lucent
Technologies, Bell Labs, Metropolitan Telecommunications and AT&T in the
areas of marketing, market development, new technologies and corporate
strategy. Ms. Shapiro also had been a Vice President at NWAyer, an
advertising agency, where she managed numerous accounts including
Procter & Gamble, JCPenney, Gillette and Chemical Bank.
Ms. Shapiro received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the City
University of NY within numerous disciplines including Marketing,
Advertising and History.
Dr. Colin Walter
Head of Cryptography - Comodo Research Lab
Colin has a formidable international reputation in the design of
hardware
and algorithms for the implementation of RSA cryptography. He is
on the
programme committee of several international conferences (e.g.
CHES and
ARITH) and has given invited lectures on many occasions. He
obtained his
doctorate in algebraic number theory from Cambridge University
and he
is a senior member of the IEEE. Colin joined Comodo from UMIST
and is
responsible for the on-going research and development work of
the cryptography
team which designs, tests and verifies all the crypto-systems
underlying
the many and varied security products developed by Comodo. Colin
is most
well-known to the international community for his invention of
the first
ever purely locally connected systolic array for modular
multiplication.
This enables servers to perform the calculations for very large
numbers
of SSL key exchanges at once. Recent research has led to the
MIST algorithm,
patented by Comodo, which is a key ingredient in the secure
implementation
of electronic purses on smartcards. Colin has been appointed as
Program
Chair for the CHES conference 2003.
Michael Whittam
Chief Finance Officer
Michael has worked for Comodo since it started in 1998.
After graduating
from Hull in 1987 with a BA Hons degree in Accountancy and
Finance he
trained with a firm of chartered accountants. He then moved into
the private
sector as Accountant and Company Secretary for a number of small
to medium-sized
companies. Over the last six years, Michael has established a
successful
business consultancy practice, working closely with blue-chip
firms such
as KPMG and Ernst Young. He is also a director in a chartered
accountancy
firm that specializes in providing various business and
accountancy services
to companies and organizations.
Board of Advisors
Prof. Joseph D. Ben-Dak
Serving the United Nations as the Principal Advisor to the Secretary General, Science and Technology and Public
Management (UNDP) and the founder and Chief of the United Nations Global Technology Group, Joseph has initiated and
established successful technology and science businesses in numerous countries including most of Latin America
,Africa, China, Russia and the Arab World. His extensive technology and development planning career, combines
licensing, administrative, business and international service with senior academic appointments. Joseph is also
Chairman of Knowledge Planning Corporation, a strategic Think Tank advising banks, entrepreneurs, corporations and
governments in planning and designing scientific and technological excellence. Concurrent with his advisory role at
Comodo, Joseph is serving "Of Counsel" on Strategy and International Technology in developing countries to Mid-Market
Securities, Investment Banking Advisors, NY.
Jim Adamson
Jim has served in a wide range of high ranking positions including Chief Executive Officer; a NASA Astronaut and as a
U.S. Army Colonel. He joins Comodo from Honeywell where he was President of Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc.
Previously, Jim was Chief Operating Officer of United Space Alliance, President and CEO of Lockheed Engineering and
Sciences Company, and was president of and owner of Monarch Precision and Monarch Arms Inc. He has also had a long
career in public service as well as considerable experience in the private sector providing strategic direction to
leading aerospace companies. Specifically he brings more than a decade of strong leadership to Comodo with an
impressive record of success in achieving increased productivity through management and employee commitment to
quality.
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