Company Leadership
Ray Potter is the Managing Director of Apex Assurance Group. He was formerly the Manager of the Security Assurance Program at Cisco Systems, where he was responsible for the direction, strategy, and operations of Cisco's global security certification and assurance initiatives, including the FIPS 140, Common Criteria, and ICSA programs. He was the single point of contact for standards bodies, Cisco's customers, and Cisco's product teams.
Ray has been published in Information Security Magazine and is a frequent guest speaker in industry forums and conferences on the subject of Information Assurance, risk management, and FIPS 140/Common Criteria.
Apex Assurance Group has strong software development resources with considerable development and leadership experience in FIPS 140 and Common Criteria consulting and support, including documentation, algorithm testing, source code analysis, and project management for a wide range of technology types, such as VPN routers, cryptographic libraries, embedded cryptographic accelerators, smart cards, and disk encryption software.