Brigadier General, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Chairman of the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine
Education
Oleksandr Potii earned his PhD in communication security from Kharkiv Military University and became DScTech at Kharkiv National University of Air Force. His areas of research include information protection standards, cybersecurity and cryptography.
Professional experience
He has more than 25 years of experience in military service, and 20 years of academic and pedagogical experience. Before joining the State Service, he has hold different technical and administrative positions at important educational institutions, such as Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics and National Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute”.
In his current position, Brigadier General Potii is responsible for a range of strategic areas, including the development and implementation of state policies in cybersecurity, technical and cryptographic information protection, special communications, critical infrastructure protection, and countering technical intelligence.
Relevant achievements
Oleksandr Potii is a laureate of the National Prize of Ukraine named after Borys Paton (2021). He authored 5 manuals, more than 100 research articles, and developed several specialised university courses in areas of his expertise.