Adversarial Risk Group
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David Ashby

Co-founder, Adversarial Risk Group
Quality · compliance · automation

David runs ARG's on-site physical audits and builds the continuous adversarial simulation layer. His background is quality, safety, and compliance at Quality Electrical Systems, a manufacturer of e-houses and power distribution buildings for utility-scale electrical infrastructure.

That work was hands-on: ISO 9001 mapped checklists, nonconformance processing, engineering interview guides, and structural-bolting audits. He is also a top-three creator on n8n.io, with working expertise in workflow automation, agentic pipelines, and LLM integration, which is what the continuous simulation layer is built on.

On an engagement, David is the operator on the floor. He runs the physical reconnaissance, the badge and entry testing, and the OT-aware audit that most cybersecurity firms are not equipped to perform, because he has worked inside the environments ARG sells into.

Areas of expertise
Physical penetration testingPhysical security auditsOperational technology securityIndustrial control systemsManufacturing complianceNIST CSF and CMMC readinessWorkflow automation

Find what gets through.

ARG runs continuous AI-driven adversarial simulation and on-site physical audits for mid-market manufacturers. Two founding-client spots remain.