Ray Bernard
Ray Bernard is a security consultant and author who has provided pivotal direction and advice in the security industry and the security profession for over 27 years. Ray is President and Principal Consultant of Ray Bernard Consulting Services (www.go-rbcs.com), a group of highly expert corporate, physical and IT security consultants with outstanding track records in their fields of expertise. Ray has led many noteworthy security projects for international airports, nuclear disarmament facilities, sports stadiums, water districts, electric utilities, manufacturing plants and multiple-tower high-rise facilities.
He is also the Convergence Editor for Security Technology Executive magazine, for which he writes the monthly “Convergence Q&A” column as well as a highly-regarded articles about the Convergence of Physical Security and IT. He is a regular contributor to Security Business magazine, for which he pens an articles about cloud computing, cybersecurity for physical security systems, and the impacts of artificial intelligence. He also writes the Real Words or Buzzwords? bi-weekly article series for SecurityInfoWatch.com.
Ray was recently named as one of the IFSEC Top 50 Fire and Security Global Influencers for 2018, #12 among 20 named to the Security Thought Leadership category. Ray was previously named one of security’s Top 10 Movers and Shakers of 2006 by Security Technology & Design magazine.
Ray has recently authored the book, Security Technology Convergence Insights, published by Elsevier and available on Amazon and elsewhere. He is a contributing author to the Encyclopedia of Security Management, Second Edition (2007), covering the topics “The Convergence of Physical Security and IT”, “Access Control Levels”, and “Authentication, Authorization and Cryptography.”