Over four decades in security & intelligence
Photo by cam fischer
My name is Ross Johnson, BMASc, CPP. I have over 45 years of experience in security and intelligence.
I served for 24 years as an infantry and intelligence office in the Canadian Armed Forces, serving in Canada, Egypt, Israel, Rwanda, and the United States. I left the service in 2001 at the rank of Major. Since then, I have worked in travel security, safety and security in the offshore oil drilling industry, and in the electricity sector.
I have done security work or conducted security training in Canada, the United States, Guam, Ukraine, Israel, Egypt, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea.
In 2009 I joined Capital Power as their Senior Manager, Security & Contingency Planning. I was active with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's Critical Infrastructure Protection Committee and sat on their Executive Committee for over seven years. In 2014 I represented Canada on the Standards Drafting Team that produced NERC CIP-014-2 Physical Security.
I was active with the Electricity Canada's Security and Infrastructure Protection Committee for over ten years and I am currently Electricity Canada’s security advisor.
I am a strategic advisor for critical infrastructure with Awz Ventures, in Toronto, Canada.
In January of 2019 Iwas appointed to the position of the Co-Chair of the Physical Security Analysis Group (PSAG). The PSAG assists the Electricity Information and Analysis Center (E-ISAC) in providing critical subject matter expertise on threat mitigations strategies, incident prevention and response, training, emerging sector technologies, and other topics to electricity owners and operators across North America. Additional responsibilities include correspondence with the Physical Security Team at the E-ISAC to provide guidance and input on security projects and products. I am a co-facilitator of the E-ISAC’s scenario-based risk analysis workshop, which we have conducted in Canada, the US, Guam, and Ukraine.
I am currently the Critical Infrastructure Community Vice Chair with ASIS International. I have a Baccalaureate in Military Arts and Sciences from the Royal Military College of Canada and am Board-Certified in Security Management. I am the author of Antiterrorism and Threat Response: Planning and Implementation, published by CRC Press.
I am an avid photographer, and my work can be seen at my website: rossjohnsonphotography.ca
Phone
+1 (780) 405-5542
ross@bridgeheadsecurity.com