Bernard Gallagher

Bernard has over 15 years of experience working in the healthcare, insurance, banking and telecommunications industries. He has expertise in MAR, HIPAA and Sarbanes Oxley Compliance, IT Security and Privacy Management, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Health Care Insurance, Banking and Financial Services and Department of Insurance.

Bernard has conducted a variety of Information Technology (IT) audits ranging from IT general controls reviews for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), Model Audit Rule (MAR), SSAE 16 evaluations, Soc 2 and SOC 3 audits, IT security assessments, and IT operation reviews, CISO placement. Prior to joining IS Partners, LLC, Bernard was employed with KPMG and PWC as an Information Technology Advisory Services Auditor, where he worked on internal and external audit engagements in accordance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, SAS 70 reviews, and system-based application control reviews. In addition to those reviews, Bernard was part of a security team at KPMG where he participated in security assessments including vulnerability assessments as well penetration studies. Bernard graduated from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. He received his MBA from the University of Phoenix in Arizona. Bernard has a CISSP certification from Villanova University in Philadelphia, and is a member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA).