Klein is MUSC's New Chief Information Security Officer

Contact: Heather Woolwine
843-792-7669
woolwinh@musc.edu
 
Feb. 3, 2017
 
CHARLESTON – Matt Klein has joined MUSC as the new chief information security officer for Information Solutions. He brings 20 years of experience to the organization, having served as an IT and Information Security professional, and as a leader covering operations, and architecture for areas that include end-user support, and data centers.

Holding the industry standard CISSP certification, Klein has developed leadership skills specifically in areas of network security, vulnerability management, and application security.

Prior to MUSC, Matt spent 10 years working for Anthem, Inc., a Fortune 33 company and the nation's leading health benefits provider, where he led Information Security strategic projects and teams. During 2015 and 2016, Klein’s focus was responding to a data breach that Anthem suffered in late January 2015. His initial role was to help lead the reaction to the incident and minimize the impact of the breach. His role quickly turned to one of strategy regarding the development of a massive breach response project plan and he was directly responsible for building and developing a new strategy and solution delivery area to foster accelerated delivery of technology and services investments. His leadership played a significant part in making Anthem’s Information Security program a leader in the health care payer space. Perennially recognized as a top-talent at Anthem, he was accepted into and successfully completed the Anthem Winning Leader Development program.

A native of Philadelphia, he received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from La Salle University. Klein resides in Mount Pleasant with his spouse and two children, who keep him active with coaching youth sports and other extracurricular activities.

About MUSC

Founded in 1824 in Charleston, MUSC is the state's only comprehensive academic health system, with a unique mission to preserve and optimize human life in South Carolina through education, research and patient care. Each year, MUSC educates more than 3,200 students in six colleges – Dental Medicine, Graduate Studies, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy – and trains more than 900 residents and fellows in its health system. MUSC brought in more than $300 million in research funds in fiscal year 2023, leading the state overall in research funding. MUSC also leads the state in federal and National Institutes of Health funding. Learn more about our academic programs.

As the health care system of the Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC Health is dedicated to delivering the highest-quality and safest patient care while educating and training generations of outstanding health care providers and leaders to serve the people of South Carolina and beyond. Patient care is provided at 16 hospitals (includes owned or governing interest), with approximately 2,700 beds and four additional hospital locations in development, more than 350 telehealth sites and nearly 750 care locations situated in all regions of South Carolina. In 2023, for the ninth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report named MUSC Health University Medical Center in Charleston the Number 1 hospital in South Carolina. Learn more about our patient services.

MUSC has a total enterprise annual operating budget of $5.9 billion. The nearly 26,000 MUSC family members include world-class faculty, physicians, specialty providers, scientists, students, affiliates and care team members who deliver groundbreaking education, research, and patient care.