Full Name
Matt Christensen
Job Title
Director, Payer Cybersecurity
Company
Intermountain Healthcare
Speaker Bio
Matt Christensen is a Cybersecurity and Risk Thought Leader, Listener, and Problem Solver. He has provided risk-based cybersecurity consulting services, program implementation, and program management for over 10 years. He traveled internationally for one of the world's largest private sector employers as the lead Cybersecurity Fraud Examiner performing risk assessments and fraud investigations for several Fortune clients. Industry experience includes Healthcare, Insurance, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), and Non-Profit. He has owned and operated several businesses and is passionate about bridging the Technological gap with the Business and the Business gap with Technologists.

Matt recently helped form and is the Chair of the NH-ISAC Payer Special Interest Council focused on collaborating and sharing risk-based cybersecurity and anti-fraud strategies while reducing control impact to the business.

Matt received his Bachelor and Master degrees in Information Systems from the University of Utah and currently holds the following designations: CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security Professional | ISC2; ITPM – Insider Threat Program Manager | SEI - Carnegie Mellon; CRISC – Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control | ISACA; SANS GSLC – GIAC Security Leadership Essentials | SANS Institute; SANS GSEC – GIAC Security Essentials | SANS Institute; CFE – Certified Fraud Examiner | Association CFE; CCSK – Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge | Cloud Security Alliance; ITIL v3 – Information Technology Infrastructure Library | EXIN.

When not fighting cyber criminals, Matt is found spending time outdoors with his family, trail running, doing photography, traveling, consulting with small business start-up’s, and eating diverse food.
Matt Christensen