Michael Klein
Senior Director, Preparedness & Response, Institute for Security and Technology
Michael Klein is Senior Director for Preparedness and Response at the Institute for Security and Technology (IST), where he focuses on improving the resilience of “target rich, cyber poor” critical infrastructure sectors. He comes to the role with 20 years of experience across K-12 education as a teacher, coach, consultant, district leader, and federal cyber policymaker. Most recently, Michael led the US Department of Education’s K-12 cybersecurity work with the White House, CISA, FBI, State and Local partners, and the private sector. Prior to his federal service, Michael was a school district IT Director during the COVID-19 pandemic, led a team of educational consultants, helped grow two startups, and taught third to seventh grades in Brooklyn, Harlem, and on the US-Mexico border.