Christian contributes to Grand Canyon Education's IT Security team as a Threat Response Engineer. His efforts focus primarily on improving the Security team's operational tools and capabilities to efficiently detect and effectively respond to threats. This is done primarily through work relating to SIEM, EDR, NTA, and an evolving Threat Intelligence program. He enjoys contributing to the larger community via various Threat Intelligence Content Development efforts and open-source projects. He leads Threat Exchanges as a Global Watch Center Handler for ACTRA, where he teaches for their Academy. He works as a Solutions Architect for the Cyber Resiliency Institute and contributes to SPORTS-ISAO as a member of the COTH team. When away from the keyboard, he enjoys camping, kayak, and hiking with his wife.