Derek Christensen

Derek brings to Idenhaus over 16 years of experience in cybersecurity, network security, threat intelligence and risk mitigation. During his 20-year Navy career, Derek was instrumental in defining the Department of Defense’s Enterprise cybersecurity policies and procedures, leading daily defense of the DoD’s cyber operations and coordinating with the Pentagon, Department of Homeland Security, National Security Agency, CIA and FBI to leverage their support and enhance defenses.

While at U.S Cyber Command, Derek served in multiple roles including technical expert for network defense actions as well as command representative and operations controller for all defensive actions performed on the DoD’s information networks. His hands-on experience developing a risk mitigation framework directly reduced the time required for assessing the scope of defense network threats from 2-3 weeks to 3-5 days.

Derek is a graduate of the University of Maryland University College, with a BS in Management Information Systems and a Masters in Cybersecurity. He also is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).