Free Resources
Resources for smart people who want to lead better and ship secure products
Free downloads, deep-dive guides, and curated assets from two decades in cybersecurity, leadership, and MedTech. Use them, share them, build on them.
Free downloads
Book illustrations and shareables; PDF and JPG, no email required.
Book illustrations
The Smartest Person in the Room
Every illustration from the bestselling book; Secure Methodology, NLP models, mindset frameworks, leadership diagrams; as free PDF and JPG downloads.
Browse downloads →Shareables
Quote Cards
A collection of quotes by Christian designed as backgrounds for desktop, mobile, and social. Free to download and share.
Browse quote cards →In-depth guides
Long-form, source-cited answers to the questions clients and event organizers ask most.
Deep-dive guide
What the FDA Actually Wants in a 2026 Premarket Cybersecurity Submission
After 250+ FDA cybersecurity submissions cleared in 2025; what reviewers expect, and the seven mistakes that draw a Refuse-to-Accept letter.
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Threat Modeling Connected Medical Devices: A Practitioner Guide
Intended use, trust boundaries, interface enumeration, STRIDE done properly, and the traceability chain that turns a threat model into a submission reviewers respect.
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SBOM Hygiene for Medical Devices: A Practical 2026 Playbook
How to generate, maintain, and defend a Software Bill of Materials that survives FDA review and stays useful through postmarket monitoring.
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Postmarket Vulnerability Management for Connected Medical Devices
Monitoring, triage, coordinated disclosure, patching, and the regulator-facing paper trail that proves your postmarket cybersecurity program actually runs.
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Why Technical People Struggle With People Skills (And How to Fix It)
The real root cause behind brilliant engineers who can't lead, and the Secure Methodology framework for turning technical experts into trusted leaders.
Read the guide →Programs & books
Go deeper with the frameworks behind the writing and the keynotes.
Program
The Secure Methodology Course
A self-paced course based on the 7-step framework from The Smartest Person in the Room; for technical professionals who want to lead, not just execute.
Explore the course →Books
All Books by Christian
The Smartest Person in the Room, Medical Device Cybersecurity, and The In-Between; plus where to buy and what each book is for.
See the books →For media & event organizers
Everything you need to book Christian or feature him in your publication.
For event organizers
Speaker One-Sheet
Keynote topics, bio, headshots, and booking details; everything you need to evaluate Christian for your stage.
View speaker one-sheet →For media & podcasts
Press Kit
Bios (short, medium, long), high-resolution photos, book covers, logos, and pre-approved interview topics.
Open press kit →Looking for something specific?
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