diff --git a/contentctl/objects/abstract_security_content_objects/detection_abstract.py b/contentctl/objects/abstract_security_content_objects/detection_abstract.py
index 1231548c..fc0505ce 100644
--- a/contentctl/objects/abstract_security_content_objects/detection_abstract.py
+++ b/contentctl/objects/abstract_security_content_objects/detection_abstract.py
@@ -383,21 +383,17 @@ def providing_technologies(self) -> List[ProvidingTechnology]:
     @computed_field
     @property
     def risk(self) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
-        risk_objects: list[dict[str, str | int]] = []
-
-        for entity in self.rba.risk_objects:
-            risk_object: dict[str, str | int] = dict()
-            risk_object["risk_object_type"] = entity.type
-            risk_object["risk_object_field"] = entity.field
-            risk_object["risk_score"] = entity.score
-            risk_objects.append(risk_object)
-
-        for entity in self.rba.threat_objects:
-            threat_object: dict[str, str] = dict()
-            threat_object["threat_object_field"] = entity.field
-            threat_object["threat_object_type"] = entity.type
-            risk_objects.append(threat_object)
-        return risk_objects
+        if self.rba is None:
+            raise Exception(
+                f"Attempting to serialize rba section of [{self.name}], however RBA section is None"
+            )
+        """
+        action.risk.param._risk
+        of the conf file only contains a list of dicts. We do not eant to 
+        include the message here, so we do not return it.
+        """
+        rba_dict = self.rba.model_dump()
+        return rba_dict["risk_objects"] + rba_dict["threat_objects"]
 
     @computed_field
     @property
diff --git a/contentctl/objects/rba.py b/contentctl/objects/rba.py
index d33da47c..a63c043e 100644
--- a/contentctl/objects/rba.py
+++ b/contentctl/objects/rba.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-from enum import Enum
-from pydantic import BaseModel, computed_field, Field
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from abc import ABC
-from typing import Set, Annotated
-from contentctl.objects.enums import RiskSeverity
+from enum import Enum
+from typing import Annotated, Set
 
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, computed_field, model_serializer
+
+from contentctl.objects.enums import RiskSeverity
 
 RiskScoreValue_Type = Annotated[int, Field(ge=1, le=100)]
 
@@ -51,6 +54,28 @@ class RiskObject(BaseModel):
     def __hash__(self):
         return hash((self.field, self.type, self.score))
 
+    def __lt__(self, other: RiskObject) -> bool:
+        if (
+            f"{self.field}{self.type}{self.score}"
+            < f"{other.field}{other.type}{other.score}"
+        ):
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    @model_serializer
+    def serialize_risk_object(self) -> dict[str, str | int]:
+        """
+        We define this explicitly for two reasons, even though the automatic
+        serialization works correctly.  First we want to enforce a specific
+        field order for reasons of readability. Second, some of the fields
+        actually have different names than they do in the object.
+        """
+        return {
+            "risk_object_field": self.field,
+            "risk_object_type": self.type,
+            "risk_score": self.score,
+        }
+
 
 class ThreatObject(BaseModel):
     field: str
@@ -59,6 +84,24 @@ class ThreatObject(BaseModel):
     def __hash__(self):
         return hash((self.field, self.type))
 
+    def __lt__(self, other: ThreatObject) -> bool:
+        if f"{self.field}{self.type}" < f"{other.field}{other.type}":
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    @model_serializer
+    def serialize_threat_object(self) -> dict[str, str]:
+        """
+        We define this explicitly for two reasons, even though the automatic
+        serialization works correctly.  First we want to enforce a specific
+        field order for reasons of readability. Second, some of the fields
+        actually have different names than they do in the object.
+        """
+        return {
+            "threat_object_field": self.field,
+            "threat_object_type": self.type,
+        }
+
 
 class RBAObject(BaseModel, ABC):
     message: str
@@ -94,3 +137,11 @@ def severity(self) -> RiskSeverity:
             raise Exception(
                 f"Error getting severity - risk_score must be between 0-100, but was actually {self.risk_score}"
             )
+
+    @model_serializer
+    def serialize_rba(self) -> dict[str, str | list[dict[str, str | int]]]:
+        return {
+            "message": self.message,
+            "risk_objects": [obj.model_dump() for obj in sorted(self.risk_objects)],
+            "threat_objects": [obj.model_dump() for obj in sorted(self.threat_objects)],
+        }