{"status":"OK","status-code":200,"version":"1.0","access":"public","total":988,"offset":0,"limit":100,"data":[{"id":41201,"title":"The Infrastructure Nobody Owns: (Residential) Proxy Networks and the Case for Collective Visibility","link":"https://www.first.org/blog/20260424-Infrastructure-Nobody-Owns","image":"https://www.first.org/blog/","published":"Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41199,"title":"Malicious Packages Don't Fit the Vulnerability Intelligence Model","link":"https://www.first.org/blog/20260420-Malicious-Packages-Dont-Fit","image":"https://www.first.org/blog/","published":"Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41198,"title":"FIRST Wraps CVE/VulnCon 2026 with 500+ Attendees, New Product Launches, and Key Vulnerability Management Milestones","summary":"Four-day summit in Scottsdale draws global security leaders to advance CVE quality, AI security, and coordinated disclosure.","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20260416","published":"Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:30:00 GMT"},{"id":41196,"title":"From Operational Experience to Global Policy: The UN Global Cybersecurity Mechanism","summary":"The launch of the United Nations Global Cybersecurity Mechanism (gMec) marks an important step toward more stable and continuous governance of cyberspace. Unlike previous processes, this new arrangement has been established as a permanent framework, with an organizational session that began in March 2026, a first substantive plenary next July, and dedicated thematic groups in December. Its structure combines general discussions in plenary with more focused exchanges in the Dedicated Thematic Groups, under the five well-established pillars of the framework for responsible State behaviour: threats, norms, international law, confidence-building measures, and capacity-building.","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2603-global-cybersecurity.jpg","published":"Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41194,"title":"Membership Dues","summary":"As Chair of FIRST, I want to inform you about an upcoming adjustment to the annual membership fee for full members (teams). Starting with the 2027 membership year, and for the period 2027–2029, the fee will increase from 2,800 USD to 3,000 USD per year.","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202603-12","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2603-dues.jpg","published":"Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41195,"title":"AGM Update","summary":"FIRST holds its Annual General Meeting (AGM) during the Annual Conference. The 2026 FIRST AGM will take place on June 15, 2026 22:00 UTC (16:00 MDT, local time) and will also be streamed for observation.","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202603-13","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2603-agm.jpg","published":"Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41187,"title":"Threats, Tech, and Tashkent: FIRSTUZ26 Recap","summary":"The 2026 FIRST Regional Symposium for Central Asia brought the global cybersecurity community to Tashkent, Uzbekistan over February 26-27, 2026, marking an exciting milestone for the organization. Hosted by [UZCERT](https://uzcert.uz/en/) and [INHA University in Tashkent](https://inha.uz/), it was the very first regional symposium organized by the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) in Central Asia, and it did not disappoint.","link":"https://www.first.org/blog/20260318-FIRSTUZ26-Recap","image":"https://www.first.org/blog/_media/FIRSTUZ26-03.jpg","published":"Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41188,"title":"Bangalore 2026 FIRST Technical Colloquium highlights resilience, AI, and community","summary":"The 2026 FIRST Technical Colloquium in Bangalore brought together a group of security professionals and students for two days of practical learning, technical discussion, and community building on Cisco's campus on February 10-11, 2026. The event created space for attendees to exchange ideas, share lessons learned, and strengthen connections across the incident response community.","link":"https://www.first.org/blog/20260319-Bangalore-TC","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2603-bangalore.jpg","published":"Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41189,"title":"Seven signals cyber experts agreed on at FIRST Paris 2026","summary":"Group-IB hosted the FIRST Technical Colloquium in Paris, where cybersecurity experts challenged assumptions around modern cyber defense. FIRST Chair Olivier Caleff opened and moderated the event. \nThe cybersecurity industry has been facing multiple parallel challenges in recent years. The pace at which cybercrime evolves is hard to match, but gatherings like FIRST provide a unique opportunity for the community to convene, reflect, and move forward together.","link":"https://www.first.org/blog/20260323-Paris-TC","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2603-paris.jpg","published":"Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41190,"title":"The Trust Builders: FIRST’s African Liaisons","summary":"In the past two years, the FIRST Africa Regional Liaison (ARL) initiative has directly supported 1,210 cybersecurity professionals, delivered more than 50 targeted initiatives across 33 countries, and maintained sustained engagement with at least 70 Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs).\n\nThat’s a lot of work for the two liaisons: Eric Akumiah (Ghana) and myself, Lawrence Muchilwa (Kenya).","link":"https://www.first.org/blog/20260311-Trust-Builders","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2603-africa-liaisons.jpg","published":"Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41173,"title":"FIRST POST: Jan-Mar 2026","summary":"Message from the Chair; Member Spotlight; Standards Update; From Operational Experience to Global Policy: The UN Global Cybersecurity Mechanism; Special Interest Group Updates; Training, CCB, and CORE; Membership Dues; AGM Update; Seven signals cyber experts agreed on at FIRST Paris 2026; Bangalore 2026 FIRST Technical Colloquium highlights resilience, AI, and community; Threats, Tech, and Tashkent: FIRSTUZ26 Recap; Breakthrough Vulnerability Projections, Global Conference Series Launch, and CVSS Implementation Leadership; Upcoming Events","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/post/202603","published":"Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41174,"title":"Message from the Chair","published":"Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41175,"title":"Member Spotlight","published":"Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41176,"title":"Standards Update","published":"Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41177,"title":"Special Interest Group Updates","summary":"**STP SIG White Paper published on the future of CERTs/CSIRTs/ISACs and their operating models** \n\n“This white paper, authored by AUSCERT, examines the rapid evolution of CERTs/CSIRTs/ISACs as the cyber threat landscape grows increasingly complex and interconnected. Originally created as technical response units, CERTs have since expanded into strategic institutions supporting national resilience, sectoral preparedness, and organisational cyber maturity. Rising regulatory pressures, globalised supply‑chain risk, and competition from commercial cybersecurity providers have reshaped expectations of CERTs, demanding both technical excellence and the ability to coordinate diverse stakeholders during high‑impact events, whilst maintaining sustainable operations.","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202603-7","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2026-sig-news.jpg","published":"Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41178,"title":"Training, CCB, and CORE","summary":"FIRST CORE is excited to welcome the support of the Internet Society and Internet Society Foundation through the newly launched Common Good Cyber Fund (CGCF). As part of the initial pilot phase, the CGCF grant will bolster FIRST’s community and capacity building program to better support and grow our community training efforts. ","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202603-9","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2603-core.jpg","published":"Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41179,"title":"Breakthrough Vulnerability Projections, Global Conference Series Launch, and CVSS Implementation Leadership","summary":"Growth Stack Media secured and tracked 120+ pieces of earned media coverage, generating more than 1M views of content for FIRST in Q1FY26 across notable publications including Fast Company, CSO, SC Media, and Infosecurity Magazine. You can view the full CoverageBook of articles [here](https://www.first.org/newsroom/newsletters/FIRST_FY26Q1_PR_Coverage.pdf). This robust coverage reinforced FIRST's position as the authoritative voice in vulnerability management and global cybersecurity coordination.","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202603-20","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2603-media.jpg","published":"Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41181,"title":"2026 Cyber Threat Intelligence Conference","summary":"April 21-23, 2026
\nMunich (DE)
\n\\#FIRSTCTI26","link":"https://www.first.org/conference/firstcti26/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/firstcti26/firstcti26-sq.jpg","published":"Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41182,"title":"2026 Peak Incident Response Technical Colloquium","summary":"May 5-6, 2026
\nGeneva (CH)
\n","link":"https://www.first.org/events/colloquia/geneva2026/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/geneva2026/geneva2026-sq.jpg","published":"Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41183,"title":"Zimbabwe FIRST Technical Colloquium","summary":"May 06-08, 2026
\nVictoria Falls (ZW)
","link":"https://www.first.org/events/colloquia/zimbabwe2026/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/zimbabwe2026/zimbabwe2026-sq.jpg","published":"Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41184,"title":"38th Annual FIRST Conference","summary":"June 14-19, 2026
\nDenver (US)
\n\\#FIRSTCON26","link":"https://www.first.org/conference/2026/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/firstcon26/firstcon26-sq.jpg","published":"Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41185,"title":"2026 Mexico City Technical Colloquium","summary":"SAVE THE DATE!
\nAugust 24-26, 2026
\nMexico City (MX)
\n\\#FIRSTMX26","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/firstmx26/firstmx26-sq.jpg","published":"Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41186,"title":"2026 FIRST Regional Symposium for Africa & Joint AfricaCERT Meeting","summary":"SAVE THE DATE!
\nAugust 24-26, 2026
\nMexico City (MX)
\n\\#FIRSTMX26","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/firstaa26/firstaa26-sq.jpg","published":"Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41191,"title":"Critical Thinking Within CTI","summary":"All too often in 2026, analysts now rely upon tools, technology, and artificial intelligence (AI) to do the “thinking for us” instead of using our brains in the cyber threat intelligence (CTI) lifecycle. Analysts are “drowning in data” with a wealth of emails, tweets, texts, messages, feeds, and other information that all have to be read, processed, normalized, correlated, understood, and potentially weaponized into tools and technology for defensive posture. A reliance upon tools and artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming the new standard, a threat to \"human in the loop” and our most important asset, people!","link":"https://www.first.org/global/sigs/cti/blog/20260326-Critical-Thinking-Within-CTI","image":"https://www.first.org/global/sigs/cti/blog/","published":"Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41192,"title":"Hypothesis and Theory: Words do Matter!","summary":"The terms hypothesis and theory are widely recognized, yet their precise meanings are often misunderstood. As a result, they are frequently used interchangeably - most commonly with theory being misapplied in situations where hypothesis would be more accurate.","link":"https://www.first.org/global/sigs/cti/blog/20260326-Hypothesis-and-Theory","image":"https://www.first.org/global/sigs/cti/blog/","published":"Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41193,"title":"What is Cyber Threat Hunting?","summary":"As a pioneer in the world of Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), I see many technologies, tools, and people attempting to perform “threat hunting”, without a proper understanding or guidance in how to do it effectively within the lifecycle of CTI. Today, many rely upon tools and technology for “good enough” intelligence, while others chase Indicators of Compromise (IoCs), thinking that is threat hunting - it is not. Join me on a journey to understanding what threat hunting is and is not, and the types of hunts one performs to actionably move the needle to lower cyber risk.","link":"https://www.first.org/global/sigs/cti/blog/20260326-What-is-Cyber-Threat-Hunting","image":"https://www.first.org/global/sigs/cti/blog/","published":"Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41172,"title":"Seven signals cyber experts agreed on at FIRST Paris 2026","summary":"The cybersecurity industry has been facing multiple parallel challenges in recent years. The pace at which cybercrime evolves is hard to match, but gatherings like FIRST provide a unique opportunity for the community to convene, reflect, and move forward together.","link":"https://www.first.org/blog/20260323-Paris-TC","image":"https://www.first.org/blog/","published":"Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41171,"title":"Bangalore 2026 FIRST Technical Colloquium highlights resilience, AI, and community","summary":"The 2026 FIRST Technical Colloquium in Bangalore brought together a group of security professionals and students for two days of practical learning, technical discussion, and community building on Cisco's campus on February 10-11, 2026. The event created space for attendees to exchange ideas, share lessons learned, and strengthen connections across the incident response community.","link":"https://www.first.org/blog/20260319-Bangalore-TC","image":"https://www.first.org/blog/","published":"Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41170,"title":"Threats, Tech, and Tashkent: FIRSTUZ26 Recap","summary":"The 2026 FIRST Regional Symposium for Central Asia brought the global cybersecurity community to Tashkent, Uzbekistan over February 26-27, 2026, marking an exciting milestone for the organization. Hosted by UZCERT and INHA University in Tashkent, it was the very first regional symposium organized by the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) in Central Asia, and it did not disappoint.","link":"https://www.first.org/blog/20260318-FIRSTUZ26-Recap","image":"https://www.first.org/blog/","published":"Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41169,"title":"FIRST Unveils Three Global Conferences to Strengthen the World's Cyber Defenses in 2026","summary":"Speakers include cybersecurity leaders from organizations including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, European Commission, Munich University of Applied Sciences, and others","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20260312","published":"Thu, 12 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41168,"title":"The Trust Builders: FIRST’s African Liaisons","link":"https://www.first.org/blog/20260311-Trust-Builders","image":"https://www.first.org/blog/","published":"Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41164,"title":"FIRST Releases 2026 Vulnerability Report, Projecting Record-Breaking Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures","summary":"For the first time ever, annual CVE disclosures expected to surpass 50,000, signaling a potential paradigm shift in vulnerability management workloads","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20260211","published":"Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41165,"title":"FIRST Welcomes New Members and Thanks Sponsoring Teams!","summary":"FIRST has welcomed 64 new members over the second semester of 2025: 39 Teams, 23 Liaisons, and 2 Associates. \n\nMost growth comes from new Teams and Liaisons from the US (+9), Dominican Republic (+7), Taiwan, Province of China (+5), Switzerland (+3), Germany (+3), Great Britain (+3), Republic of Korea (+3), and Mexico (+3). \n \nOverall at the end of 2025, FIRST community covers 116 countries, and is composed of 824 Teams (+87), 4 Associates (+4), and 202 Liaisons (+44).\n","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202512-18","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2512-welcome.jpg","published":"Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41163,"title":"Zimbabwe FIRST Technical Colloquium","summary":"May 06-08, 2026
\nVictoria Falls (ZW)
\n","link":"https://www.first.org/events/colloquia/zimbabwe2026/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/zimbabwe2026/zimbabwe2026-sq.jpg","published":"Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41162,"title":"Why We Can’t Stop Talking About Information Sharing","summary":"I know — it’s a tired topic. So much has been written about information sharing that it can feel like white noise. Yet, it remains a critical issue that we haven't quite solved. \n\nDuring a recent trip to China, I heard a recurring concern: “People no longer share vulnerabilities with us.” When I mention this back home, the common retort is, “Well, of course — their state actors will just use that data to attack us.”\n","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202512-17","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2512-sharing.jpg","published":"Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41145,"title":"FIRST POST: Oct-Dec 2025","summary":"Message from the Chair; Member Spotlight; Standards Update; Special Interest Group Updates; Training and CCB; Record Growth Announcement, Cybersecurity Awareness Month and African Cyber Capacity Building; Why We Can’t Stop Talking About Information Sharing; FIRST Welcomes New Members and Thanks Sponsoring Teams!; Upcoming Events","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/post/202512","published":"Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41159,"title":"2025 Vulnerability Forecast: Year-End Review","summary":"As 2025 draws to a close, we find ourselves in the satisfying position of reviewing forecasts that worked. Next year’s forecast will look and feel a bit different, but you can expect that in January and we like to keep them separate.","link":"https://www.first.org/blog/20251229-Vulnerability-Forecast-Review","published":"Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:30:00 GMT"},{"id":41153,"title":"Upskilling Communications","summary":"Sharing information in cybersecurity is vital for prevention and response. There’s a lot of technical processes available, and best practice to learn from. FIRST, for example, was created for that exact reason back in the 90s, to share techniques and information between teams.","link":"https://www.first.org/blog/20251216-upskilling_communications","image":"https://www.first.org/blog/","published":"Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41154,"title":"Training and CCB","summary":"FIRST continues to provide training on different cybersecurity topics and in different parts of the world through our Community Trainers and CCB program. From October to December, FIRST has delivered nine trainings across seven economies with support from our training community, thanks to everyone for sharing their expertise and experience!","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202512-10","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2512-training.jpg","published":"Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41155,"title":"Record Growth Announcement, Cybersecurity Awareness Month and African Cyber Capacity Building","summary":"Growth Stack Media secured and tracked 29 pieces of earned media coverage for FIRST in Q4FY25 across notable publications including Dark Reading, SecurityBrief, and IT Brief. [You can view the full CoverageBook of articles here](https://www.first.org/newsroom/newsletters/FIRST_FY25Q4_PR_Coverage.pdf).","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202512-15","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2512-media.jpg","published":"Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41156,"title":"Special Interest Group Updates","summary":"The new [**Time Security SIG**](https://www.first.org/global/sigs/time/) was approved and started operating. It exists to help the global FIRST community prepare for the 2036–2038 epoch rollovers. By coordinating research, testing, and outreach on time integrity, the SIG connects CSIRTs, vendors, and standards bodies to strengthen resilience across critical infrastructure. It´s goal is to ensure the world’s clocks keep running — securely — long past 2038. If you are interested in more information or want to join, head over to https://www.first.org/global/sigs/time/.","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202512-7","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2026-sig-news.jpg","published":"Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41157,"title":"Standards Update","summary":"Big milestone at the ITU-T SG17 closing plenary (Thursday 2025-12-11) in Geneva! The membership officially approved C396 XS.TP.epoch \"Technical Report on Global Coordination Requirements for 2038-class rollover events (including but not limited to 2036, 2038, and 2106)\".","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202512-5","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2512-standard.jpg","published":"Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41158,"title":"Member Spotlight","summary":"Let's cast some light on our first FIRST member spotlight: Dr Kaleem Ahmed Usmani from CERT-MU in Mauritius. The aim of this award is to recognize **outstanding contributions and exceptional leadership in advancing cybersecurity collaboration and community engagement within the FIRST network**. \n\nDr Kaleem Ahmed Usmani played a key role in organizing the [2025 FIRST & AfricaCERT Symposium: Africa and Arab Regions](https://www.first.org/events/symposium/africa-arab-regions2025/) in December 2025. His dedication and hard work made the event a success. Not a surprise from a FIRST member who has paid enormous efforts for the success of the community since an initial AfricaCERT event hosted in Mauritius in 2014. \n\n_“Hosting the FIRST and AfricaCERT Technical Symposium in Mauritius in December 2025 demonstrated the power of collaboration in building cyber resilience, uniting experts across regions to address today's challenges and prepare for tomorrow's digital threats”_ said Dr Kaleem Ahmed Usmani.\n\n\n","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2512-spotlight-drkaleem.jpg","published":"Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41144,"title":"FIRST Reports Record Growth and Expanding Global Impact","summary":"Momentum Year Marked by Record Membership, New Resources, and Broader Collaboration Across 110+ Countries","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20251210","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/first-big-icon.png","published":"Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41146,"title":"Paris 2026 FIRST Technical Colloquium","summary":"February 9-10, 2026
\nParis (FR)
","link":"https://www.first.org/events/colloquia/paris2026/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/paris2026/paris2026-sq.jpg","published":"Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41147,"title":"Bangalore 2026 FIRST Technical Colloquium","summary":"February 10-11, 2026
\nBangalore (IN)
\n\\#BANGALORETC26","link":"https://www.first.org/events/colloquia/bangalore2026/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/bangalore2026/bangalore-2026-sq.jpg","published":"Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41148,"title":"2026 FIRST Regional Symposium for Central Asia","summary":"February 26-27, 2026
\nTashkent (UZ)
\nCo-hosted by UZCERT","link":"https://www.first.org/events/symposium/central-asia2026/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/central-asia2026/central-asia2026-sq.jpg","published":"Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41149,"title":"CVE | FIRST VulnCon 2026 & Annual CNA Summit","summary":"Early Registration Available!
\nApril 13-16, 2026
\nScottsdale (USA)
\n\\#VULNCON26","link":"https://www.first.org/conference/vulncon26","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/vulncon26/vulncon26-sq.jpg","published":"Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41150,"title":"2026 Cyber Threat Intelligence Conference","summary":"SAVE THE DATE
\nApril 21-23, 2026
\nMunich (DE)
\n\\#FIRSTCTI26","link":"https://www.first.org/conference/firstcti26/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/firstcti26/firstcti26-sq.jpg","published":"Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41151,"title":"38th Annual FIRST Conference","summary":"Early Registration Available!
\nJune 14-19, 2026
\nDenver (US)
\n\\#FIRSTCON26","link":"https://www.first.org/conference/2026/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/firstcon26/firstcon26-sq.jpg","published":"Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41152,"title":"Message from the Chair","summary":"We all know that FIRST stands for **Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams**. Even though most FIRST members are focusing on Incident Response the cohort of Security Teams is increasing too. During the last quarter of 2025, we reached the **1,024 milestone** of active members split in 825 teams, 196 Liaisons, and 3 Associates. It took 35 years, but let's guess that reaching 2,048 active members will come faster. \n\nMost member teams bear 'CSIRT', 'CERT' or 'PSIRT' in their names, and have been built, got inspiration from or evolved using the well known [**CSIRT Framework**](https://www.first.org/standards/frameworks/csirts/) or the [**PSIRT Framework**](https://www.first.org/standards/frameworks/psirts). Many use [**SIM3**](https://opencsirt.org/csirt-maturity/sim3-and-references/) maturity model as a way to assess then improve their organisation, procedures, and better handle human and tooling aspects.","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202512-1","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2512-message-chair-2.jpg","published":"Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41160,"title":"Balkan Cybersecurity Days 2026","summary":"March 18-20, 2026
\nShkodër, Albania (AL)
\n\\#BCD2026","link":"https://www.first.org/events/colloquia/bcd2026/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/bcd2026/bcd2026-sq.jpg","published":"Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41142,"title":"Building Resilience Through Reporting","summary":"The Actioning Alerts and Advisories (A4) project aimed to improve threat reporting in cybersecurity by providing technical expertise, analysis, and communications support to National Cybersecurity Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs). The project worked with teams from four countries, fostering collaboration and knowledge-sharing","link":"https://www.first.org/blog/20251201-NatCSIRT","image":"https://www.first.org/blog/","published":"Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41143,"title":"Building Resilience Through Reporting","summary":"he Actioning Alerts and Advisories (A4) project aimed to improve threat reporting in cybersecurity by providing technical expertise, analysis, and communications support to National Cybersecurity Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs). The project worked with teams from four countries, fostering collaboration and knowledge-sharing\namong stakeholders, and empowering CSIRTs to create actionable reports that can be used to prevent cyber threats.","link":"https://www.first.org/blog/20251201-NatCSIRT","published":"Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41141,"title":"2025 Q4 Vulnerability Publication Forecast","summary":"Usually, we begin a blog post with a review of last quarter, but our volunteer team couldn’t get a forecast out last quarter. We had several pressing matters between multiple team members, and we apologise. So, we’ll move swiftly on to this quarter’s predictions.","link":"https://www.first.org/blog/20251016-Q4Vulnerability-Forecast","image":"https://www.first.org/blog/_media/20240923-image01.png","published":"Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:30:00 GMT"},{"id":41140,"title":"Paris 2026 FIRST Technical Colloquium","summary":"SAVE THE DATE
\nFebruary 9-10, 2026
\nParis (FR)
\nMore details coming soon!","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/paris2026/paris2026-sq.jpg","published":"Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41139,"title":"FIRST CORE","summary":"A new direction for sponsorship was announced at the 37th Annual FIRST conference in Denmark. [FIRST CORE](https://www.first.org/global/core/) provides critical funding to expand FIRST’s Community and Capacity Building Program (CCB), which focuses on developing incident response capabilities in regions where resources are limited. \n\nCORE’s goals are to foster **community**; improve **operational** capacity across the globe, build **resilience** across the digital ecosystem, and **empower** incident responders and their teams. ","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202509-6","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2509-core.jpg","published":"Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41137,"title":"Training and CCB","summary":"FIRST continues to provide training on different cyber security topics and in different parts of the world through our Community Trainers and CCB program. From June onwards, FIRST has conducted the following training, supported by the trainers in the [FIRST community](https://www.first.org/community). We highly appreciate the contribution by the trainers. ","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202509-8","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2509-training-2.jpg","published":"Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41129,"title":"Digital Sovereignty and Communities","summary":"In September, I was invited to give a talk on digital sovereignty, which is a hot topic these days, given that an increasing number of states seem to depend on a handful of hyperscalers from just two countries. Most solutions range from the fairly naive 'Just use Linux' to the probably overly ambitious 'Let's build our own hyperscalers'. I won't comment on the former, but I will add that building a hyperscaler is not a trivial undertaking. However, one thing that is constantly forgotten is that great technology doesn't develop in isolation. Silicon Valley is called that for a reason, not Silicon Island.","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202509-3","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2509-dsc.jpg","published":"Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41130,"title":"Member Spotlight","summary":"FIRST is adding a new feature to our quarterly newsletter called the Member Spotlight. This will be a recurring article that will recognize member contributions to the FIRST community including:\n \n- **Impact**: The contribution has made an impact on the development or growth of FIRST or the global Incident Response and Security community.\n- **Influence**: The contribution has supported or influenced the work of others in FIRST or their region/sector.\n- **Innovation**: The contribution has broken new ground with original thinking and creativity\n","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202509-5","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2509-spotlight.jpg","published":"Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41131,"title":"Special Interest Group Updates","summary":"**General Update** \nThe annual conference is always an important milestone for the Special Interest Groups, as they usually present on what they have done over the past year and many also enjoy getting the chance to meet in person. For those of you who have missed the SIG Updates, you can find the [slides on the conference website.](https://www.first.org/conference/2025/program#pSIG-Updates) \n","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202509-7","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2401-sig-news.jpg","published":"Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41132,"title":"Strategic Initiatives Amplification, Video Series Completion and LinkedIn Growth Surge","summary":"Growth Stack Media secured 41 pieces of earned media coverage for FIRST in Q3FY25 across notable publications including Cybernews, Cyber Defense Wire, and SecurityBrief. You can view the full CoverageBook of articles [here](https://www.first.org/newsroom/newsletters/FIRST_FY25Q3_PR_Coverage.pdf).","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202509-9","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2509-media.jpg","published":"Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41133,"title":"Bangalore 2026 FIRST Technical Colloquium","summary":"SAVE THE DATE
\nFebruary 10-11, 2026
\nBangalore (IN)
\n\\#BANGALORETC26","link":"https://www.first.org/events/colloquia/bangalore2026/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/bangalore2026/bangalore-2026-sq.jpg","published":"Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41134,"title":"2026 FIRST Regional Symposium for Central Asia","summary":"February 26-27, 2026
\nTashkent (UZ)
\nCo-hosted by UZCERT\n","link":"https://www.first.org/events/symposium/central-asia2026/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/central-asia2026/central-asia2026-sq.jpg","published":"Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41135,"title":"2026 Cyber Threat Intelligence Conference","summary":"SAVE THE DATE
\nApril 21-23, 2026
\nMunich (DE)
\n\\#FIRSTCTI26","link":"https://www.first.org/conference/firstcti26/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/firstcti26/firstcti26-sq.jpg","published":"Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41136,"title":"38th Annual FIRST Conference","summary":"Early Registration Available!
\nJune 14-19, 2026
\nDenver (US)
\n\\#FIRSTCON26","link":"https://www.first.org/conference/2026/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/firstcon26/firstcon26-sq.jpg","published":"Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41138,"title":"FIRST Upcoming Events","summary":"FIRST Upcoming Events (as of September 2025)","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/digest/20250925","published":"Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41128,"title":"FIRST Accelerates Global Security Initiatives with Upcoming Conference, Leadership Expansion, and Technical Advancement Programs","summary":"Vulnerability Forecasting Colloquium, New Threat Hunting SIG, and International Partnerships Drive Global Cybersecurity Impact","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20250916","published":"Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41119,"title":"FIRST POST: Jul-Sep 2025","summary":"Message from the Chair; Digital Sovereignty and Communities; Member Spotlight; FIRST CORE; Special Interest Group Updates; Training and CCB; Strategic Initiatives Amplification, Video Series Completion and LinkedIn Growth Surge; Upcoming Events","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/post/202509","published":"Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41120,"title":"2025 FIRST & AfricaCERT Symposium: Africa and Arab Regions","summary":"Call for Speakers is Open!
\nDecember 2–5, 2025
\nMauritius","link":"https://www.first.org/events/symposium/africa-arab-regions2025/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/africa-arab-regions2025/symposium-africa-arab-regions2025-sq.jpg","published":"Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41121,"title":"Oslo 2025 FIRST Technical Colloquium Cold Incident Response","summary":"October 7-9, 2025
\nOslo (NO)","link":"https://www.coldincidentresponse.no/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/oslo2025/oslo2025-sq.jpg","published":"Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41122,"title":"2025 FIRST Regional Symposium Latin America & Caribbean","summary":"October 8-9, 2025
\nSan Salvador (SV)
\nCo-located with LACNIC / LACNOG 2025","link":"https://www.first.org/events/symposium/latam2025/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/latam2025/latam2025-sq.jpg","published":"Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41123,"title":"2025 Mexico City Technical Colloquium","summary":"October 27-29, 2025
\nMexico City (MX)
\n\\#FIRSTMX2025","link":"https://www.first.org/events/colloquia/firstmx2025/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/mexico2025/mexico2025-sq.jpg","published":"Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41124,"title":"Remote 2025 UNDP / UNICC / FIRST Technical Colloquium","summary":"October 30, 2025
\n09:30-14:00 EDT | 14:30-19:00 CET
\nOnline
\nHosted by UNDP and UNICC","link":"https://www.first.org/events/colloquia/undp-unicc2025/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/undp-unicc2025/undp-unicc-2025-sq.jpg","published":"Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41125,"title":"Ljubljana 2025 FIRST Technical Colloquium","summary":"December 9–10, 2025
\nLjubljana (SI)","link":"https://www.first.org/events/colloquia/ljubljana25/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/ljubljana25/ljubljana25-sq-2.jpg","published":"Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41126,"title":"CVE | FIRST VulnCon 2026 & Annual CNA Summit","summary":"Early Registration Available!
\nApril 13-16, 2026
\nScottsdale (USA)
\n\\#VULNCON26","link":"https://www.first.org/conference/vulncon26","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/vulncon26/vulncon26-sq.jpg","published":"Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41127,"title":"Message from the Chair","summary":"It has already been three months since the successful Copenhagen FIRSTCON25 took place. If you want to get access to over 40 of the TLP-CLEAR presentations, [they are available online](https://www.first.org/conference/2025/program). For those who attended, I hope you pinged back to those you met, and that you already knew before. Since FIRSTCON22, I noticed an increase in the number of attendees that were \"Happy to be there\" - as in the tag I boast almost every year. \n\nIf you met new faces, especially if they were newbies, please check whether they are on our Slack workspace, and if not, please help them to join. The wider our community, the better.","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202509-1","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2509-chair.jpg","published":"Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41118,"title":"News from the Chair - August 2025 ","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/chair/20250805","published":"Tue, 05 Aug 2025 17:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41101,"title":"FIRST POST: Apr-Jun 2025","summary":"Message from the Chair; Incident Response Hall of Fame 2025 Recipient: \nRichard (Rich) D. Pethia, CERT/CC; New Board Member: Graciela Martinez Giordano; Building Bridges is fine, but you have to use them; Board Roles & Responsibilities; FIRST Welcomes New Members and Thanks Sponsoring Teams!; Women of FIRST; Strategic Campaign Success, Video Series Launch and Global Media Recognition; Upcoming Events","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/post/202506","published":"Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41117,"title":"2025 Conference Recap","summary":"Another FIRST conference has come and gone, so let’s take a moment to relive it\ntogether! Held in beautiful Copenhagen, Denmark, *FIRSTCON25: Fortresses of the\nFuture – Building Bridges, Not Walls* gathered 1056 security professionals from 103\nnations for six days of insight, inspiration, and infectious energy. \n\nWith 523 FIRST team members onsite—including 34 liaison members and over 300 member organizations—the global incident response community was out in full force. Even more exciting: over half the attendees were first-time FIRST participants!","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202506-6","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2506-conf-1.jpg","published":"Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41116,"title":"Building Bridges is fine, but you have to use them","summary":"The motto of this year's annual conference was \"Fortresses of the Future: Building Bridges not Walls.\" We continually emphasize that successful incident response depends on CSIRT collaboration. When I attend meetings at the UN, OSCE, and similar organizations, participants consistently insist that CSIRTs work together and exchange information. I certainly remember a time when I could freely exchange information with peers worldwide.","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202506-4","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2506-bridge.jpg","published":"Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41114,"title":"Strategic Campaign Success, Video Series Launch and Global Media Recognition","summary":"Growth Stack Media secured 74 pieces of earned media coverage for FIRST in Q2FY25 across notable publications including CSO Online, Infosecurity Magazine, SC Magazine, and TechTarget. You can view the full CoverageBook of articles [here](https://www.first.org/newsroom/newsletters/FIRST_FY25Q2_PR_Coverage.pdf).","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202506-7","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2506-media.jpg","published":"Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41102,"title":"Message from the Chair","summary":"Olivier Caleff is the newly appointed Chair of the FIRST Board of Directors. He recaps the Annual General Meeting and thanks outgoing Chair, Tracy Bills, for her dedication and leadership. Olivier strongly encourages everyone to identify ways they can engage in FIRST’s activities, such as the SIGs (Special Interest Groups), programs, tools, and the many other FIRST events throughout the year.","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202506-1","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2506-chair-3.jpg","published":"Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41103,"title":"Incident Response Hall of Fame 2025 Recipient: Richard (Rich) D. Pethia, CERT/CC","summary":"\"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.\" This quotation from Ralph Waldo Emerson embodies the qualities of Richard D. Pethia, avid fisherman and founding director of the CERT® Coordination Center (CERT/CC), now part of the CERT Division of the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (CMU SEI). ","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202506-2","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2506-richard.jpg","published":"Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41104,"title":"New Board Member: Graciela Martinez Giordano","summary":"After many years of dedicated work in building and sustaining the LAC-CSIRTs community—enhancing incident response capabilities, supporting the creation of new CSIRTs, and advancing capacity building across the LAC region through initiatives such as the FIRST Symposium and other security conferences—I decided to run for the FIRST Board of Directors. I’d like to thank everyone for their support and am looking forward to contributing as the newest FIRST Board member. ","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202506-3","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2506-graciela-2.jpg","published":"Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41105,"title":"Board Roles & Responsibilities","summary":"The FIRST Board of Directors plays a key role in the governance and strategic direction of the organization. Its members are responsible for ensuring that FIRST fulfills its mission and institutional objectives while maintaining an effective operational structure aligned with the needs of its global community. \n\nAll Board members share a set of common responsibilities. These include actively participating in the definition, review, and evaluation of the organization’s strategic goals, as well as overseeing the budget and resource allocation. Board members are also expected to serve as liaisons to the membership community, support regional initiatives, participate in conferences and technical groups, and represent FIRST in external engagements.\n\nWith the confirmation of the new Board for the 2025–2026 term, new roles and responsibilities have also been assigned and [published at the following link](https://www.first.org/about/organization/directors). ","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2506-board.jpg","published":"Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41106,"title":"Women of FIRST","summary":"During the final substantive session of Open-ended working group on security of and in\nthe use of information and communications Technologies (OEWG) in July 2025, I had the honor of **leading a stimulating workshop at the Women and International Security in Cyberspace Fellowship** at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.\n\n**\"Cyber Incident Simulation Through a Public Policy Lens: Can You Piece Together the Attack?** \n\n","link":"https://www.first.org/blog/20250616-Women-of-FIRST","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2506-wof-2a.jpg","published":"Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41107,"title":"FIRST Welcomes New Members and Thanks Sponsoring Teams!","summary":"What a quarter of new additions we have had! We want to share an enormous warm welcome to our new team members, and as always a thank you to our sponsoring teams. During the AGM, we were able to share some cool updates about our membership to date: FIRST now has 808 full members, 192 Liaisons and 2 associate members! ","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/202506-5","image":"https://www.first.org/_/img/news/firstpost2506-members.jpg","published":"Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41108,"title":"2025 FIRST Vulnerability Forecasting Technical Colloquium","summary":"September 25-26, 2025
\nCambridge United Kingdom (GB)
\n\\#VULN4CAST25","link":"https://www.first.org/events/colloquia/vuln4cast25/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/vuln4cast25/vuln4cast25-sq-2.jpg","published":"Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41109,"title":"APNIC/FIRST Technical Colloquium","summary":"September 9-11, 2025
\nDa Nang (VN)\n","link":"https://www.first.org/events/colloquia/apnic25/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/apnic25/apnic25-sq.jpg","published":"Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41110,"title":"Oslo 2025 FIRST Technical Colloquium Cold Incident Response","summary":"October 7-9, 2025
\nOslo (NO)","link":"https://www.coldincidentresponse.no/","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/oslo2025/oslo2025-sq.jpg","published":"Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41111,"title":"Ljubljana 2025 FIRST Technical Colloquium","summary":"SAVE THE DATE
\nDecember 9–10, 2025
\nLjubljana (SI)","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/ljubljana25/ljubljana25-sq.jpg/","published":"Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41112,"title":"2025 FIRST & AfricaCERT Symposium: Africa and Arab Regions","summary":"SAVE THE DATE
\nDecember 2–5, 2025
\nMauritius","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/africa-arab-regions2025/symposium-africa-arab-regions2025-sq.jpg","published":"Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41113,"title":"2025 FIRST Regional Symposium Latin America & Caribbean","summary":"SAVE THE DATE
\nOctober 8-9, 2025
\nSan Salvador (SV)
\nCo-located with LACNIC / LACNOG 2025","image":"https://www.first.org/_/e/latam2025/latam2025-sq.jpg","published":"Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41100,"title":"News from the Chair - July 2025","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/chair/20250710","published":"Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41099,"title":"FIRSTCON25 Delivers Global Collaboration and Groundbreaking Cybersecurity Initiatives","summary":"Annual conference unveils new funding initiatives, platforms and tools, leadership appointments, and expanded global capacity building programs","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20250627","published":"Fri, 27 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41098,"title":"Richard D. Pethia Inducted into FIRST's Incident Response Hall of Fame","summary":"Pioneer behind the first CERT honored for launching a global movement in cybersecurity","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20250625","published":"Wed, 25 Jun 2025 04:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41097,"title":"FIRST Announces New CORE Initiative with Fortinet as a Founding Partner","summary":"New initiative empowers cybersecurity and incident response teams worldwide through capacity building and community development","link":"https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20250623","published":"Mon, 23 Jun 2025 04:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41096,"title":"Episode 54: Matias Mesiä, FIRSTCON25 Speaker","summary":"In this episode of the FIRST Impressions Podcast, FIRSTCON25 Speaker, Matias Mesiä of NCSC-FI, discusses the high-impact 2024 data breach that targeted the City of Helsinki’s education department. With over 100,000 residents affected, Matias breaks down how the incident unfolded and the coordinated response involving NCSC-FI, city officials, service providers, and law enforcement. He shares the unique challenges of managing a major breach under intense media scrutiny. Tune in for key lessons on public-sector cybersecurity, crisis communication, and response readiness.","link":"https://media.first.org/podcasts/FIRST_Impressions-MMesia.mp3","published":"Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT"},{"id":41095,"title":"Episode 53: John Hollenberger, FIRSTCON25 Speaker","summary":"In this episode of the FIRST Impressions Podcast, Martin and Chris chat with FIRSTCON25 speaker, John Hollenberger of Fortinet. John offers a sneak peek into his session, \"Building the Blueprint: Designing Effective Storyboards for Cybersecurity Tabletop Exercises.\" He explains how detailed storyboards can shape more impactful tabletop exercises by aligning objectives, scenarios, injects, and key decision points. Tune in to learn how to create exercises that are not only engaging but truly enhance organizational preparedness.","link":"https://media.first.org/podcasts/FIRST_Impressions-JHollen.mp3","published":"Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT"}]}