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📬 FIRST's Q2FY26 Newsletter is here! Here's a look at what's inside:
🎉 #FIRSTCON26 Recap
A look back on the 38th Annual Conference in Denver — five days, 100+ presentations, and lively networking that reflected the event's collaborative spirit. Outgoing PC Chair Merike Kaeo delivered an outstanding program, and Martijn van der Heide now takes the reins to prepare #FIRSTCON27 in Bangkok.
🗳️ AGM & Board Elections
The Annual General Meeting confirmed a refreshed Board: Serge Droz, Carlos Leonardo, and Olivier Caleff re-elected, Mona Elisabeth Østvang returns after a year away, and Logan Wilkins joins for the first time.
👩💻 Women of FIRST Mentorship ProgramA new 6–9 month mentorship pilot launches in Q3 2026 — interest survey closes July 20.
🏅 Member Spotlight: Art Manion & Jay Jacobs
Two of the driving forces behind FIRST's vulnerability management work: Jay Jacobs (co-Chair, EPSS SIG) and Art Manion (Chair, VRDX-SIG and Vulnerability Coordination SIG). Their contributions to CVSS and EPSS have given the community core frameworks for vulnerability assessment and prioritization, and both have been key organizers of VulnCon — most recently leading a session in Scottsdale titled "A Paradigm Shift in Vulnerability Identity: Why Vulnerability Databases Struggle."
🕰️ New SIG Alert: Time Security
With the Unix epoch overflow arriving January 19, 2038 — plus an NTP rollover as soon as 2036 and a GPS week rollover later in 2038 — the new Time Security SIG is coordinating the community's response. Now 60+ participants strong, its work is already feeding into ITU-T and IEEE standards efforts.
🛡️Additional SIG Updates
✅ Metrics SIG released v1.1, completing metrics coverage across all five CSIRT Services Framework areas
✅ DNS Abuse SIG published v1.3 of the DNS Abuse Techniques Matrix — the first update since 2023
✅ Insider Threat SIG held its inaugural in-person meetup in Denver
✅ EPSS v5 went live June 15 with improved calibration and new exploit-detection signals
✅ Policy SIG published a brief on AI's impact across the cybersecurity ecosystem🌍 Capacity Building
FIRST launched a new initiative under the G7-ECOWAS Platform for Advancing Cybersecurity, working with ECOWAS and GIZ to support regional cyber confidence-building measures across West Africa.
Read more 👉 https://go.first.org/AXSBi
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📬 FIRST's Q2FY26 Newsletter is here! Here's a look at what's inside:
🎉 #FIRSTCON26 Recap
A look back on the 38th Annual Conference in Denver — five days, 100+ presentations, and lively networking that reflected the event's collaborative spirit. Outgoing PC Chair Merike Kaeo delivered an outstanding program, and Martijn van der Heide now takes the reins to prepare #FIRSTCON27 in Bangkok.
🗳️ AGM & Board Elections
The Annual General Meeting confirmed a refreshed Board: Serge Droz, Carlos Leonardo, and Olivier Caleff re-elected, Mona Elisabeth Østvang returns after a year away, and Logan Wilkins joins for the first time.
👩💻 Women of FIRST Mentorship ProgramA new 6–9 month mentorship pilot launches in Q3 2026 — interest survey closes July 20.
🏅 Member Spotlight: Art Manion & Jay Jacobs
Two of the driving forces behind FIRST's vulnerability management work: Jay Jacobs (co-Chair, EPSS SIG) and Art Manion (Chair, VRDX-SIG and Vulnerability Coordination SIG). Their contributions to CVSS and EPSS have given the community core frameworks for vulnerability assessment and prioritization, and both have been key organizers of VulnCon — most recently leading a session in Scottsdale titled "A Paradigm Shift in Vulnerability Identity: Why Vulnerability Databases Struggle."
🕰️ New SIG Alert: Time Security
With the Unix epoch overflow arriving January 19, 2038 — plus an NTP rollover as soon as 2036 and a GPS week rollover later in 2038 — the new Time Security SIG is coordinating the community's response. Now 60+ participants strong, its work is already feeding into ITU-T and IEEE standards efforts.
🛡️Additional SIG Updates
✅ Metrics SIG released v1.1, completing metrics coverage across all five CSIRT Services Framework areas
✅ DNS Abuse SIG published v1.3 of the DNS Abuse Techniques Matrix — the first update since 2023
✅ Insider Threat SIG held its inaugural in-person meetup in Denver
✅ EPSS v5 went live June 15 with improved calibration and new exploit-detection signals
✅ Policy SIG published a brief on AI's impact across the cybersecurity ecosystem🌍 Capacity Building
FIRST launched a new initiative under the G7-ECOWAS Platform for Advancing Cybersecurity, working with ECOWAS and GIZ to support regional cyber confidence-building measures across West Africa.
Read more 👉 https://go.first.org/AXSBi