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Follow-up with what's happening at FIRST Annual FIRST Conference. Chats, interviews and news will be broadcasted by this podcast.

  1. 06/16/2025

    Episode 52: Steve McKinney and Lauren Tam, FIRSTCON25 Speakers

    In this episode of the FIRST Impressions podcast, two engineers from Stripe discuss their upcoming FIRSTCON25 session, Response via Prevention Engineering. They share how Stripe took a prevention-first approach to hardening laptops by reducing analyst workload, minimizing response toil, and increasing operational efficiency. Learn how data, trust, and cross-team collaboration made it all possible in this episode!

  2. 2019 Episode 9: Seeing Clearly and Communicating Effectively to Address Event Overload– Thomas Fisher, FVT SecOps Consulting

    09/27/2019

    2019 Episode 9: Seeing Clearly and Communicating Effectively to Address Event Overload– Thomas Fisher, FVT SecOps Consulting

    Is content king? Fisher argues data alone can lead us astray, instead, it is the story we should focus on. With a presentation loaded with artwork and visuals, Fisher hopes to teach statistic savvy security responders to see the bigger picture. What patterns appear when we take a step back? What narrative does the evidence summon? Question your answers and dive into this discussion with Chris and Martin.

  3. 2019 Episode 8: Developing a Conceptual Model for Insider Threat – Monica Whitty, University of Melbourne

    09/20/2019

    2019 Episode 8: Developing a Conceptual Model for Insider Threat – Monica Whitty, University of Melbourne

    Not EVERYONE who tweets from the toilet at 6 in the morning is a Narcissist.” In this episode, Chris and Martin dive into a discussion with data savvy Monica Whitty about how to spot and stop an insider threat. Unfortunately, most insider attacks we never see coming, but as Whitty explains, hindsight can be a tool. Realizing that not every perpetrator is evil or malicious, companies can begin to see the data for what it really is: people. Navigate psychological factors and learn to spot warning signs in this perceptive podcast!

  4. 2019 Episode 7: Blue-Team vs. Red-Team Tabletop Exercise – Chiyuki Matsuda, DeNA Co., Ltd.

    09/13/2019

    2019 Episode 7: Blue-Team vs. Red-Team Tabletop Exercise – Chiyuki Matsuda, DeNA Co., Ltd.

    No computers, no worries! After favorable feedback from the 2018 Conference, Chiyuki and her team returned this year with even more tabletop fun. Chris and Martin get the inside scoop on how a little friendly competition creates an international platform for learning. Without technology, red and blue teams ultimately work together to solve a handful of security scenarios in this Choose Your Own Adventure style exercise.

  5. 2019 Episode 6: Recorded Live from FIRST 2019 – Ken Munro, Partner and Founder of Pen Test Partners, LLP

    07/18/2019

    2019 Episode 6: Recorded Live from FIRST 2019 – Ken Munro, Partner and Founder of Pen Test Partners, LLP

    Join Chris John Riley and Martin McKeay live from annual FIRST conference in Edinburgh, Scotland as they interview Ken Munro. Ken is a partner and founder at Pen Test Partners, LLP and was the opening keynote for the 31st Annual FIRST Conference.

  6. 2019 Episode 5: How to Manage the Tangled Web of Dependencies, Lisa Bradley and Jessica Butler of NVIDIA

    06/17/2019

    2019 Episode 5: How to Manage the Tangled Web of Dependencies, Lisa Bradley and Jessica Butler of NVIDIA

    Missing out on #FIRSTCON19 this week! No worries! Join the interview in progress. Martin chats with Lisa Bradley (Senior Manager, NVIDIA PSIRT) and Jessica Butler (Senior Application Developer, NVIDIA) about their presentation at FIRST 2019 happening Monday, June 17 from 16:45-17:45.

  7. 2019 Episode 4: Fingerpointing False Positives, Desiree Sacher of Finanz Informatik

    06/13/2019

    2019 Episode 4: Fingerpointing False Positives, Desiree Sacher of Finanz Informatik

    Join the interview in progress! Desiree is a SOC Security Architect at Finanz Informatik. Desiree and Chris John Riley discuss her upcoming presentation that focuses on how to better integrate improvements into your security monitoring. Desiree presents at the 31st Annual FIRST Conference on Monday, June 17 at 12:45 in Fintry.

  8. 2019 Episode 3: Malware Detection Cat and Mouse - Interview with Ralf Hund, CTO at VMRay

    06/05/2019

    2019 Episode 3: Malware Detection Cat and Mouse - Interview with Ralf Hund, CTO at VMRay

    Join the interview in progress! Chris John Riley chats with Ralf Hund, CTO at VMRay and a supporter of the annual FIRST conference since 2016. Ralf shares his thoughts on the ongoing game of cat and mouse the industry is faced with when dealing with malware detection and the new protection technologies VMRay is working on in order to provide incident responders with faster and greater visibility to threats.

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Follow-up with what's happening at FIRST Annual FIRST Conference. Chats, interviews and news will be broadcasted by this podcast.

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    FIRST.Org
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2025
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