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(3/3) Our thanks goes out to the Kingdom of Morocco for their collaboration with the Smart Africa Digital Academy (@SADASmartAfrica) and the World Bank (@WorldBankGroup) for creating this opportunity for African teams to increase their capabilities.

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(1/3) FIRST recently co-facilited Operation Crossroad, a TTX designed for executive-level cyber security professionals, to train skills in cybersecurity leadership and cross-border cooperation in Africa. There were two sessions - one for directors and one for directors general.

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(2/3) The scenario followed four fictional African countries dealing with a cyber crisis that had political ramifications and spilled dramatically across borders.

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🎤 Call for Papers is Open! How are attackers weaponizing AI, and how are defenders fighting back? Share your insights at FIRST Technical Colloquium Amsterdam 2027 and help advance the future of incident response.

🔗 https://t.co/tiy2PTkbzt

#FIRSTAMS2027

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Last chance reminder: applications for the Suguru Yamaguchi Fellowship Program close this week on October 15! This is your last chance to get an application in.

Check your team's eligibility on the FIRST website.

https://t.co/WmoO2q8BbE

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🎤 Call for Speakers is Open! How do we preserve trust when AI is part of both the threat and the response? Share your insights at FIRST Technical Colloquium Bangalore 2027 and help shape the future of incident response.

🔗 https://t.co/893YeQJEUf

#BANGALORETC27

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@BnkInfoSecurity's Tiffany Wang digs into CVSS 4.0's Exploit Maturity metric and what it means for how teams prioritize vulnerabilities. @FIRSTdotOrg CVSS SIG Co-Chair and @Cisco PSIRT Incident Manager Nick Leali explains the design.

🔗 https://t.co/tKNY93wIaI

#cybersecurity

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The training focused on using agentic AI as a way to increase the skills of each team during an incident. Giving smaller teams a chance to narrow any technical gaps.

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We just wrapped up the 7th Operator Cybersecurity Technical Training and 6th Cybersecurity Drill in Uganda with the UCC and @UgCERT and one of our T3 trainers: Richmond Redwood-Sawyerr (seen in the picture, right, with our Regional Liaison Lawrence Muchilwa).

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This was a success due to the UCC and UgCERT teams being keen to collaborate and engage with practitioners to help inform capacity building. https://t.co/QgQE2zJhF3

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🌐 In this edition of "Improving Security Across Nations with @FIRSTdotOrg" we spotlight Maarten Van Horenbeeck, FIRST Liaison Member and Cybersecurity Fellow at @Adobe.

Watch more below👇
https://t.co/VprH3pq4AI

#cybersecurity #infosec

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Reminder: applications for the Suguru Yamaguchi Fellowship Program close on October 15.
To be eligible your team must be a CSIRT with national coordination responsibility for either govt, education, or private/industry sectors.

https://t.co/WmoO2q8BbE

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📣 Help shape the #VulnCon27 program!

The Call for the VulnCon 2027 Program Committee is now live!

🗓️ Interest due: October 6, 2026

Apply here:
https://t.co/yNWV1yGT0e

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🌐 In this edition of "Improving Security Across Nations with @FIRSTdotOrg" we spotlight Dr. Lisa Bradley, FIRST PSIRT SIG Member and Sr. Director, Product & App Security at @Dell.

Watch more below👇
https://t.co/JrMfjtgyPj

#cybersecurity #infosec #VulnerabilityManagement

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Charles-Louis Machuron, @SiliconLux, recently interviewed Jeroen van der Ham-de Vos, @FIRSTdotOrg liaison member and associate professor at the University of Twente, on VulnOptiCON 2026.

Read more: https://t.co/zvYIYKl1cX

#cybersecurity #infosec #VulnerabilityManagement

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🌐 In this week's "Improving Security Across Nations with @FIRSTdotOrg" video series, we spotlight Sneha Rangari, Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at @Visa and #FIRSTCON26 speaker.

Watch more below👇

https://t.co/LWXTUiePky

#cybersecurity #IncidentResponse #infosec

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Want to help shape the #FIRSTCTI27 agenda? Consider applying to be a part of the 2027 Cyber Threat Intelligence Conference Program Committee! The form will close September 15, so if you're interested, fill out the form today: https://t.co/HtPk4ocRrd 🥨

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🌐 In this week's "Improving Security Across Nations with @FIRSTdotOrg" video series, we spotlight Ken van Wyk (@KRvW_Associates, #FIRSTCON26 speaker).

Watch more below👇

https://t.co/4GS3UwRW4x

#cybersecurity #IncidentResponse #infosec

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🌐 @FIRSTdotOrg's 2025 Annual Report is here. 834 member teams across 113 countries, 133 new applications, 1,056 delegates at #FIRSTCON25, and 41 training workshops worldwide.

Read the full report: https://t.co/QagPasfRDc

#cybersecurity #IncidentResponse

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Serbia's CERT has adaptive training as a core philosophy, ensuring it is relevant to specific roles, sectors, & maturity levels rather than delivered as a one-size-fits-all package. (This is how we at FIRST like to work, so we fully endorse this model)
https://t.co/niPNL0CXix