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📰 CSO Online's Cynthia Brumfield examines our 2026 Vulnerability Forecast and what it means for CISOs navigating a record-breaking year in vulnerability disclosures. Key insights from the article: 🔹 2026 marks the first year to exceed 50,000 published CVEs 🔹 Only a small fraction of disclosed vulnerabilities are ever exploited in the wild 🔹 Volume isn’t the only challenge, it's separating signal from noise and scaling prioritization 📖 Read more: https://go.first.org/2TBJE #cybersecurity #infosec #ThreatIntelligence #VulnerabilityManagement

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We're releasing our 2026 Vulnerability Forecast today. Key Projections: 🔹 Median forecast: ~59,427 CVEs in 2026 🔹 90% confidence interval: 30,012 to 117,673 🔹 Realistic scenarios suggest 70,000-100,000 vulnerabilities are possible What Organizations Should Do: ✅ Assess capacity to handle 50,000+ CVEs ✅ Prioritize based on environmental risk, not just CVSS scores ✅ Build contingency plans for higher-volume scenarios Throughout 2026, we'll publish quarterly updates with refined predictions to help the community stay ahead. Special thanks to Éireann Leverett, FIRST Liaison and Lead Member of FIRST's Vulnerability Forecasting Team, as well as, Founder and CTO of Concinnity Risks, and the vulnerability forecasting team. 🔗 Read more: https://go.first.org/NvZWb #cybersecurity #infosec #ThreatIntelligence #VulnerabilityManagement

📢 FIRST Q4FY25 Highlights: ✅ Record Growth Announced - During the last quarter of 2025, we reached the 1,024 milestone of active members split in 825 teams, 196 Liaisons, and 3 Associates ✅ Time Security SIG Launched - New SIG approved to help the global community prepare for 2036-2038 epoch rollovers, connecting CSIRTs, vendors, and standards bodies ✅ ITU-T Standards Milestone - International standards body officially approved technical report on global coordination requirements for epoch rollover events ✅ DNS Abuse Guidance Published - First set of stakeholder advice based on the DNS Abuse Matrix now available, covering detection of various DNS abuse types ✅ CVSS Consumer Implementation Guide Released - New supplementary document helps users implement CVSS v4 to its fullest by tailoring scores to unique deployment environments ✅ Global Training Expansion - Delivered 9 training sessions in 7 economies, including Ghana cyberdrill with Shadowserver Foundation and Actioning Alerts and Advisories training in Brazil through FIRST CORE ✅ Growing Digital Presence - LinkedIn grew by 652 new followers and YouTube added 152 new subscribers, with top post highlighting our Africa Regional Liaison initiative 📖 Read our latest newsletter for more updates, details on upcoming events, and how you can get involved: https://go.first.org/Qvktj #CyberDefense #cybersecurity #IncidentResponse #infosec