Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
🌐 In this week's "Improving Security Across Nations with FIRST" video series, we spotlight Ken van Wyk, FIRST Member & President and Principal Consultant, KRvW Associates, LLC and #FIRSTCON26 speaker.
He shares how the friendships built outside the conference room are what make global incident response possible:
💡 A founding perspective - A FIRST member since the organization's start, with 11 years on the Steering Committee and Board of Directors
🗣️ Denver, 1992 - Recalls an evening after a long conference day that turned into hours of conversation with colleagues, swapping stories about life, not just work, and turning strangers into lifelong friends
🤝 Trust across borders - "Nobody has an agenda. It's just fun – and from that fun comes trust." That trust means calling a person you know when an incident hits, not just a national CSIRT
📺 Watch!
🌐 In this week's "Improving Security Across Nations with FIRST" video series, we spotlight Ken van Wyk, FIRST Member & President and Principal Consultant, KRvW Associates, LLC and #FIRSTCON26 speaker.
He shares how the friendships built outside the conference room are what make global incident response possible:
💡 A founding perspective - A FIRST member since the organization's start, with 11 years on the Steering Committee and Board of Directors
🗣️ Denver, 1992 - Recalls an evening after a long conference day that turned into hours of conversation with colleagues, swapping stories about life, not just work, and turning strangers into lifelong friends
🤝 Trust across borders - "Nobody has an agenda. It's just fun – and from that fun comes trust." That trust means calling a person you know when an incident hits, not just a national CSIRT
📺 Watch!
