FIRST Impressions Podcast

About FIRST Impressions Podcast

The FIRST Impressions podcast brings you regularly scheduled content focused on discussions from across the incident response and security spectrum. Hosted by Chris John Riley and Martin McKeay, new episodes released first Friday of the month!

Publisher

FIRST.Org

Category

business · news · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Mar 2021

Latest episode

31 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

62 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   31 Jul 2026

   Episode 63: John Hollenberger, Fortinet, FIRSTCON26 Speaker

   Host [Host Name] interviews John Hollenberger of Fortinet about his FIRSTCON26 presentation on ChaosStack, a new tabletop exercise method that better prepares incident response teams for real-world crises.

2. 

   24 Jul 2026

   Episode 62: Tim Brown, Team8, former SolarWinds CISO, FIRSTCON26 Keynote

   Host [Host Name] interviews Tim Brown, CISO-in-Residence at Team8 and former SolarWinds CISO, about leading through cyber crises and the human impact of security incidents.

3. 

   17 Jul 2026

   Episode 61: Chris Butera, CISA, FIRSTCON26 Speaker

   Host [Host Name] interviews Chris Butera, CISA's Acting Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, discussing vulnerability management, SBOMs, and AI governance in this insightful episode.

Who has been a guest on FIRST Impressions Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• John Hollenberger
• Tim Brown
• Chris Butera
• Mars Cheng
• Julie Agnes Sparks

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

4.5 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

46

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

68

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