VulnCheck Announces Inaugural THREATCON1 Security Conference
LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- VulnCheck, the exploit intelligence company, today announced the first-ever THREATCON1, a conference designed to increase collaboration in the fight against emerging threats. The event will be held at Carahsoft Headquarters in Reston, VA, September 21-22, 2025. Researchers, analysts, and cyber experts are invited to submit sessions via the conference website here.
'THREATCON1 isn't just another security event, it's a movement of its own kind,' said Thomas Bain, CMO, VulnCheck. 'We created the event to push the industry toward thinking differently about managing emerging threats to our economy, critical infrastructure and national security. This event, and the quality of presenters and attendees we anticipate, will appeal to those who are interested in progressing cybersecurity, and coming together to share knowledge and ideas around the seemingly never-ending list of vulnerabilities intrinsically linked to the emerging threat landscape.'
The event will bring together the brightest minds in cyber threat response to exchange groundbreaking ideas, accelerate innovation, and shape how industry protects national security, critical infrastructure and the global economy. From cutting-edge research to real-world threat response strategies, THREATCON1 delivers high-impact content for practitioners across the cyber domain.
THREATCON1 Call for Papers is now officially open until July 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM PST.
Researchers, analysts, and cyber influencers and encouraged to submit presentations on emerging threats, including specific approaches and strategies for analysis, mitigation, frameworks, playbooks and impact. Experts can also submit deep dives into zero-day threats, exploits, vulnerability discovery and practitioner-level analysis of emerging threats.
The event will also feature:
THREATCON1 Capture the Flag will be a featured challenge as part of the event and will run for two days, from September 21-22, 2025, with prizes.
THREATCON1 The Golf Tournament will take place the day prior to THREATCON1, on September 21, 2025, at Reston National.
For more information on the event and the papers submission process, visit threatcon1.org.
About VulnCheck
VulnCheck is the exploit intelligence company helping enterprises, government organizations, and cybersecurity vendors solve the vulnerability prioritization challenge. Trusted by some of the world's largest organizations responsible for protecting hundreds of millions of systems and people, VulnCheck helps organizations outpace adversaries by providing the most comprehensive, real-time vulnerability intelligence that is autonomously correlated with unique, proprietary exploit and threat intelligence. Follow the company on LinkedIn or X.
To learn more about VulnCheck, visit https://vulncheck.com/.
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