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datetime="2025-03-05T00:00:00+00:00">Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Flagship events in Raleigh, Berlin, and Copenhagen set to strengthen international cybersecurity collaboration amid surge in cross-border security incidents</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20241205">FIRST Drives Global Cybersecurity Progress Through Community-Led Innovation</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-05T05:00:00+00:00">Thu, 05 Dec 2024 05:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>White House recognizes FIRST's Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) as cybersecurity best practice; Record attendance at FIRSTCON Fukuoka marks Asia-Pacific expansion; Historic FIRST & AfricaCERT Symposium strengthens African cybersecurity collaboration</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20240724">Global Security Leaders Convene at FIRSTCON to Address Critical Infrastructure Threats</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-07-24T00:00:00+00:00">Wed, 24 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p><strong>Fukuoka, Japan - July 24, 2024</strong> - The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (<a href="https://www.first.org/">FIRST</a>) recently concluded its intensive five-day conference, <a href="https://www.first.org/conference/2024/">FIRSTCON 2024</a>, held this year in Fukuoka.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20240613">Cristine Hoepers Inducted into FIRST's Incident Response Hall of Fame</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-06-11T00:00:00+00:00">Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p><em>Global Cyber Security Leader Honored for Advancing Incident Response Worldwide</em></p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="CVSS"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20231101">FIRST has officially published the latest version of the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS v4.0)</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2023-11-01T17:00:00+00:00">Wed, 01 Nov 2023 17:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>In June 2023, attendees at the 35th Annual FIRST Conference, in Montréal, Canada got a first-look preview of the new version of the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), version 4.0. After two month of public comment followed by two months of addressing those comments, FIRST is proud to announce the official publication of CVSS version 4.0.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20230901">New Cyber Security Conference Announced For 2024</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2023-09-01T00:00:00+00:00">Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Open CSIRT Foundation and FIRST join forces to bring European cyber security experts together in Spain </p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20230713">New Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) set to be cyber sector game-changer </a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2023-07-13T00:00:00+00:00">Thu, 13 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The latest tool will be critical to properly assess and prioritize dealing with vulnerabilities and prepare defences against cyber-attacks.<br> Critical CVSS 4.0 will also allow consumers to assess real-time threats.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20230608">FIRST appoints new chair as organization continues to grow globally</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2023-06-08T13:00:00+00:00">Thu, 08 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>FIRST’s AGM took place during the 35th Annual Conference in Montréal, Canada at the start of June 2023. Senior cybersecurity expert Tracy Bills, CERT/CC was elected to lead FIRST’s Board of Directors with the organization’s leadership team further strengthened with the appointment of Carlos Alvarez from ICANN to the Board.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20230224">FIRST - Global Incident Response & Security Team organization to hold 35th Conference in Canada in June</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2023-02-24T00:00:00+00:00">Fri, 24 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) plans to hold its 35th Annual Conference with the theme ‘Empowering Communities,’ in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from June 4 to 9, 2023. This six-day event brings the incident prevention community together with cyber security experts to foster information sharing, cooperation, and coordination. Typically, over 1,000 people from around the world attend. </p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20221219">Messaging Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG) and Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) Join Forces to Address Global Internet and Security Issues</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2022-12-19T13:00:00+00:00">Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Messaging Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG) and Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) announced today they will work together to combat growing Internet abuse and cybersecurity issues. </p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="TLP "> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20220805">FIRST Releases Traffic Light Protocol Version 2.0 with important updates</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2022-08-05T00:00:00+00:00">Fri, 05 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Response and Security Team (FIRST) has updated the globally renowned Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) for the cybersecurity industry - a vital system used by organizations all around the world to share sensitive information. The new version of the TLP results from a thorough consultation with over 50 security industry experts over three years with the goals to standardize, unify and modernize the content and language and provide improved supporting materials.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20220720">Dr. Sherif Hashem is the new Chair of FIRST, and four new members join the Board of Directors</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2022-07-20T13:00:00+00:00">Wed, 20 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>A new Chair and four new cyber security experts joined the Forum of Incident Response and Security Team (FIRST) Board of Directors during the recent AGM to serve the 2022-24 term. Current board member Dr. Sherif Hashem was voted in as the new chair and brings extensive knowledge, experience, and international relations to the role.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20220701">Cybersecurity Defenders United in Global Fight Against Cyber Threats </a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2022-07-01T00:00:00+00:00">Fri, 01 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Over the past five days, 1,000 specialists representing six continents united in the cyber-crime fight at the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) conference in Dublin, Ireland</p> <p>From how Ukraine is dealing with cyber attacks against its critical infrastructure, to the rapidly growing access to online child sexual abuse material and the sophisticated approaches to ransomware, phishing, and online fraud as well discussing cooperation with the United Nations and with INTERPOL and law enforcement– no stone was left unturned for delegates working together to protect societies world-wide</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20220620">Leading Computer Security Experts to Gather in Dublin for Critical Discussions at World-Renowned Conference</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2022-06-20T00:00:00+00:00">Mon, 20 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Over 1,000 specialists representing six continents to participate in the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) five-day program in Ireland</p> <p>Google’s Maddie Stone addresses the 0-day cyber-attack in-the-wild and how combating the unknown can help future online defense</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20220325">Teams suspension from FIRST </a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2022-03-25T00:00:00+00:00">Fri, 25 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Board of Directors strongly believes that FIRST should be an inclusive organization with broad global participation and collaboration to make the internet safe for everyone. </p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20220223">Cybersecurity Nonprofits Form “Nonprofit Cyber” Coalition</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2022-02-23T00:00:00+00:00">Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Nonprofits that focus on action and tangible results to more effectively collaborate and coordinate to increase efficiency and impact globally</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="chair board"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20210708">FIRST appoints new Chair Dave Schwartzburg and welcomes five new Board of Directors</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2021-07-08T00:00:00+00:00">Thu, 08 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Alexander Jäger, Senior Security Engineer of Google, continues in his role as Chief Financial Officer</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20210630">Jeffrey Carpenter and Dan Kaminsky newly inducted into FIRST's Incident Response Hall of Fame </a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2021-07-01T00:00:00+00:00">Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Jeffrey and Dan join past inductees Ian Cook, Don Stikvoort, and Klaus-Peter Kossakowski </p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="ICASI,PSIRT SIG"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20210601">ICASI integrates into FIRST PSIRT SIG bolstering the incident response and security team industry</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2021-06-01T13:00:00+00:00">Tue, 01 Jun 2021 13:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>ICASI – the Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet was officially integrated into the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) on May 28, 2021. Established in 2008, ICASI’s purpose was to strengthen the global security landscape by driving excellence and innovation in security response practices; facilitating collaboration among members to analyze, mitigate, and resolve multi-stakeholder, global security challenges. This role will continue but as part of the existing FIRST PSIRT SIG, expand and improve the community’s ability to respond to vulnerabilities across multiple vendors. Founded in 1990, FIRST is the global leader in incident response.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20210517">FIRST 33rd Annual Conference to be streamed live June 7-9, 2021</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2021-05-17T00:00:00+00:00">Mon, 17 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Under the theme – ‘Crossing Uncertain Times’, the conference will feature prominent global speakers from the Incident Response and Security Teams community</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20201118">CSIRTs: Al pie del canón</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-11-18T00:00:00+00:00">Wed, 18 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Los equipos de respuesta a incidentes de seguridad necieron tras el considerado primer gran ciberataque mundial, provocado por el 'virus Moris', en 1988.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20201113">FIRST sees over 1600 cybersecurity professionals from 97 countries sign up for 32nd Annual Conference</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-11-13T00:00:00+00:00">Fri, 13 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Virtual Conference to take place November 16-18 2020</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20201021">FIRST launches new code of ethics for incident response and security teams on Global Ethics Day</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-10-21T00:00:00+00:00">Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p><strong>October 21, 2020</strong> – following a global consultation, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) is launching new ethics guidelines for incident response and security teams today on Global Ethics Day. ethicsfIRST provides guidance for cybersecurity professionals on how to conduct themselves professionally and ethically during incidents. Inspired by Earth Day, Global Ethics Day provides an opportunity for organizations to explore the meaning of ethics in international affairs</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20200923">FIRST jointly honors Ian Cook and Don Stikvoort in The Incident Response Hall of Fame awards</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-09-23T00:00:00+00:00">Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The awards celebrate outstanding contribution to the Incident Response community and cyber security</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20200727">FIRST releases its 2019-20 Annual Report </a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-07-27T00:00:00+00:00">Mon, 27 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p><strong>July 27th, 2020</strong> - The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) is proud to publish its fourth Annual Report today. The report details the organization’s achievements towards building a mature global incident response community. It covers the period between the 2019 conference in Edinburgh, Scotland and July 2020. <a href="https://www.first.org/about/reports/FIRST-Annual-Report-2019-2020.pdf">FIRST Annual Report 2019-2020</a></p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20200513">FIRST aims to update the Traffic Light Protocol standard to increase global adoption</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-05-13T00:00:00+00:00">Wed, 13 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20200505">FIRST updates coordination principles for Multi-Party Vulnerability Coordination and Disclosure</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-05-06T00:00:00+00:00">Wed, 06 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20200312">FIRST releases updated Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) Services Framework – Version 2.1 </a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-03-12T00:00:00+00:00">Thu, 12 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="newsroom,press release"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20191219">FIRST released ethics guidelines to deepen trust among incident response teams</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2019-12-19T00:00:00+00:00">Thu, 19 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Calling for public consultation until end of January, 2020</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="newsroom,press release,membership"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20191009">FIRST shares 11 vital steps towards cyber security resilience in 2020</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2019-10-29T12:00:00+00:00">Tue, 29 Oct 2019 12:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p><strong>October 9<sup>th</sup>, 2019</strong> – As the year draws to a close, it is time for businesses across all industries and sectors to reflect and prepare for the upcoming new year. With this in mind, premier organization and recognized global leader in incident response - <strong>Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams</strong> (FIRST) has produced 11 vital steps that organizations should take to improve their incident response strategy.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="newsroom,press release,fellowship"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20191023">Applications close 29 November for FIRST’s Fellowship Program named after the late Suguru Yamaguchi </a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2019-10-23T12:00:00+00:00">Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>FIRST pledges to financially support up to four regions to ensure global integration of security teams </p> <p>Available in <a href="FIRST-Press-Release-20191023.pdf">PDF</a></p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="newsroom,press release,membership"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20190918">Statement regarding Huawei’s suspension from the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST)</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2019-09-18T20:00:00+00:00">Wed, 18 Sep 2019 20:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p><strong>September 18<sup>th</sup>, 2019</strong> – At FIRST we strongly believe that in order to build a global cybersecurity incident response community, from which every company or user participating in the Internet can benefit, we should all work to limit the impact of sanctions or export regulations on incident responders. This includes being a forum where technology corporations such as Huawei, have the ability to participate the same as others.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="HoF,conference,award"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20190731">FIRST announces winner of The Incident Response Hall of Fame</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2019-07-31T00:00:00+00:00">Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Kossakowski honored as the inaugural inductee of The Incident Response Hall of Fame</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="cvss,standards,vulnerability"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20190712">FIRST publishes updated Common Vulnerability Scoring System for worldwide security teams</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2019-07-12T13:00:00+00:00">Fri, 12 Jul 2019 13:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>July 12th, 2019 - The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) has published an update of its internationally recognized <strong>Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)</strong>. CVSS is a common scoring system designed to provide open and universally standard severity ratings of software vulnerabilities for the security community. Used by organizations worldwide, version 3.1 documentation is now available on the FIRST website for members and non-members to <a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/v3-1/">reference</a>.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="conference,press release"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20190617">Over 1,100 delegates set to attend world-renowned information security conference in Edinburgh</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2019-06-17T09:30:00+00:00">Mon, 17 Jun 2019 09:30:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams 31<sup>st</sup> Annual Conference opens today at Edinburgh International Conference Centre</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="press release,FIRST,annual report"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20190606">FIRST releases 2018-2019 Annual Report</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2019-06-06T12:00:00+00:00">Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams releases its third annual report, covering the scope of its activities from the 2018 conference in Kuala Lumpur, through its 2019 annual event in Edinburgh.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="executive director"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20190517">Chris Gibson appointed Executive Director at FIRST</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2019-05-17T09:00:00+00:00">Fri, 17 May 2019 09:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) today announced the appointment of Chris Gibson as Executive Director of FIRST.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="Training,Education"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20190305">FIRST releases DDoS mitigation training course </a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2019-03-05T18:00:00+00:00">Tue, 05 Mar 2019 18:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), which brings together incident responders from around the world, invested in the creation of a new training course “DDoS Mitigation Fundamentals”. Authored by Krassimir T. Tzvetanov, a recognized expert in the field, the training teaches incident responders to handle attacks and securing their organisations. </p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="Maturity Document"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="https://first.org/education/PSIRT-maturity-document">Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) Maturity Document</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2019-01-08T16:00:00+00:00">Tue, 08 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="Hall of Fame"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20181206">FIRST launches The Incident Response Hall of Fame to honor visionaries and leaders in the field of cyber security</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2018-12-06T22:00:00+00:00">Thu, 06 Dec 2018 22:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20180621">FIRST Releases Training to Help Companies Respond to Product Vulnerabilities</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2018-06-21T20:00:00+00:00">Thu, 21 Jun 2018 20:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Security Response Teams, Inc. (FIRST) is pleased to release the final <a href="/education/FIRST_PSIRT_Service_Framework_v1.0">Product Security Incident Response Teams (PSIRT) Services Framework</a> (<a href="/education/FIRST_PSIRT_Services_Framework_v1.0.pdf">PDF</a>) and <a href="https://learning.first.org/courses/course-v1:FIRST+PSIRT+2018/about">accompanying training video course</a>. This framework and training video course were developed by a global team of PSIRT practitioners from FIRST members and relevant subject matter experts.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="report,FIRST,press release"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20180619">FIRST releases 2017-2018 Annual Report</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2018-06-19T13:00:00+00:00">Tue, 19 Jun 2018 13:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams releases its second annual report, covering the scope of its activities from the 2017 conference in Puerto Rico, through its 2018 annual event in Kuala Lumpur.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20180618">FIRST receives grant for cyber security capacity building in the Pacific Island region</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2018-06-18T18:00:00+00:00">Mon, 18 Jun 2018 18:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) issues a grant to FIRST to develop training and an event focused on incident response capacity building in the Pacific</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="conference"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20180606">FIRST to hold its 30th Conference in Malaysia</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2018-06-06T23:00:00+00:00">Wed, 06 Jun 2018 23:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>This will mark the first time that the information safety organization brings the conference to Malaysia.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="symposium,event"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20171119">FIRST and OASIS to host Borderless Cyber Conference and Technical Symposium</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2017-11-19T00:00:00+00:00">Sun, 19 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Event to take place at the Prague Marriott on 6-8 December 2017</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="policy,training,workshop"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20171108">FIRST announces Incident Response training for Policymakers</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2017-11-08T14:00:00+00:00">Wed, 08 Nov 2017 14:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams announces a training session on cyber security incident response for policymakers, policy analysts and government officials.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="SIG,standards,press release"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20170815">FIRST releases Policy for Standards Development</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2017-08-15T13:00:00+00:00">Tue, 15 Aug 2017 13:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams has published a formal policy to guide cyber security standardization within its standards groups.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="report,FIRST,press release"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20170724">FIRST releases inaugural annual report</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2017-07-24T15:00:00+00:00">Mon, 24 Jul 2017 15:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams releases inaugural annual report, covering the scope of its activities from the 2016 conference in Seoul, through its 2017 annual event in Puerto Rico.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="Global Initiatives,Asia,Pacific,Education"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20170711">FIRST and APNIC sign agreement to improve incident response capability in Asia Pacific</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2017-07-11T11:00:00+00:00">Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Memorandum of Understanding enables both organizations to benefit from each other’s programs to support computer security incident response teams (CSIRT) in the region.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="Vulnerability,Coordination"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20170706">FIRST announces release of Guidelines and Practices for Multi-Party Vulnerability Coordination and Disclosure</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2017-07-06T13:00:00+00:00">Thu, 06 Jul 2017 13:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams announces the release of a set of guidelines and norms for vulnerability disclosure that affects multiple parties.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20170615">FIRST strengthens global ties by partnering with regional security organizations</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2017-06-15T20:00:00+00:00">Thu, 15 Jun 2017 20:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams signs Memorandums of Understanding with GÉANT and OIC-CERT to enhance collaboration.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" data-subject="PSIRT,Services Framework,education"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20170614">FIRST Releases Framework for Product Security Incident Response Teams</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2017-06-14T13:00:00+00:00">Wed, 14 Jun 2017 13:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The leading association of incident response and security teams released a draft of the Product Security Incident Response Teams (PSIRT) Services Framework for public input. This is a formal list of services a PSIRT may consider implementing to address the needs of their constituency. Public input is welcomed until August 31, 2017 via <a href="mailto:psirt-comments@first.org">psirt-comments@first.org</a>.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20170612">FIRST Kicks off its 29th Annual Conference</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2017-06-12T22:00:00+00:00">Mon, 12 Jun 2017 22:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The event offers conferences, keynote presentations and activities designed to maximize network opportunities and information exchanges on information security and incident response.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20170608">FIRST calls for input on policy for standards development</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2017-06-08T09:00:00+00:00">Thu, 08 Jun 2017 09:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams announces a public request for comments on a draft policy to guide cyber security standardization within its working groups.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20170607">FIRST boosts learning and development offering with launch of open training platform</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2017-06-07T09:00:00+00:00">Wed, 07 Jun 2017 09:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams has announced the release of an open training platform for cyber security incident response professionals.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20170531">FIRST to hold its 29th Conference in Puerto Rico</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2017-05-31T23:00:00+00:00">Wed, 31 May 2017 23:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>This will mark the first time that the information safety organization brings the conference to the island and the Caribbean region.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20170418">FIRST releases twenty years of conference materials</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2017-04-18T13:00:00+00:00">Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The leading association of incident response and security teams publishes its repository of twenty years of incident response learnings.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20170411">FIRST and OASIS sign agreement to cooperate and promote cybersecurity standardization</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2017-04-11T13:00:00+00:00">Tue, 11 Apr 2017 13:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Memorandum of Understanding enables organizations to improve international cooperation on developing standards for cybersecurity.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20161122">FIRST and LACNIC sign agreement to improve incident response capability in Latin America and the Caribbean</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2016-11-22T14:00:00+00:00">Tue, 22 Nov 2016 14:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Memorandum of Understanding enables both organizations to benefit from each other’s programs to support computer security incident response teams (CSIRT) in the region.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20160914">FIRST CSIRT operations workshop taught in Tehran, I.R. of Iran</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2016-09-14T12:55:00+00:00">Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:55:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>A FIRST Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) operations workshop was taught on September 5th at the International ISC Conference on Information Security & Cryptology (ISCISC2016) at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20160831">FIRST announces Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) version 1.0</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2016-08-31T00:00:00+00:00">Wed, 31 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) has announced the release of version 1.0 of its consolidated Traffic Light Protocol (TLP).</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20160811">FIRST announces the Suguru Yamaguchi Fellowship Program</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2016-08-11T12:00:00+00:00">Thu, 11 Aug 2016 12:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) is announcing it is renaming its Fellowship Program to the “Suguru Yamaguchi Fellowship Program” in honor and in memory of the late Dr. Suguru Yamaguchi, a former member of the Board of Directors for FIRST, from 2011 through 2013.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20160711">FIRST calls for participants for a new Special Interest Group (SIG) on Malware Analysis</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2016-07-11T15:54:00+00:00">Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:54:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Forum invites stakeholders to get involved in sharing best practice to mitigate malware incidents.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20160630">28th Annual FIRST Conference in Seoul</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2016-06-30T16:41:00+00:00">Thu, 30 Jun 2016 16:41:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), a recognized global leader in incident response has successfully finished its 28th Annual Conference, which takes place this June (12th – 18th) in Seoul, South Korea. Co-hosted by the MSIP (Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning), KISA (Korea Internet Security Agency) and KrCERT/CC, the conference was held at Conrad Seoul.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20160517">South Korea’s Adviser in Cyber Security to open 28th Annual FIRST Conference in Seoul</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2016-05-17T19:00:00+00:00">Tue, 17 May 2016 19:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), a recognized global leader in incident response, has announced the line-up for its 28th Annual Conference, which takes place this June (12th – 18th) in Seoul, South Korea.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/global/education">FIRST publishes Security Incident Response Teams (SIRTs) Services Framework Version 1.0 and commits to developing training content to support it</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2016-03-30T23:00:00+00:00">Wed, 30 Mar 2016 23:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, Inc. (FIRST) has announced publication of the SIRT Services Framework Version 1.0. This initial release provides an update on the services provided by Security Incident Response Teams and was developed in collaboration with experts from 25 countries across 6 continents.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20151221">The final report of the 2015 Best Practices Forum on CSIRT has been published</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2015-12-21T15:34:00+00:00">Mon, 21 Dec 2015 15:34:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The final report of the 2015 Best Practices Forum on CSIRT, organized within the Internet Governance Forum, has been published</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20150618">Unified Security – Improving the Future</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2015-06-18T03:00:00+00:00">Thu, 18 Jun 2015 03:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>800 IT security experts gather at international FIRST Conference in the German capital</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20150610">FIRST announces availability of new Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) release</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2015-06-10T18:00:00+00:00">Wed, 10 Jun 2015 18:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Third version aims to make the system more applicable to modern concerns</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="http://www.oas.org/en/media_center/press_release.asp?sCodigo=E-190/15">FIRST and OAS sign memorandum to jointly organize activities to support incident response in OAS member states</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2015-06-01T20:13:00+00:00">Mon, 01 Jun 2015 20:13:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) signed an agreement to cooperate in the promotion of a cyber security culture and measures to improve responses to cyber incidents.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="https://4sics.se/first-and-4sics-join-forces-on-improving-industrial-control-systems-security/">FIRST and 4SICS join forces on improving Industrial Control Systems Security</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2015-05-28T22:14:00+00:00">Thu, 28 May 2015 22:14:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>FIRST, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, has paired up with 4SICS, the premium summit in Northern Europe for security in SCADA, SMARTGRID, and INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS. The second annual international summit takes place in October 2015 (20-22) in Stockholm, Sweden, with a series of high-level presentations and tutorials delivered by international experts in the field of cyber security in SCADA and Industrial Control Systems.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20150527">FIRST sponsored a TRANSITS training in Tunisia May 25-27, 2015</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2015-05-27T13:30:00+00:00">Wed, 27 May 2015 13:30:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The event was hosted by AfricaCERT and team rep Jean-Robert Hountomey and was also supported by GEANT Association (TRANSITS II Training) and Don Stikvoort.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20150429">FIRST leads development of education curriculum for global Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs)</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2015-04-29T18:17:00+00:00">Wed, 29 Apr 2015 18:17:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>FIRST is calling for community input on an updated CSIRT services list. Please review and provide comment at <a href="http://bit.ly/1Kw52dy">http://bit.ly/1Kw52dy</a>!</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20150325">FIRST is calling for members of the incident response, security, and IT vendor communities to join forces and participate in a new Special Interest Group (SIG) on Vulnerability Coordination</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2015-03-30T12:56:00+00:00">Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:56:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Vulnerability Coordination SIG has been established to improve the way in which the increasingly multi-faceted and multi-stakeholder challenge of vulnerability information coordination is met, and to develop a common and consistent methodology for how coordination becomes more effective.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="http://www.first.org/global/fellowship">The FIRST Fellowship program supports teams with national co-ordination responsibilities to be part of the FIRST community</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2015-03-02T19:03:00+00:00">Mon, 02 Mar 2015 19:03:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Applications are now being accepted through March 31, 2015 and details are available at <a href="http://www.first.org/global/fellowship">http://www.first.org/global/fellowship</a> or by contacting fellowship@first.org.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="http://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0">CVSS v3 Preview 2 materials and updates are now available</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2014-12-12T17:32:00+00:00">Fri, 12 Dec 2014 17:32:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>FIRST would like to thank the members of the CVSS SIG for their hard work and contributions to the community!</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20140604">FIRST TRANSITS Training in Djibouti</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2014-06-04T16:51:00+00:00">Wed, 04 Jun 2014 16:51:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Another successful AfricaCERT meeting draws to an end, training provided by both JPCERT/CC and FIRST (TRANSITS). We would like to congratulate everyone including the trainers, local host and the AfricaCERT on another successful event and a job well done!</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="http://www.africanbusinessreview.co.za/technology/collaboration-is-vital-to-africas-cyber-security-tactics">African Business Review article by Maarten Van Horenbeeck 'Collaboration is vital to Africa's cyber-security tactics'</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2014-02-13T10:54:00+00:00">Thu, 13 Feb 2014 10:54:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>In order for the continent to properly address the issue of cyber-crime and security its countries must come together to share technologies and experiences.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="http://www.communicationsafrica.com/security/co-operation-will-secure-africa-s-online-future">Communications Africa article by Maarten Van Horenbeeck ‘Co-operation will secure Africa’s online future’</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2014-01-29T14:35:00+00:00">Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:35:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>A great deal of effort and money has been poured into increasing internet accessibility in Africa, writes Maarten van Horenbeeck, chair of the Forum for Incident Response and Security Teams.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="http://www.scmagazineuk.com/cooperation-is-key-to-africas-security-future/article/326925/">SC Magazine article by Maarten Van Horenbeeck ‘Cooperation is key to Africa's security future’</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2013-12-30T15:38:00+00:00">Mon, 30 Dec 2013 15:38:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>It has been a slow process, but the world is finally waking up to the reality of cyber-security in Africa.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20131219">FIRST TRANSITS Training in Cote'Ivoire</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2013-12-19T13:21:00+00:00">Thu, 19 Dec 2013 13:21:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Together with Jean Robert Hountomey of the AfricaCERT, FIRST organized a 2-day TRANSITS training in Cote d'Ivoire November 24th and 25th, colocated with the AfriNIC meeting and the JPCERT training.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20131201">Former FIRST Chair Chris Gibson appointed to lead UK national CERT</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2013-12-01T20:00:00+00:00">Sun, 01 Dec 2013 20:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Chris Gibson, the former Chair of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) – the recognized global leader in computer incident response – has been appointed Director of the UK’s newly established Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UK).</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/global/fellowship">FIRST Fellowship Program</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2013-05-29T22:00:00+00:00">Wed, 29 May 2013 22:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>FIRST announces the launch of the FIRST Fellowship Program, which will enable information security incident response teams from the world’s least developed countries (LDCs) to become part of the global incident response community.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20120601">Global Information Security Conference to be held in Malta</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2012-06-01T10:49:00+00:00">Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:49:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA) has been selected to host one of the largest information security conferences for 2012. This year, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) has chosen Malta for its 24th Annual Conference, which will be held between the 17th and 22nd of June 2012.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20120502">Holistic risk management: perspectives from IT professionals</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2012-05-02T13:42:00+00:00">Wed, 02 May 2012 13:42:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>An Economist Intelligence Unit research program commissioned by IBM.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20120322">FIRST Announces Call for Participants and Subjects for version 3 of the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2012-03-22T10:54:00+00:00">Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:54:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) today publicly announced its Call for Participants for the core group of members on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System Special Interest Group. Please see details at <a href="/newsroom/releases/20120322">The Call for Participants period for CVSS version 3 SIG begins March 16 and will end May 4</a></p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20120217">The 24th Annual FIRST Conference, Malta focuses on the need for collaboration to combat new global security threats</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2012-02-17T18:22:00+00:00">Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:22:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) is holding its 24th Annual Conference this June (17th – 22nd) on one of the most fortified islands in the Mediterranean, Malta. Reflecting FIRST’s mission for global cooperation, the five-day conference will bring together leading experts and security professionals from around the world to share best practice and the latest thinking on this year’s theme; Security is not an island.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20110328.html">Security Lessons: What Can History Teach us?</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2011-03-28T19:18:00+00:00">Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:18:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) is holding its 23rd Annual Conference this June (12th-17th) in the imperial city of Vienna, Austria. Reflecting FIRST’s mission for global cooperation, the five day conference will bring together leading experts from around the world to share best practice and the latest thinking around this year’s theme; Security Lessons: What can history teach us?</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/03/prweb3695284.htm">International Workshop Endorses Principles of Security Incident Response for Africa</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2010-03-19T19:03:00+00:00">Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:03:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>FIRST and ICANN held a four-day joint cyber-security workshop for African incident response teams in conjunction with the 37th ICANN meeting in Nairobi, Kenya during March 5-8, 2010.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20090703a.html">Chinese Security Company Shares Huge Malware Database</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2009-07-03T20:54:00+00:00">Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:54:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>A Chinese company that has created a massive database of malware found on Chinese Web sites opened up the information to other security organizations on Thursday.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20090703.html">Global IT Failure Could Cost More than Kobe Quake, FIRST Experts Warned</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2009-07-03T20:30:00+00:00">Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:30:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Sabotage or failure on just one computer system could bring down the world information network in a disaster inflicting more damage than the Kobe earthquake, security experts learned today at their annual conference. They also heard how vulnerable the IT infrastructure is - and how thwarted attacks on the Beijing Olympics showed the determination of cyber criminals.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20090630a.html">INTERPOL and FIRST join Hands to Fight Cyber Crime</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2009-06-30T20:19:00+00:00">Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:19:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>A law enforcement loophole through which cyber criminals have been escaping started to close today as international police and the world's leading forum of online security experts forged a new alliance.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20090630.html">Executive games could help stem cybercrime, FIRST experts told</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2009-06-30T01:27:00+00:00">Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:27:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Update from FIRST Annual Conference Kyoto - Dr Suguru Yamaguchi, member and adviser on information security at the Japanese Cabinet Office National Information Security Centre, gave the opening keynote address. For complete press release see <a href="http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20090630.html"></a><a href="http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20090630.html">http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20090630.html</a>.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/05/prweb2439744.htm">Prepare for Insider Onslaught, FIRST Warns Business, Government</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2009-05-21T15:15:00+00:00">Thu, 21 May 2009 15:15:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>FIRST, one of the world's leading Internet security organizations today, warned businesses and governments to prepare for a surge in sabotage, thefts and other cyber-attacks by insiders as disaffected employees retaliate in the wake of the global depression.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20090225.html">Next World Cyber-security Contest Launched by FIRST, CERT Coordination Center </a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2009-02-25T13:55:00+00:00">Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:55:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>Pittsburgh, PA, February, 25 2009 - The second international competition honoring best practices and advances in safeguarding the security of computer systems and networks was announced today by FIRST (the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams) and the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC).</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20090106.html">FIRST gets record sponsor list for Kyoto Conference</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2009-01-06T18:36:00+00:00">Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:36:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The world’s economic woes haven’t stopped unprecedented levels of sponsorship being pledged for the 21st Annual Conference of FIRST with six months still to go before proceedings open on June 28, 2009, in Kyoto.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20080627.html">FIRST to learn know-how from Japan's recoveries</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2008-06-27T16:33:00+00:00">Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The lessons Japan can teach the world about disaster recovery will be a top theme for delegates from FIRST, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, when they meet for their 21st annual conference in Kyoto next year.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20080626_1.html">FIRST, CERT Coordination Centre launch free 'net protection</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2008-06-27T06:44:00+00:00">Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:44:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>New methods that organisations and individuals can adopt for free to protect themselves from malicious Internet attacks were unveiled today at the 20th annual conference of FIRST, the Forum of Internet Response and Security Teams.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20080626.html">FIRST told of Chinese PC hijack explosion</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2008-06-27T06:23:00+00:00">Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:23:00 +0000</p> <div class="p-summary" itemprop="description"><p>The number of innocent individuals in China whose personal computers were hijacked by criminals rose by a staggering 2125 per cent between 2006 and 2007, delegates were told here today at the 20th annual conference of FIRST, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams.</p></div> </article> <article class="h-entry search-item visible" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <h3 class="p-name" itemprop="name"><a class="p-url" itemprop="url" href="/newsroom/releases/20080625_1.html">FIRST moves to bring cyber crime fighters together</a></h3> <p class="dt-published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2008-06-25T21:53:00+00:00">Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:53:00 +0000</p> <div 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