FIRST Technical Colloquia & Symposia
FIRST Symposia
Symposia are regional themed events that are run by FIRST or co-hosted with a local team(s) and sponsors. The format is formal and the topics are usually less technical and may have a hands-on component. A co-hosted Symposium is generally a small conference of 100-300 attendees with one or more days open to the security community placed beside (before/after) a 1-2 day FIRST member only closed event. Alternatively, FIRST hosted Symposia is a 1-2 day event with some closed sessions and invited international speakers. Ideally, the event has several sponsors to defray most of the Symposia costs to individuals. FIRST may hold 2-3 Symposia per year in various regions organized with FIRST conference management and another local CSIRT Community or FIRST Team. The January Symposium is typically co-hosted with TF-CSIRT in Europe.
FIRST Technical Colloquia on Computer Security Incident Handling
FIRST Technical Colloquia (TCs) provide a discussion forum for FIRST member teams to share information about vulnerabilities, incidents, tools and all other issues that affect the operation of incident response and security teams. The TC event is restricted to FIRST members only however, with joint events (co-hosted) there can be a variety of open and members-only meetings.
The colloquia are typically ˝ day to 2 day programs including a plenary session and possibly a hands-on classes. TCs are hosted and managed by a local team or jointly with regional CSIRT. FIRST desires that 12-24 may occur per year in various regions. Overlap on dates is more than possible across regions. Presenters include local leading security experts who sit down with small groups of FIRST team members, and work through technical topics (like forensics) in a highly interactive hands-on fashion. Occassionally, a corporate sponsored TC may be conducted iteratively across each region. Attendance ranges from 10 to 80 attendees.
Lima 2010 FIRST Technical Colloquium
October 09–14, 2010 — Lima, Peru
Hosted by TERIS – Supported by Telefonica and FIRST
December 2009 FIRST Technical Colloquium
December 01–02, 2009 — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Hosted by Cymru – CyberSecurity Malaysia
November 2008 FIRST Technical Colloquium
November 17–20, 2008 — Montevideo, Uruguay
Hosted by CSIRT Antel (Antel)
March 2008 FIRST Technical Colloquium
March 25–28, 2008 — Tokyo, Japan
Hosted by CFC, HIRT, IIJ-SECT, JPCERT/CC, JSOC, NCSIRT, NISC, NTT-CERT, SBB-SIRT and YIRD
January 2008 FIRST Technical Colloquium
January 28–31, 2008 — Prague, Czech Republic
Hosted by Sun Microsystems
October 2007 FIRST Technical Colloquium
October 13–18, 2007 — Lima, Peru
Hosted by TERIS Telefonica del Peru CSIRT
August 2007 FIRST Technical Colloquium
August 22–24, 2007 — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Hosted by MyCERT – CyberSecurity Malaysia
March 2007 FIRST Technical Colloquium
March 01–02, 2007 — Washington DC, United States
Hosted by US-CERT
January 2007 FIRST Technical Colloquium
January 29–31, 2007 — Budapest, Hungary
Hosted by CERT-Hungary – Thedore Puskás Foundation and CERT-Hungary
October 2006 FIRST Technical Colloquium
October 07–12, 2006 — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hosted by CAIS/RNP – Brazilian Academic and Research Network
September 2006 FIRST Technical Colloquium
September 25–27, 2006 — Seoul, Korea, Republic Of
Hosted by KrCERT/CC
January 2006 FIRST Technical Colloquium
January 23–26, 2006 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hosted by Cisco Systems
November 2005 FIRST Technical Colloquium
November 14–16, 2005 — Redwood City, United States
Hosted by Oracle
October 2005 FIRST Technical Colloquium
October 01–07, 2005 — Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hosted by ArCert
Feb 2005 FIRST Technical Colloquium
February 07–08, 2005 — Paris, France
Hosted by CERTA & CERT Renater – Government of France & Renater, the French research network
October 2004 FIRST Technical Colloquium
October 04–05, 2004 — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Hosted by ISS – Internet Security Systems
Feb 2004 FIRST Technical Colloquium
February 17–18, 2004 — San Jose, California, United States
Hosted by Cisco Systems – Cisco Systems Co.
October 2003 FIRST Technical Colloquium
October 06–07, 2003 — Tokyo, Japan
Hosted by IIJ-SECT, JPCERT/CC – Internet Initiative Japan Group, JPCERT/CC
February 2003 FIRST Technical Colloquium
February 10–11, 2003 — Uppsala, Sweden
Hosted by SUNET-CERT – Uppsala University
October 2002 FIRST Technical Colloquium
October 07–08, 2002 — Chicago, Illinois, United States
Hosted by DIRT – De Paul University
Feb 2002 FIRST Technical Colloquium
February 11–12, 2002 — London, United Kingdom
Hosted by Cisco PSIRT – Cisco Systems Co.
October 2001 FIRST Technical Colloquium
October 01–02, 2001 — Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Hosted by NAVCIRT
February 2001 FIRST Technical Colloquium
February, 2001 — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Hosted by Georgia-Tech, ISS – Georgia Institute of Technology, Internet Security Systems
October 2000 FIRST Technical Colloquium
October, 2000 — Karlsruhe, Germany
Hosted by Micro-BIT, Para-protect – BFK edv-consulting GmbH, Para-Protect Services Inc.
February 2000 FIRST Technical Colloquium
February, 2000 — Den Haag, Netherlands
Hosted by UNI-CERT – KPN
4th Quarter Technical Colloquium - 1999
October, 1999 — Chicago, United States
Hosted by MCERT, OSU-IRT – Motorola, Ohio State University
1st Quarter Technical Colloquium - 1999
February, 1999 — Zurich, Switzerland
Hosted by SWITCH-CERT – Swiss Education and Research Network (SWITCH)
4th Quarter Technical Colloquium - 1998
October 12–13, 1998 — Santa Clara, California, United States
Hosted by CISCO, CIAC – Cisco Systems Co., CIAC
2nd Quarter Technical Colloquium - 1998
April 13–14, 1998 — Schaumburg, Illinois, United States
Hosted by MCERT – Motorola
1st Quarter Technical Colloquium - 1998
January 13–14, 1998 — Milan, Italy
Hosted by CERT-IT – University of Milan
4th Quarter Technical Colloquium - 1997
October 13–14, 1997 — State College, Pennsylvania, United States
Hosted by PSU – Penn State University
2nd Quarter Technical Colloquium - 1997
April, 1997 — Mountain View, California, United States
Hosted by SGI – Silicon Graphics, Inc.
1st Quarter Technical Colloquium - 1997
January, 1997 — Chicago, Illinois, United States
Hosted by Chicago, Illinois – Northwestern University
3rd Quarter Technical Colloquium - 1996
October, 1996 — Utrecht, Netherlands
Hosted by SURFnet-CERT – SURFnet
1st Quarter Technical Colloquium - 1996
March, 1996 — Falls Church, Virginia, United States
Hosted by ASSIST – Department of Defense (DoD)
