FIRST Technical Colloquia

FIRST Technical Colloquia 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.

These colloquia are hosted by members and take place usually 2 to 3 times a year.

These events are restricted to FIRST members only!

  • October 2008 FIRST Technical Colloquium

    October 13–17, 2008 — Montevideo, Uruguay

    Hosted by CSIRT Antel (Antel)


  • September 2008 FIRST Technical Colloquium

    September 15–16, 2008 — Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

    Hosted by Intel FIRST Team (Intel Corporation)


  • 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


  • April 2007 FIRST Technical Colloquium

    April 12–16, 2007 — Doha, Qatar

    Hosted by Q-CERT


  • 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)