Call for Papers!
Announcing the call for papers (CFP) for the next annual FIRST Technical Colloquium (TC) in Amsterdam, Netherlands: March 25-27, 2025.
The CFP will close on January 31, 2025.
Our theme has always been Incident Response.
The call for papers is now open! Note this will be an in-person event. There will be no virtual talks - only send an abstract if you can be there in-person.
The TC will be a plenary-style conference held on the 26th and 27th of March at the W hotel in downtown Amsterdam, Netherlands. In addition, we will host an optional, free training workshop on Monday, March 25th.
The idea behind the TC is to encourage security teams and talented researchers to share their technical work in a friendly environment. We encourage anyone who has not spoken at a conference before to submit a proposal. Local talent is welcome from anywhere (although travel and other expenses are not covered by FIRST, we can not sponsor visas or invitation letters).
We are interested in new ideas and presenters. We can help new presenters review their materials in preparation for submission. Any novel ideas, techniques, case studies, or research related to incident and threat response are welcome. We are interested in how teams walk through actual security incidents. Some other suggested topics are:
- AI in incident detection/response
- Threat actor groups & techniques
- Creative incident response techniques
- Security in the cloud and container environments
- Real-world security incidents/events
- Automation of TI ingestion and alerting
- Criminal underground / state-backed actors
- Digital forensics
- Monetisation of cybercrime
- Threat hunting
- Operationalizing threat intelligence
- Relevant geopolitical cybersecurity research
All talks must be 45 mins (including time for Q&A). For your submission to be reviewed, you must submit using the EasyChair form and provide ALL of the following information:
- Title
- Presenter's Name(s), Affiliation, and a short biography
- Brief Summary (Abstract)
- Has this been presented before (if so, where)?
- Draft Presentation
Our goal is to have the program on the event website by March. To that end, please have all submissions completed by January 31st.
Speaker Privileges
This is a free conference; we cannot sponsor travel or other honorarium support.
Important Notes
FIRST does not allow presentations to gain the audience's interest in any commercial application, solution or product. In other words: NO MARKETING PRESENTATIONS.
Program Committee
- Jeff Bollinger
- Gavin Reid
- Matthew Valites
