FIRST is the only worldwide global CSIRT forum and our members are the top experts from across the field from all over the world. With its global scope and its heterogeneous character, FIRST supports and collaborates existing initiatives to outreach to our global CSIRT members.
FIRST as an global umbrella organization bringing together a wide variety of collaborative and cooperative approaches of the multiple disciplines involved in computer and network security incident response.
Special Interest Groups [SIGs] which provide opportunities for members of the incident response community to discuss topics of common interest.
FIRST also has other outreach and partnership efforts including: