Partners

FIRST actively develops partnerships with organizations that contribute to our goal of enabling incident response teams to more effectively respond to security incidents.

FIRST partners with the following organizations:

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  GÉANT

  FIRST and GÉANT partner on delivering TRANSITS training and co-hosted Technical Colloquia with TF-CSIRT.

  https://www.geant.org/

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  LACNIC

  FIRST and LACNIC partner on the joint organization of events, training in Latin America and the Carribean, and the overall growth of the CSIRT community in the region.

  https://www.lacnic.net/

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  International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

  ITU helps facilitate FIRST affiliation and membership processes as part of team readiness assessments.

  https://www.itu.int

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  Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE)

  FIRST and the GFCE cooperate on incident response capacity building projects.

  https://www.thegfce.com/

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  Organization of The Islamic Cooperation CERT (OIC-CERT)

  FIRST and OIC-CERT assist each other in organizing events and training, mutual development of event programs, and keep eachother briefed regarding the ongoing work being undertaken by each organization.

  https://www.oic-cert.org

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  Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)

  FIRST and APNIC collaborate on events, training and development of CSIRTs in the Asia Pacific region.

  https://www.apnic.net/

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  Organization of American States (OAS)

  FIRST and OAS maintain a partnership on the development of the CSIRT community in the Americas.

  http://www.oas.org/en/

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  Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS)

  FIRST and OASIS collaborate on events and standard development.

  https://www.oasis-open.org/

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  Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

  FIRST and ICANN collaborate to fight all forms of DNS abuse by creating awareness, common practices and training materials.

  https://www.icann.org/

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  MITRE Engenuity | Center for Threat-Informed Defense

  FIRST and MITRE Engenuity partner to expand the global understanding of adversary behaviors.

  https://mitre-engenuity.org/cybersecurity/center-for-threat-informed-defense/

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  Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M³AAWG)

  The Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M³AAWG) is where the industry comes together to work against bots, malware, spam, viruses, DoS attacks and other online exploitation.

  www.m3aawg.org

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  The Diana Initiative

  The Diana Initiative is a 501c3 non-profit corporation registered in Las Vegas Nevada. Their mission is to uplift, inspire, and support women and non-binary people of all races, cultures, and backgrounds at every stage of their information security career with education, collaboration, and resources offered online and at inclusive, welcoming conferences.

  dianainitiative.org

To explore opportunities to partner with FIRST, please open an issue here: FIRST Membership & Secretariat Services