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  • Becoming a member

    Becoming a Member

    FIRST welcomes new members. There are three categories of membership:

    • Full Members
    • Associate (and Non-Profit)
    • Liaison

  • Membership Process for Teams

    Membership Process for Teams

    A detailed process of becoming a FIRST Full Member (teams only). Only Full Members have voting rights and discounted event registration fees.

  • Membership Process for Associates

    Membership Process for Associates

    A detailed process of becoming a FIRST Associate (organizations without an incident response team or a Non-Profit team).

  • Membership Process for Liaisons

    Membership Process for Liaisons

    A detailed process of becoming a FIRST Liaison (individuals only).

  • Membership Around the World

    Membership Around the World

    Access to a trusted global network of over 700 teams, associates and liaisons (individuals) that you can exchange information with.

The value of joining FIRST

The value of joining FIRST depends on the level of participation and effort that a team invests. FIRST organizes regular in-person, hybrid, and virtual events where members can learn from subject matter experts on the most relevant topics in the industry. FIRST also has a strong and growing Community and Capacity Building (CCB) Program, which supports the growth and strengthening of incident response teams and communities of practice across the world.

Additionally, FIRST has several Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and Standards Groups made up of volunteers chartered on tasks that help support and connect the community.

Membership in FIRST enables incident response teams to respond to security incidents more effectively by providing access to best practices, tools, and a trusted global network of over 700 teams, associates and liaisons for exchanging information.

Membership Benefits

MEMBER ASSOCIATE LIAISON PUBLIC
API (PUBLIC)

API PUBLIC EPSS & Publicly Available Team Information

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API (PRIVATE)

API (PRIVATE) Private/restricted Information

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CAPTURE THE FLAG

CAPTURE THE FLAG

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MEMBER DIRECTORY

MEMBER DIRECTORY

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EVENT REGISTRATION DISCOUNTS

EVENT REGISTRATION DISCOUNTS

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FIRST PORTAL

FIRST PORTAL

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LEARNING PLATFORM

LEARNING PLATFORM

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MAILING LISTS

MAILING LISTS

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MEMBER DISCOUNTS

MEMBER DISCOUNTS

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MISP

MISP Threat Intelligence Platform

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PRIORITY REPORT

PRIORITY REPORTEscalated Reporting to Participating Providers

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SLACK

SLACK Member Communications

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SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS Participate in SIGs

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SPONSOR

SPONSOR New FIRST members / liaisons

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VOTING RIGHTS

VOTING RIGHTS eVoting in FIRST Board of Director elections and motions

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WIKI

WIKI Collaboration Platform

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