About FIRST 2013

The 2014 Call for Speakers is open for the 26th Annual FIRST Conference: Back to the ‘root’ of Incident Response. More information regarding presentation qualifications can be found at the above link. Submissions are due by December 23, 2014.

Register now for the Super Early Rate of $1300 through 1 August 2013.

If the number of internet users in LDCs continues to rise, it is crucial that we have a co-ordinated global response to information security incidents. Posted by Chris Gibson

FIRST is now accepting candidates to the FIRST Steering Committee. The Election will be held at the 2013 Annual General Meeting in Bangkok on 20 June 2013. For more information https://www.first.org/events/agm/2013

FIRST announces the launch of the FIRST Fellowship Program, which will enable information security incident response teams from the world’s least developed countries (LDCs) to become part of the global incident response community.

The 2013 Conference program now available at http://conference.first.org/program/index.aspx. Be sure to check it out and register for Bangkok today at https://registration.first.org/registration/2013/bangkok

The Metrics SIG will be hosting a webinar "Developing Indicators with Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs)" on:
Tuesday, 26 February from 15:00-16:00 UTC / 10:00-11:00 Eastern

This webinar will be presented by Christian Reimsbach-Kounatze, Internet Economist / Policy Analyst - Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry; Information and Communications Policy

This webinar is for FIRST Members only and invited guests – and you must register in advance at https://registration.first.org/registration/2013/mswebinarfeb

Registration is now open for the Amsterdam TC on 2-3 April. Please visit program page for more details on how to submit a paper for presentation or to register. This event is sponsored by Cisco.

Register today for the Lisbon TC co-hosted with TF-CSIRT! 28-31st January at LNEC in Lisbon, Portugal. See program page for details.

Registration is now open and early bird rates in effect until 1 April. Join FIRST for our 25th Annual Conference. Sponsorship opportunities are still available.