FIRST in the News 2016

ITProPortal — Without a doubt, 2016 was the year of the DDoS. The year came to a close with a major DDoS attack on DNS provider Dyn, which took down several major internet sites on the Eastern US seaboard. This attack was different - not so much in terms of its volume or its technique, but in the fact that instead of being directed at its intended target, it was targeted at network infrastructure used by the target.

Fedscoop – Shaun Waterman of Fedscoop covers a project of FIRST members and the NTIA to describe vulnerability coordination scenarios and corresponding patterns of communication.

Levante El Mercantil Valenciano (Spanish) – Article describes how Valencia will become the world capital of cybersecurity in 2017, as TF-CSIRT and FIRST converge on the city to organize a symposium from January 23rd through 25th.

ITWeb Africa – Article describes the 5th Regional Cybersecurity Summit in Egypt, and mentions training FIRST has organized together with the government of Egypt.

SC Magazine UK – Thomas Schreck and Margrete Raaum of the FIRST boardy told an audience at 4SICS 2016, co-organized by FIRST, on why cyber-threat intelligence plays an important part in information sharing in the energy industry.

Yomiuri (Japanese) – The Yomiuri Shimbun explores computer security incident response teams in private business, and puts a spot light on human resource development in this particular field in an interview with board members Pete Allor, Damir Rajnovic and Thomas Schreck.

Iranian Students News Agency (Farsi) – Thirteenth International Conference on Information Security and Cryptography (ISCISC2016) to take place at Shahidh Beheshti University in Tehran features a keynote and Incident Response workshop by FIRST Board member Maarten Van Horenbeeck.

SecurityIntelligence.com – FIRST conference one of nine “conferences worthy of consideration for the security leader or CISO, security professional and operational business leader.”

Network Security Journal – FIRST Board member Serge Droz comments on why encryption technology often gets a strong response from governments.

NCCIC Monitor Newsletter – The newsletter of the US Industrial Control Systems CERT describes how their team won first place in the annual Dragon Research Group FIRST Challenge at the 28th Annual FIRST Conference in Seoul.

SCMagazine.co.uk – Kate O’Flaherty asks what the information security industry can do to encourage more women to join the sector. FIRST Chair, Margrete Raaum, responds.

BoanNews (Korean) – FIRST Board members Damir Rajnovic and Maarten Van Horenbeeck are interviewed on how FIRST builds a global information security community, and how Korea contributes.

DigitalDaily (Korean) - FIRST Chair Margrete Raaum and Maarten Van Horenbeeck discuss the incentives that help industry innovative while still designing security controls, and how FIRST contributes.

Yonhap News (Korean) – FIRST Board member Katherine Gagnon is interviewed about her experience working in security, and on the risk of smart home and smart car threats.

Digital Times (Korean) – Margrete Raaum, Chair of FIRST, and Kee-Seung Baik, President and CEO of the Korea Internet & Security Agency, discuss the forthcoming FIRST conference in Seoul, Korea from June 12th – 18th.

The Diplomat – Bruce McConnel describes FIRST as a potential model for the intermediating role of institutions and organizations of addressing emerging risk.