FIRST in the News 2020

New ethics guidelines for incident response and security teams have been released by the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) to coincide with Global Ethics Day today. The document offers advice and recommendations for cybersecurity professionals on how they should conduct themselves in a professional and ethical manner when dealing with incidents.

The 12 points seek to provide security professionals with advice on ethical behavior during incident response.

The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) has launched ethics guidelines for incident response and security teams. The group, consisting of Internet emergency response teams from 539 organizations worldwide, seeks to provide cybersecurity professionals with guidance on how to behave ethically during incidents.

Following a global consultation, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) is launching new ethics guidelines for incident response and security teams today on Global Ethics Day. ethicsfIRST provides guidance for cybersecurity professionals on how to conduct themselves professionally and ethically during incidents. Inspired by Earth Day, Global Ethics Day provides an opportunity for organizations to explore the meaning of ethics in international affairs

For the first time, and with input from Jisc, a code of ethics has been created for all professionals working in product and computer security incident response teams (PCIRTs and CSIRTs) in all sectors, including education and research. Cyber security and the important work of security incident response teams in keeping the Internet safe has never been more important and, as the security landscape changes, more is expected of experts working in this field.