FIRST releases its 2020-21 Annual Report

FIRST published its fifth Annual Report which covers the organization’s accomplishments towards its vision of bringing together incident response and security teams from every country across the world to ensure a safe internet for all. The report is available at FIRST Annual Report 2020-2021.

June 11, 2021 - The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) published its fifth Annual Report today. The report covers the organization’s accomplishments towards its vision of bringing together incident response and security teams from every country across the world to ensure a safe internet for all. It covers the period between the end of June 2020 and the end of May 2021.

The Annual Report contains details of the projects that aim to fulfill FIRST's vision, including outreach, events, standards, special interest groups, training and education, policy and governance, marketing and PR, and diversity and inclusion. It also contains the organization's financials for the past year.

Serge Droz, Chair of FIRST, said: “The past year has been difficult for everyone. The global pandemic resulted in incident responders working, mostly from home, sometimes struggling with the anxiety of the pandemic while at the same time fighting an increasing number of criminals who were attacking an already strained resource. Our staff and volunteers adapted to the new conditions at FIRST by delivering several virtual events and initiatives to replace our in-person events while also maintaining business as usual for our other key activities. This also created new opportunites for people to engage that would previously not attend in-person meetings, helping us reachour goal of being inclusive and global. We also launched a new code of ethics for incident response and security teams and increased our focus on diversity and inclusion in the industry.”

The report is available at FIRST Annual Report 2020-2021.