Cristine Hoepers Inducted into FIRST's Incident Response Hall of Fame

FUKUOKA, JUNE 13, 2024 - The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) announced, at FIRSTCON24, the premier global cybersecurity conference, the induction of Cristine Hoepers into its prestigious Incident Response Hall of Fame. Hoepers is being recognized for her pioneering work in establishing and supporting computer security incident response teams (CSIRTs) around the world.

Hoepers is the General Manager of CERT.br, Brazil's national CERT maintained by NIC.br. She has been instrumental in helping create new incident response capabilities in Brazil and delivering training to over 2,000 incident response professionals since 2004 as an SEI-Authorized CERT Instructor.

"Cristine's passion for strengthening incident response on a global scale has had an immense impact," said Chris Gibson, CEO of FIRST. "Her efforts to build CSIRT capabilities, share best practices, and increase internet resilience embody the spirit of the Incident Response Hall of Fame."

In addition to her work at CERT.br, Hoepers serves on the Board of Commissioners for the OpenCSIRT Foundation. She has held leadership roles at the UN Internet Governance Forum, ITU, LACNIC and other international organizations focused on cyber security. In 2020, she received the M3AAWG Mary Litynski Award for reducing internet abuse.

Hoepers is the first woman to join a distinguished group of past inductees including Andrew Cormack †, Jeffrey Carpenter, Dan Kaminsky †, Ian Cook, Don Stikvoort and Klaus-Peter Kossakowski. The Incident Response Hall of Fame celebrates individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the global incident response community.

"I am truly honored to receive this recognition from FIRST alongside such an esteemed group of incident response pioneers," said Hoepers. "Developing CSIRT capabilities that strengthen cyber resilience has been the driving passion of my career. This honor reinforces the importance of that mission on a global scale."

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