FIRST Newcomers & Membership Committee

Did you know that some teams and liaisons are looking for sponsors to join? Have a look at the list, and look at the "FIRST Membership Application" page on your FIRST portal after logging in. You may realize that you may already know some applying teams or liaisons.

Sponsoring is a strict process, and sponsors often help applicants improve and meet the criteria to enter the FIRST community.

Joined in September 2024

3 Liaisons

• Emanuel Nicolosi, CH sponsor: Compass-CSIRT
• Josef Smidrkal, CZ sponsor: CSIRT SPCSS
• Kim Ytredal, NO sponsor: SP-CERT

4 Teams

• Huntington Bancshares CSO, US sponsors: Palo Alto SIRT and Cisco Systems
• Turk Telekom CSIRT, TR sponsors: TR-CERT and THY-CERT
• Maersk CERT, GB sponsors: CrowdStrike and UW SOC
• Approach Cyber CSIRT, BE sponsored by CIRCL and Swisscom

Joined in August 2024

2 Liaisons

• Jocelyn Lee, CA sponsored by Infineon CDC
• Robert Nixon, GB sponsored by CERT-GH

3 Teams

• CSIRT MON - Polish Military Computer Security Incident Response Team, PL sponsored by CERT POLSKA and NKSC/CERT-LT
• EDATA CSIRT, PE sponsored CERT CBRT and CSIRT-RD
• IQTEK-CSIRT, DO sponsored by BESTEL-CSIRT and CSIRT-RD

Joined in July 2024

2 Liaisons

• Antonio Fernandes, ES sponsored by CATALONIA-CERT
• Aurora Johnson, US sponsored by Palo Alto Networks SIRT

8 Teams

• OneCyber CERT, ES sponsored by OneseQ CERT and CERT-Aiuken
• SOC-BPD, DO sponsored by Palo Alto Networks SIRT and FortiGuard
• MediaTek CSIRT, TW sponsored by CCCSIRT and TM-CSIRT
• Dyson, SG sponsored by Ensign Infosecurity and Amazon SIRT
• CSIRST ZKB, CH sponsored by SWITCH-CERT and Swisscom CSIRT
• BeaconLab, MX sponsored by CrowdStrike and BESTEL-CSIRT
• CSIRT Gentera, MX sponsored by NST:CSIRT and Scitum-CERT
• CSIRT-CyberSoc, CL sponsored by CERT-Aiuken and CSIRT-RD

Joined in June 2024

3 Liaisons

• Koray Emre KISA, AE sponsored by Turkcell CDC
• Gilbert Nyandeje, KE sponsored by CERT-GH
• Sarah Novotny, US sponsored by Accenture

13 Teams

• Public CSIRT / CC of Mongolia, MN sponsored by NRD CIRT and MNCERT/CC
• CSIRT-IMPERIA, PE sponsored by CERT CBRT and CSIRT-RD
• TXOne Networks PSIRT, TW sponsored by TWCERT/CC and Panasonic PSIRT
• CERT- Banco de México, MX sponsored by TIC DEFENSE-CERT and Aqua Interactive CERT
• Dubex IRT, DK sponsored by DKCERT and TDC NET CDC
• CSIRT-DATASEC, CO sponsored by GammaCSOC-CERT and CERT Radical
• CERT-INN, IT sponsored by PI-CERT and Intesa Sanpaolo Prevention & Response
• AM-CERT National CERT/CSIRT Armenia, AM sponsored by CERT/CC and Team Cymru
• cdmon Security and Operations Response Team (SORT), ES sponsored by INCIBE-CERT and CCN-CERT
• CSIRT-Octapus, CO sponsored by CSIRT-MULTISOFT and Supra Security Center
• Redshift-CSIRT, PT sponsored by ISPIN-CERT and CERT-XLM
• Naval Group CERT, FR sponsored by CERT CM EI and CERT SG
• Cyber Threat Fusion Center Centene CSIRT, US sponsored by Deloitte ECC and DTTW-CSIRT

Joined in May 2024

5 Liaisons

• Vasileios Mavroeidis, NO sponsored by UiO-CERT
• Fabio Massacci, IT sponsored by CERT-GH
• Michael Lamb, GB sponsored by CYSIAM
• Allan Thomson, US sponsored by Accenture
• Sudhanshu Shekhar Sharma, AE sponsored by CERT-GH

8 Teams

• CIRT-BS, BS sponsored by CERT/CC and NRD CIRT
• National CSIRT of Mongolia, MN sponsored by NRD CIRT and SingCERT
• CHTSCSIRT, TW sponsored by TM-CSIRT and CCCSIRT
• Mnemo Evolution & Integration Services CERT, ES sponsored by AccentureMX-CERT and INCIBE-CERT
• Deloitte Global, US sponsored by NFCU-CSOC and Deloitte-CICAU
• Smart Global CSIRT, PE sponsored by CSIRT Think Networks and CSIRT Telconet
• Cellnex CSIRT, ES sponsored by EY and DXC Technology Iberia CSIRT
• CSIRT Carvajal (CVJ), CO sponsored by SOCCELSIA and CSIRT-ETB

Published on FIRST POST: Jul-Sep 2024