Sharing information about vulnerabilities, incidents, tools, and other issues affecting incident response and security teams is a key goal of FIRST Events worldwide.
A SIG is a group of FIRST Members and invited parties who come together to explore a specific technology area and collaborate to address common challenges.
FIRST actively develops partnerships with organizations that contribute to our goal of enabling incident response teams to more effectively respond to security incidents.
Being a FIRST trainer is a great experience, as you get to meet with teams from different parts of the world with different challenges and solutions.
The value of joining FIRST depends on the level of participation and effort that a team invests. FIRST organizes regular in-person, hybrid, and virtual events where members can learn from subject matter experts on the most relevant topics in the industry. FIRST also has several Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and Standards Groups made up of volunteers chartered on tasks that help support and connect the community. Membership in FIRST enables incident response teams to respond to security incidents more effectively by providing access to best practices, tools, and a trusted global network of over 700 teams and liaisons for exchanging information. t is a place where organizations from various sectors, regions, of different sizes and constituencies, with differing levels of expertise and resources, can share and learn from one other.