Global Initiatives

FIRST is the only worldwide global CSIRT forum and our members are the top experts from across the field from all over the world. With its global scope and its heterogeneous character, FIRST supports and collaborates existing initiatives to outreach to our global CSIRT members.

FIRST as an global umbrella organization bringing together a wide variety of collaborative and cooperative approaches of the multiple disciplines involved in computer and network security incident response.

Existing liaisons with:

• The Common Vulnerability Score System SIG (CVSS)
• CSIRT Metrics SIG
• The Vendors SIG
• Law Enforcement & CSIRT Cooperation
• Network Monitoring
• The Corporate Executive Program (CEP)

Regional Initiatives Liaison with:

• TF-CSIRT in Europe Region
• APCERT in the Asia Pacific Region