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FIRST welcomes three new teams (19:21 GMT+01)

CERT Estonia (CERT-EE) sponsored by SI-CERT and CERT-FI; HSBC Rapid Emergency Action Crisis Team (REACT), USA sponsored by Citi CIRT and Goldman Sachs and Trustwave SpiderLabs CIRT (TWSL-CIRT), USA sponsored by NU-CERT and IBM. Please join us in welcoming the new teams and thanking their sponsors!

FIRST Welcomes Neustar to the Sponsorship Team! (19:16 GMT+01)

FIRST would like to welcome Neustar to the 2010 Sponsorship Team! Neustar joins us as a Gold Sponsor and will also be exhibiting at the conference. This is Neustar's first time sponsoring the Annual FIRST Conference.

FIRST welcomes four new teams in January (23:14 GMT+01)

CERT BWI (Germany) sponsored by CERTBw (CERT German Armed Forces) and Siemens CERT; Computer Emergency Response Team of the Swiss Government (GovCERT.ch), Switzerland sponsored by CERT-Bund and IP+ CERT; Research In Motion, Corporate Security - Information Security Operations Centre (RIM CS-ISOC), Canada sponsored by TDBFG CSIRT and Bell IPCR; CERT Societe Generale (CERT SG), France sponsored by CERTA and dbCERT.

March 2008 Technical Colloquium latest program released (16:00 GMT+01)

Now the latest program agenda of Joint Workshop on Security, and FIRST Technical Colloquium 2008 in Tokyo has been updated and published. We are looking forward to meeting as many of you as possible in one of the best season of the year in Tokyo, Japan!

The 3rd Annual Joint TF-CSIRT and FIRST TC kicked off in Prague (19:04 GMT+01)

A total of 123 registrants from 28 different countries came together for the 23rd TF-CSIRT meeting on today. 66 different FIRST teams and TERENA members were able to participate in this event hosted by Sun Microsystems. The FIRST/TF-CSIRT Seminar will continue on Tuesday.

One more team from Australia within FIRST (09:00 GMT+01)

NAB ITSAR - National Australian Bank IT Security Assessment and Response - has recently affiliated to FIRST as a full member. FIRST thanks the sponsors (AusCERT and VeriSign) for their efforts, and look forward to the active participation of the new member!

NCSIRT, FSLab and YIRD are the newest members in FIRST (09:00 GMT+01)

NRI SecureTechnologies Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCSIRT), F-Secure Security Labs (FSLab) and Yahoo! Incident Response Division (YIRD) have joined FIRST as full members. FIRST thanks the sponsors for their efforts, and look forward to the active participation of the new members!

FIRST community has received a new Liaison Member (09:00 GMT+01)

David Mortman has recently affiliated to FIRST as a liaison member. FIRST thanks the sponsor Team Cymru for its support and look forward to the active participation of the new member!

CCN-CERT and Secunia CSIRT are the newest members in FIRST (09:00 GMT+01)

The Spanish Governmental National Cryptology Center CSIRT (CCN-CERT) and the Secunia CSIRT (Secunia Research) have joined FIRST as full members. FIRST thanks the sponsors for their efforts and look forward to the active participation of the new members!

Crossing Borders: Towards the Globalization of Security (18:30 GMT+01)

Debate the challenges of transnational ethics and safety and learn how to transform yourself technically, politically, legally and efficiently into a truly global force for Internet security at the 20th Annual FIRST Conference in Vancouver, Canada.

FIRST Steering Committee & Board of Directors News Channel Released (18:00 GMT+01)

Important decisions taken or discussions held on SC/Board meetings regarding membership, policies and operational issues of FIRST will be communicated by this new channel. [FIRST Members Only].

CERT-TCC and CSIRT ANTEL are the newest members in FIRST (06:00 GMT+01)

The Tunisian CERT Coordination Center (CERT-TCC) and Uruguay's Telecommunications Agency CSIRT (CSIRT ANTEL) have joined FIRST as full members. FIRST thanks the sponsors for their efforts, and look forward to active participation of the new members!

One more team from Canada within FIRST (23:30 GMT+01)

CyberCIRT - Cyberklix Computer Incident Response Team - has recently affiliated to FIRST as a full member. FIRST thanks the sponsors (TDBFG CSIRT and BMO-ISIRT) for their efforts, and look forward to active participation of the new member!

CERT/CC sets the pace for 2007 sponsorship (18:48 GMT+01)

CERT/CC was the first to come in with sponsorship this year and they did so with a splash at the Platinum level. Also joining FIRST and the FIRST Sponsorship Team at the Silver level is Q-CERT from Qatar.

BT takes the Diamond! (19:00 GMT+01)

British Telecom, a member of the Sponsorship Team since 1998, is back as the top sponsor. Joining BT are four NEW additions –Telefónica, INTECO, Endeavor and BFK– and new levels for IBM ISS, Assuria and E-Secure-IT. Our thanks to all of the sponsors.

Spanish companies show support for the 2007 FIRST Conference in Seville (20:00 GMT+01)

RedIris, La Caixa and Panda Software are now sponsoring our conference. Our thanks to all of our current sponsors for their valuable support. There are still sponsorship opportunities available, please visit the Conference Sponsorship web page.

19th FIRST Annual Conference program schedule released (17:00 GMT+01)

Details on the conference program are available now. Preview the schedule on-line or download the printable pdf version, and register now for this unique event in Seville, Spain!

Register now for April TC in Doha, Qatar (21:00 GMT+01)

Hosted by Q-CERT from 12-16 April 2007, this TC marks the inaugural FIRST event in the Middle East region. More information about the program and location are available at FIRST website. FIRST Members may register online to attend to the event

One more team from the Middle East region within FIRST (19:54 GMT+01)

Q-CERT - the national CERT Coordination Center of State of Qatar - has recently affiliated to FIRST as a full member. FIRST thanks the sponsors (GOVCERT.NL and SingCERT) for their efforts, and look forward to active participation of the new member!

TERIS is the newest member in FIRST (09:00 GMT+01)

The Telefonica del Peru CSIRT has recently joined FIRST as a full member. This new addition is the seventh Latin American team within FIRST. FIRST thanks the sponsors for their efforts, and look forward to active participation of the new member!

Four new sponsors for the 2007 FIRST Conference in Seville! (19:26 GMT+01)

Google, KrCERT/CC, Cisco and Cymru are now sponsoring our conference. Our thanks to all of our current sponsors for their valuable support. There are still sponsorship opportunities available, please visit the Conference Sponsorship web page.

Best Practice on how to set up a CSIRT (16:02 GMT+01)

ENISA CSIRT Setting up Guide describes the process of setting up a Computer Security and Incident Response Team (CSIRT) from all relevant perspectives like business management, process management and technical perspective.

Sponsorship opportunities for the 19th Annual FIRST Conference (15:31 GMT+01)

Sponsorship at FIRST Conferences opens to the doors to gain focused access to a highly influential group of IT Security practitioners and Computer Security Incident Response Experts from around the globe.

Register now for October TC in Rio de janeiro (21:27 GMT+01)

October 2006 Technical Colloquia website is now available. FIRST Members may register online to attend to the event, from 07-12 October, in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

Register now for September TC in Seoul (23:15 GMT+01)

September 2006 Technical Colloquia website is now available. FIRST Members may register online to attend to the event, from 25-27 September, in Seoul (KO)

Corporate Executive Programme's Global Risk Index Takes Center Stage Today at Gleneagles, Scotland (06:32 GMT+01)

Operating under the auspices of FIRST, the CEP takes a cross functional approach to risk management by seeking to bridge the gap between the technical and business areas of global companies.

Last day for Early Registration to the 18th Annual Conference

This is the last opportunity to have a $300 discount for the Baltimore Conference. Early Registration ends on April 25th 18h00 GMT+1

FIRST Members area revised (19:00 GMT+01)

All the Member-related information may be found on this new section of the website