http://www.first.org/newsroom/news/about.html Information about FIRST organization, history and operational framework FIRST.org, Inc. © 1995-2008 by FIRST.org, Inc. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:22:00 -0600 Wed, 16 May 2012 23:42:26 -0500 Tecnodesign (http://tecnodz.com) en-us 20 http://www.first.org/newsroom/news/about.html/_images/first-news.png http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20120217 firstnews:40431 The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) is holding its 24th Annual Conference this June (17th – 22nd) on one of the most fortified islands in the Mediterranean, Malta. Reflecting FIRST’s mission for global cooperation, the five-day conference will bring together leading experts and security professionals from around the world to share best practice and the latest thinking on this year’s theme; Security is not an island. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:22:00 +0100 https://www.first.org/resources/newsletters firstnews:40430 The Winter 2012 Edition of the FIRST Times Newsletter has been posted at https://www.first.org/resources/newsletters. Editor Reneaué Railton would like to thank all that contributed! Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:50:00 +0100 http://conference.first.org/cfs firstnews:40427 If you’d like your talk to be considered for the 24th Annual FIRST Conference, “Security is Not an Island,” please turn in your submissions no later than Friday, December 16th. The official Call for Speakers Letter from 2012 Program Chair, Dr. Jose Nazario can be found at http://conference.first.org/cfs. The submission form is located towards the bottom of the letter. Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:37:00 +0100 http://www.first.org/events/colloquia/london2011 firstnews:40423 Registration for the London TC on 2 November is underway and space is limited! Please visit http://www.first.org/events/colloquia/london2011 for more details and to register! Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:49:00 +0100 http://conference.first.org/cfs firstnews:40422 The 2012 Call for Speakers for the 24th Annual FIRST Conference, "Security is Not an Island" is officially open. The FIRST 2012 Program Chair, Dr. Jose Nazario has posted more information at http://conference.first.org/cfs. Questions? Please contact the conference team at first-2012@first.org. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:40:00 +0100 http://www.first.org/ firstnews:40420 Welcome to the updated FIRST Website. As you can see, we've given the site a new look and feel (and made some backend updates as well). If you have any questions about the new site - please contact first-sec@first.org. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:41:00 +0100 http://www.first.org/members/teams/dojcert/ firstnews:40410 FIRST would like to welcome the Department of Justice, Security Operations Center (JSOC) DOJCERT as it’s newest member team. Special thanks to sponsors GE-CIRT and DOE-CIRC. Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:58:00 +0100 http://www.first.org/members/teams firstnews:40402 The United Arab Emirates Computer Emergency Response Team (aeCERT) sponsored by Symantec CERT (SymCERT) and MyCERT and Internet Identity (IID), USA sponsored by Boeing (BCERT) and AusCERT. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:27:00 +0100 http://www.first.org/about/organization/directors.html firstnews:40399 FIRST would like to welcome the new members of the FIRST Steering Committee and FIRST.org Inc Board of Directors: Robert Schischka of CERT.at (Austria) and Reneaué Railton of Cisco (USA). We would also like to welcome back our re-elected members: Chris Gibson of Citi CIRT (USA/UK), Pete Allor of IBM (USA) and Steve Adegbite of Microsoft (USA) who was re-elected as the SC Chair. Continuing for another year will be Kurt Sauer of Spinlock Technologies (Japan), Tom Mullen of BT (UK), Yurie Ito of ICANN/JPCERT/CC (Japan), Ken van Wyk of KRvW Associates (USA) and Jordi Aguila of e-LC CSIRT (Spain). Special thanks to Jeff Boerio of Intel for interest in running -- and to Derrick Scholl and Scott McIntyre for their years of service to FIRST! Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:21:00 +0100 http://www.first.org/members/teams/ firstnews:40390 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! Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:21:00 +0100 http://www.neustar.biz/ firstnews:40388 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. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:16:00 +0100 http://www.first.org/members/teams/ firstnews:40384 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. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:14:00 +0100 http://www.first.org/events/colloquia/mar2008/ firstnews:38444 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! Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.first.org/events/colloquia/jan2008/ firstnews:110 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. Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:04:00 +0100 http://www.first.org/members/teams/nab_itsar/ firstnews:104 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! Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.first.org/members/teams/ firstnews:105 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! Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.first.org/members/liaisons/david_mortman/ firstnews:106 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! Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.first.org/members/teams/ firstnews:107 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! Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.first.org/conference/2008/ firstnews:87 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. Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:30:00 +0100 https://members.first.org/events/meetings/ firstnews:67 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]. Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:00:00 +0100