Google has returned to the sponsorship team! (17:59 +0100)

Google, a sponsor since Ottawa 2003 has returned to the sponsorship team! FIRST greatly appreciates Google's continuing support!

Register now for March TC in Tokyo, Japan (16:12 +0100)

Hosted by CFC, HIRT, IIJ-SECT, JPCERT/CC, JSOC, NCSIRT, NISC, NTT-CERT, SBB-SIRT and YIRD from 25-28 March 2008 Akihabara UDX Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. More information about the program and location are available at FIRST website. FIRST Members may register online to attend to the event.

Bell IPCR and KFCERT are the newest members in FIRST (12:00 +0100)

Bell Canada Information Protection Centre Response (Bell IPCR) and Korea Financial Computer Emergency Response Team (KFCERT) have joined FIRST as full members. FIRST thanks the sponsors for their efforts and look forward to the active participation of the new members!

BIRT and GovCertUK are the newest members in FIRST (12:00 +0100)

BrandProtect IRT (BIRT) from Canada and CESG´s Government Computer Emergency Response Team (GovCertUK) from United Kingdom have joined FIRST as full members. FIRST thanks the sponsors for their efforts and look forward to the active participation of the new members!

New additions to the Conference Sponsorship Team (19:33 +0100)

FIRST.org is excited to announce that Microsoft has come aboard the 2008 Conference Sponsorship Team at the Platinum level. Q-CERT also returns aboard the Team at Gold level. Our thanks to all of the sponsors for their valuable support!

Call for Participation and instructors at FIRST and TERENA/TF-CSIRT joint event in Prague (13:40 +0100)

Instructors are requested for hands-on exercises or demos at January 2008 FIRST Technical Colloquium, together with TF-CSIRT Meeting at Prague, Czech Republic, hosted by Sun Microsystems. Participation is also expected -- FIRST Members can register online to attend to the event.

One more team from Australia within FIRST (09:00 +0100)

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!

4th NM-SIG meeting great success! (16:47 +0100)

The very interactive 4th NM-SIG meeting was held on Wednesday 17th October in Noordwijk (NL), before the GOVCERT.NL-symposium. Around 14 people attended the meeting. With hindsight...

20th Annual FIRST Conference Sponsorship Team (21:50 +0100)

Sun Microsystems was the first to join the 2008 Sponsorship Team this year. For the 6th year in a row, Cisco Systems is returning as our Network Sponsor. Hitachi, a sponsor since 2005, is also back again. BFK sponsored for the first time in Spain and they are returning again in Vancouver. FIRST gratefully acknowledges the support of all of its sponsors. Help FIRST celebrate its 20th Anniversary in Vancouver this year. Join the Sponsorship Team today.

NCSIRT, FSLab and YIRD are the newest members in FIRST (09:00 +0100)

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!

The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) and Its Applicability to Federal Agency Systems (16:41 +0100)

NIST IR 7435 is published as final. CVSS provides an open framework for communicating the characteristics and impacts of IT vulnerabilities.

August 2007 Technical Colloquium draft program released (00:14 +0100)

Details on the Kuala-Lumpur TC program are available now. Preview the schedule on-line and register now for this important event in Malasya! The TC will be held in August 22-24, 2007.

FIRST community has received a new Liaison Member (09:00 +0100)

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!

Register now for October TC and Security Workshop in Lima, Peru (02:46 +0100)

Hosted by TERIS – Telefonica del Peru CSIRT from 13-18 October 2007 at Lima Swiss Hotel, Peru. More information about the program and location are available at FIRST website. FIRST Members may register online to attend to the event.

Register now for August TC in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (20:00 +0100)

Hosted by MyCERT/CyberSecurity from 22-24 August 2007 at Crowne Plaza Mutiara Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. More information about the program and location are available at FIRST website. FIRST Members may register online to attend to the event.

CCN-CERT and Secunia CSIRT are the newest members in FIRST (09:00 +0100)

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!

Hot or not: The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) unveils updated common vulnerability scoring system (16:01 +0100)

The new scoring system promises to make it easier for security managers and the IT industry to better measure the real-world risks associated with software flaws.

19th Annual FIRST Conference presentations released (23:00 +0100)

Presentations and papers of the Seville conference, the most well-attended and well-received, with 467 delegates from 49 countries, are now available for download. Our thanks to all presenters and program committee for their amazing job.

Crossing Borders: Towards the Globalization of Security (18:30 +0100)

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.

Third NM-SIG meeting at FIRST conference Seville (18:00 +0100)

The third meeting of the NM-SIG has been held on Thursday 21 June 2007, during the FIRST conference in Seville. Around 35 attendees joined discussions on various topics. The minutes of the meeting will be available for NM-SIG members soon.