FIRST Abuse-Handling SIG held its latest workshop in Seville (17:22 +0100)

SIG members took forward projects like whitelisting known-good large mailservers, and the concept of feedback-loops. The workshop, well-attended by an enthusiastic number of members, also initiated steps towards a new relationship with the APWG.

Citizens heading "like sheep" (22:04 +0100)

UK citizens are “walking like sheep, bleating,” into a total surveillance society, Bob Ayers, of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) warned today at the 19th Annual Conference of FIRST.

Next Asian-Pacific and Latin American Technical Colloquia announced (17:10 +0100)

The 2007 August TC will be hosted by MyCERT/CyberSecurity Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; the October TC in Lima, Peru, hosted by TERIS (Telefonica del Peru CSIRT). FIRST Members participation is expected on plenary sessions and hands-on courses.

CSIRT Metrics Special Interest Group page and news channel released (13:00 +0100)

By defining measures for effectiveness, identifying appropriate performance metrics, and determining appropriate approaches for evaluating systems, this metrics SIG aims to improve CSIRT incident management practices within the FIRST community.

CERTs need info clear and fast (22:03 +0100)

The need to ensure fast and intelligible information flows between Computer Emergency Response Teams when vendors report vulnerabilities was the lead topic this week when FIRST’s Vendor SIG convened in Seville.

FIRST Conference Launches to Record Numbers (11:00 +0100)

The 19th annual FIRST conference got under way today [Wednesday, June 20] in Seville, Spain, with a record 467 delegates from 49 countries – a 34 per cent increase on last year.

New version of Common Vulnerability Scoring System released (02:00 +0100)

Seville Spain – June 20, 2007: Millions of computer users worldwide will enjoy more secure virtual experiences and transactions with the advent today of CVSSv2 – the latest version of the Common Vulnerability Scoring System.

FIRST Steering Committee & Board of Directors News Channel Released (18:00 +0100)

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].

KPN working on a possible threat of significant service disruption from Electro Magnetic Pulse caused by Solar Activity (19:25 +0100)

The executives attending the Corporate Executive Programme’s Global Risk Summit at Gleneagles in Scotland in May to debate trends and anticipate the major risks that will impact international business over the next 12 months.

New SIG on CSIRT Metrics (15:04 +0100)

A new SIG is being established to bring together interested members in the FIRST community to discuss and identify approaches for evaluating CSIRTs and incident management practices within FIRST.

2007 Global Risk Summit at Gleneagles predicts increases in targeted cyber attacks aimed at corporate smart phones and PDAs (21:55 +0100)

Senior executives joined the Corporate Executive Programme’s Global Risk Summit at Gleneagles in Scotland in May to debate trends and anticipate the major risks that will impact international business over the next 12 months.

No security relaxation any time soon for air travellers – senior executives attending the Corporate Executive Programme’s 2007 Global Risk Summit at Gleneagles are told (21:43 +0100)

Professor Brian Collins, Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK’s Department for Transport addressed senior executives attending the Corporate Executive Programme’s Global Risk Summit at Gleneagles in Scotland in May to debate trends and anticipate...

CERT-TCC and CSIRT ANTEL are the newest members in FIRST (06:00 +0100)

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!

A Secure Network for Security Experts (21:00 +0100)

Portable Security System from Cisco Will Protect Global Conference Network

Patchlink returns to FIRST as a Bronze sponsor. Welcome back Patchlink (21:49 +0100)

We would also like to welcome BorderWare as a new sponsor this year. 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.

ENISA becomes Gold Sponsor (20:25 +0100)

The European Network and Information Security Agency has joined the FIRST Sponsorship Team. With this step the Agency wants to affirm its support for the FIRST as a premier organisation and recognised global leader in incident response.

One more team from Canada within FIRST (23:30 +0100)

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!

New vendor demonstrations for 2007 FIRST Conference in Seville (00:00 +0100)

Matta, who joins the FIRST Sponsorship Team this year, will participate at the Vendor Booths and Beer 'n Gear, along with other sponsors. There are still sponsorship opportunities available, please visit the Conference Sponsorship web page.

CERT/CC sets the pace for 2007 sponsorship (18:48 +0100)

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 +0100)

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.