The annual conference is a 4-5 day global event that focuses on the issues of incident response and security teams and brings together incident response and security professionals from around the world who share their experiences and expertise. The conference is organized and hosted by FIRST with support from a local/regional team. Security professionals in all areas will find the interaction with incident response teams educational. The presentations are made by a mix of international speakers and includes invited speakers and keynotes from outside the FIRST membership for timely and focused related subjects and experiencess. Topics are international in scope and include the latest in incident response and prevention, vulnerability analysis, computer. security, management and policy issues. All conference sessions are open to both members and non-members and are not hands on focused. The conference is draws industry sponsorships and also attended by a cross section of operational/technical through management from the incident response community.
June 14–June 19, 2026
June 22–June 27, 2025
Hosted by CFCS Denmark
www.first.org/conference/firstcti25/
April 21–23, 2025
www.first.org/conference/vulncon2025/
April 7–April 10, 2025
www.first.org/conference/2024 Program Publications
June 9–June 14, 2024
www.first.org/conference/firstcti24/ Program Publications
April 15–17, 2024
www.first.org/conference/vulncon2024/ Program Publications
March 25–27, 2024
www.first.org/conference/berlin2023/ Program Publications
November 6–8, 2023
www.first.org/conference/2023/ Program Publications
June 4–June 9, 2023
www.first.org/conference/2022/ Program Publications
June 26, 2022–July 1, 2022
www.first.org/conference/2021/ Program
June 6–June 9, 2021
www.first.org/conference/2020/ Program Publications
November 15–18, 2020
www.first.org/conference/2019/ Program Publications
June 16–June 21, 2019
www.first.org/conference/2018 Program Publications
June 24–June 29, 2018
www.first.org/conference/2017 Program Publications
June 11–June 16, 2017
www.first.org/conference/2016 Publications
June 12–June 17, 2016
www.first.org/conference/2015 Publications
June 14–June 19, 2015
www.first.org/conference/2014 Publications
June 22–June 27, 2014
www.first.org/conference/2013/
June 16–June 21, 2013
Hosted by ThaiCERT
www.first.org/conference/2012/
June 17–June 22, 2012
www.first.org/conference/2011/
June 12–June 17, 2011
Hosted by CERT.at
www.first.org/conference/2010/
June 13–June 18, 2010
www.first.org/conference/2009/
June 28, 2009–July 3, 2009
www.first.org/conference/2008/ Publications
June 22–June 27, 2008
Hosted by FIRST.org
www.first.org/conference/2007/ Publications
June 17–June 22, 2007
Hosted by FIRST.Org
www.first.org/conference/2006/ Publications
June 25–June 30, 2006
Hosted by CERT CC
www.first.org/conference/2005/
June 26, 2005–July 1, 2005
Hosted by iDA
www.first.org/conference/2004/
June 13–June 18, 2004
Hosted by FIRST.Org, Inc.
www.first.org/conference/2003/
June 22–June 27, 2003
Hosted by FIRST.Org, Inc.
www.first.org/conference/2002/
June 24–June 28, 2002
Hosted by FIRST.Org, Inc.
www.first.org/conference/2001/
June 17–June 22, 2001
Hosted by CERT-IST
www.first.org/conference/2000/
June 25–June 30, 2000
Hosted by NU-CERT
www.first.org/conference/1999/
June 13–June 18, 1999
Hosted by AusCERT
www.first.org/conference/1998/
June 21–June 26, 1998
Hosted by MxCERT
www.first.org/conference/1997/
June 23–June 27, 1997
Hosted by JANET-CERT
www.first.org/conference/1996/
July 28–July 31, 1996
Hosted by FIRST.Org, Inc.
September 18–22, 1995
Hosted by MicroBIT
July 25–July 29, 1994
Hosted by NIST
August 10–13, 1993
Hosted by CERT/CC
August 4–6, 1992
Hosted by CERT/CC
August 6–8, 1991
Hosted by CERT/CC
June 20–June 21, 1990
Hosted by CERT/CC
July 31, 1989–August 1, 1989
Hosted by CERT/CC