FIRST CORE Sponsorship Opportunities

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Incident response is a global task and supporting FIRST CORE provides a unique opportunity for organizations to demonstrate their commitment to sustainable digital resilience and building a stronger incident response community locally, in their region, and globally.

Sponsor organizations will:

Join us as a founding partner in the inaugural year of FIRST CORE and help launch our new effort!

Sponsorship ProspectusImpact Vision

Values Founding CORE Establishment Partner Founding CORE Patron Founding CORE Advocate Founding CORE Supporter
Pricing $250,000+/year
(minimum 3–year commitment)		 $200,000/yr $150,000/yr $90,000/yr

Community and Capacity Building Benefits
Ability to support FIRST training program (through submission process) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Invitation-only access to exclusive Regional Insights meetings led by FIRST Regional Liaison* Yes Yes Yes Yes

FIRST Event Benefits
Logo featured on CORE supporter acknowledgement page Yes Yes Yes Yes
FIRST Annual Conference Reserved Registrations at the standard member rate of $2,250 Up to 10 Up to 8 Up to 6 Up to 4
Opportunity to host a workshop or present as part of the FIRST CORE track at the FIRST Annual Conference1 Self-select Self-select Self-select Self-select
FIRST Regional Symposium Branding and Pass Benefits Up to 2 1 1 1
Access to CORE Collateral Table at Conference Sponsor Showcase Evening2 Yes Yes Yes -
Discounted rate for Exhibitor Booth at the Annual Conference Free Booth $4000 $6000 $8000

Branding Opportunities
Logo on FIRST CORE Webpage Landing Page Sponsor Page Sponsor Page Sponsor Page
Company Description on Sponsors Webpage3 200 words 150 words 75 words 50 words
Logo Listed in FIRST Annual Conference Mobile App Yes Yes Yes Yes
Logo featured on FIRST CORE Banner at Annual Conference4 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Logo featured on FIRST CORE Banner at Regional Symposiums4 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Media Benefits
Press Release Mention Yes Yes Yes Yes
Acknowledgement of support on FIRST Social media Up to 4/ year Up to 2 1 1
Featured guest blog/ podcast5 Yes Yes Yes Yes

*Certain benefits will come online as the CCB offerings become available.

Have a community and capacity building or sponsorship idea?
Email us at events@first.org and let’s talk!

  1. FIRST CORE track includes half and quarter day workshops and various presentation slots available to CORE sponsors. Slot type is self-selected and allocated on a sponsorship level basis. FIRST reserves the right to finalize time slot assignments. Presentation and workshop material must follow the guidelines of Annual Conference Call for Speakers submissions and may not include sales or marketing content. All materials must be submitted for approval by FIRST. ↩

  2. Space on the CORE Collateral table is allocated on a sponsorship level, first-come, first-served basis. FIRST reserves the right to finalize space allocation.  ↩

  3. Content of messaging must be submitted for approval by FIRST.  ↩

  4. FIRST reserves the right to select and finalize design of all CORE deliverables.  ↩ ↩

  5. Guest blog and podcast content must be non-commercial and content of messaging must be submitted for approval by FIRST. ↩