FIRST Steering Committee & Board of Directors News

FIRST POST: Autumn 2020

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

2020-2022 Board Announced. Welcoming a new board member – Shawn Richardson. FIRST reveals its new Vision and Mission. FIRST 32nd Annual Conference – Virtual Edition. Tips on how to publish your ideas in peer-reviewed journals. Code of Conduct – A Reminder. Infrastructure update. Have you read our new Annual Report yet?

FIRST releases 2018-2019 Annual Report

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:00:00 +0000

The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams releases its third annual report, covering the scope of its activities from the 2018 conference in Kuala Lumpur, through its 2019 annual event in Edinburgh.

FIRST releases 2017-2018 Annual Report

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 13:00:00 +0000

The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams releases its second annual report, covering the scope of its activities from the 2017 conference in Puerto Rico, through its 2018 annual event in Kuala Lumpur.

FIRST releases inaugural annual report

Mon, 24 Jul 2017 15:00:00 +0000

The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams releases inaugural annual report, covering the scope of its activities from the 2016 conference in Seoul, through its 2017 annual event in Puerto Rico.

Statement on FIRST events and the US Executive Order on Immigration

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 23:00:00 +0000

The FIRST Board of Directors recognizes and shares the concerns of members and event attendees about recent changes in US immigration policy. We believe global participation is a prerequisite to developing strong and successful responses to internet security issues.

Results of the 2011 SC Election!

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:40:00 +0000

Congratulations to the winners of this year's SC Election: · Jordi Aguila (e-LC CSIRT, La Caixa) · Ken van Wyk (Kenneth R. van Wyk, KRvW Associates, LLC) · Maarten Van Horenbeeck (MSCERT, Microsoft) · Margrete Raaum (UiO-CERT, University of Oslo Computer Emergency Response Team) . Suguru Yamaguchi (JPCERT/CC, Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, JAPAN).

They will join those SC members whose terms continue until the 2012 AGM: · Chris Gibson, Chair (Citi, US/UK)
· Peter Allor, Treasurer (IBM, US) · Reneaué Railton (Cisco, US)
· Robert Schischka (CERT.at, AT) · Steve Adegbite (Adobe, US)

Results of FIRST Steering Committee Election!

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:21:00 +0000

26 June – Steve Adegbite from Microsoft (USA) was the newest member elected to the FIRST SC for the 2008-2010 term. Also re-elected were Peter Allor from IBM (USA), Scott McIntyre from KPN-CERT (NL), Chris Gibson from Citigroup (USA/UK) and Derrick Scholl from Sun Microsystems (USA). Derrick Scholl and Chris Gibson will continue their roles as President/Chair and CFO/Treasurer, respectively. A fond farewell and thank you to Liliana 'Nina' Solha – who decided not to run for re-election after serving 6 years on the FIRST SC and heading up the website efforts and various TCs and programs throughout Latin America.

FIRST Steering Committee & Board of Directors News Channel Released

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:00:00 +0000

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].