FIRST Newcomers & Membership Committee

FIRST welcomed 25 newcomers between November 2023 and January 2024 : 19 teams, and 6 liaisons. They are based in Europe (15), North America (4) and South America (4). Congratulations to all of them, thank you for all the primary and secondary sponsors who accompanied them. It is a real effort that is to be recognized. Stay tuned! FIRST is happy to extend its membership to 1 new country, reaching 108 countries: Liechtenstein. A warm welcome to CSIRT.LI!

Did you know that some teams and liaisons are looking for sponsors to join? Have a look at the list, and look at the “FIRST Membership Application” page on your FIRST portal after login in. You may realize that you may already know some applying teams or liaisons, Sponsoring is a strict process, and sponsors often help applicants improve and meet the criteria to enter the FIRST community.

Joined in November 2023

Liaison

  • Frode Hommedal, NO, KraftCERT

Teams

  • CSIRT ERGO Group, DE, ComCERT.pl, CERT OPL
  • CERT BIK, PL, ComCER.pl, CERT OPL
  • Toll-CSIRT, NO, KCSC, Nordic Financial CERT
  • ASEKH_CSIRT, TW, CCCIRT, TWCSIRT
  • Munich Re (Group) SIRT, DE, BMW, SAP
  • Vinted SIRT, LT, NRD CIRT, LITNET CERT
  • NAV ISOC, NO, KraftCERT, mIRT
  • CERT-Stoïk, EU, CERT La Poste, Global CERT Orange Cyberdefense
  • CSIRT BASE4 Security, AR, CERT CBRT, CSIRT-RD
  • WIN CSIRT, PE, CERT CBRT, CSIRT-RD

Joined in December 2023

Liaison

  • Jason Keirstead, CA, Accenture

Teams

  • A1 CERT, AT, CERT.at, FREQUENTIS SIRT
  • CERTFin, IT, CERTBI, PI-CERT
  • CSIRT Sonda S.A, CL, eSOC Babel, CERT-Aiuken
  • EY CSIRT,FR , CIRCL, Accenture
  • GitHub, US, Team Cymru, Microsoft Security

Joined in January 2024

Liaisons

  • Eric Szatmary, US, Juniper SIRT
  • Michael Wiesner, DE, CERT-Bund
  • Nadher Alsafvani, CH, OCERT

Teams

  • Apura CSIRT, BR, Team Cymru, RedIRIS
  • CBUAE-CERT, AE, MOI-CERT, aeCERT
  • CSIRT. LI, LI, SWITCH CERT, CERT.at
  • Kering-CERT, FR, CERT Crédit Agricole, AXA CERT
  • Roblox Detection Response Team (DART), US, Juniper SIRT, Duke

Published on FIRST POST: Jan-Mar 2024