Partners

FIRST actively develops partnerships with organizations that contribute to our goal of enabling incident response teams to more effectively respond to security incidents.

FIRST partners with the following organizations:

GÉANT

FIRST and GÉANT partner on delivering TRANSITS training and co-hosted Technical Colloquia with TF-CSIRT.

https://www.geant.org/
LACNIC

FIRST and LACNIC partner on the joint organization of events, training in Latin America and the Carribean, and the overall growth of the CSIRT community in the region.

https://www.lacnic.net/
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

ITU helps facilitate FIRST affiliation and membership processes as part of team readiness assessments.

https://www.itu.int
Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE)

FIRST and the GFCE cooperate on incident response capacity building projects.

https://www.thegfce.com/
Organization of The Islamic Cooperation CERT (OIC-CERT)

FIRST and OIC-CERT assist each other in organizing events and training, mutual development of event programs, and keep eachother briefed regarding the ongoing work being undertaken by each organization.

https://www.oic-cert.org
Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)

FIRST and APNIC collaborate on events, training and development of CSIRTs in the Asia Pacific region.

https://www.apnic.net/
Organization of American States (OAS)

FIRST and OAS maintain a partnership on the development of the CSIRT community in the Americas.

http://www.oas.org/en/
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS)

FIRST and OASIS collaborate on events and standard development.

https://www.oasis-open.org/
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

FIRST and ICANN collaborate to fight all forms of DNS abuse by creating awareness, common practices and training materials.

https://www.icann.org/
MITRE Engenuity | Center for Threat-Informed Defense

FIRST and MITRE Engenuity partner to expand the global understanding of adversary behaviors.

https://ctid.mitre.org
Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M³AAWG)

The Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M³AAWG) is where the industry comes together to work against bots, malware, spam, viruses, DoS attacks and other online exploitation.

www.m3aawg.org
The Diana Initiative

The Diana Initiative is a 501c3 non-profit corporation registered in Las Vegas Nevada. Their mission is to uplift, inspire, and support women and non-binary people of all races, cultures, and backgrounds at every stage of their information security career with education, collaboration, and resources offered online and at inclusive, welcoming conferences.

dianainitiative.org