Organizations Filed Purposes:
FIRST ASPIRES TO BRING TOGETHER INCIDENT RESPONSE AND SECURITY TEAMS FROM EVERY COUNTRY ACROSS THE WORLD TO ENSURE A SAFE INTERNET FOR ALL.EFFECTIVE RESPONSE IS A GLOBAL TASK, MIRRORING THE GLOBAL NATURE OF THE INTERNET. BASED ON A PEER TO PEER NETWORK GOVERNANCE MODEL, COMPUTER SECURITY INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAMS (CSIRTS), PRODUCT SECURITY INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAMS (PSIRTS) AND INDEPENDENT SECURITY RESEARCHERS WORK TOGETHER TO LIMIT THE DAMAGE OF SECURITY INCIDENTS. THIS REQUIRES A HIGH LEVEL OF TRUST; THE FUEL OUR MEMBERS RUN ON. FIRST FOSTERS TRUST BUILDING AMONG MEMBERS THROUGH A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES. INCIDENTS ARE NOT CONFINED TO ONE CULTURAL OR POLITICAL CORNER OF THE INTERNET, NOR DO THEY RESPECT BORDERS OR BOUNDARIES. FIRST THUS PROMOTES INCLUSIVENESS, INVITING MEMBERSHIP FROM ALL GEOGRAPHIC AND CULTURAL REGIONS
FIRST ASPIRES TO BRING TOGETHER INCIDENT RESPONSE AND SECURITY TEAMS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD.
FIRST HELD IT'S 32ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE VIRTUALLY IN NOVEMBER 2020. NEARLY 1300 SECURITY PROFESSIONALS FROM OVER 70 COUNTRIES ATTENDED SESSIONS ON INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES, REVIEWS OF INCIDENT HANDLING, AND TOOLS AND TRAINING, AND HEARD KEYNOTES FROM INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED EXPERTS.
BESIDES THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE FIRST AND ITS MEMBERS ORGANIZE UP TO 25 SMALLER EVENTS AROUND THE GLOBE WHICH TYPICALLY HAVE A REGIONAL OR TOPICAL FOCUS. THESE EVENTS CATER TO A MORE SPECIALIZED OR LOCAL AUDIENCE. COMMUNITY DRIVEN, THESE EVENTS HELP PARTICIPANTS TO FORGE VALUABLE CONNECTIONS WHICH ARE INVALUABLE DURING A SECURITY INCIDENT. PARTICIPANTS DISCUSS SECURITY RELEVANT TECHNICAL TOPICS, TOOLS AS WELL AS BEST PRACTICES. MANY OF THE EVENTS CO-HOST TRAINING COURSES IN THE AREA OF INCIDENT RESPONSE. IN 2020, DUE TO ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC, MANY OF THESE EVENTS COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED OR HAD TO BE MOVED TO AN ONLINE FORMAT.
FIRST PROVIDES SEVERAL ONLINE SERVICES SUPPORTING MEMBERS IN HANDLING SECURITY INCIDENTS MORE EFFICIENTLY. THIS INCLUDES A WEBSITE CONTAINING VERIFIED CONTACT INFORMATION, BEST PRACTICES AND MUCH MORE INFORMATION. OPERATIONAL INFORMATION IS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH ELECTRONIC INTERFACES TO BE INCORPORATED DIRECTLY INTO MEMBERS' TOOLS. FIRST HAS OVER 550 MEMBER TEAMS LOCATED IN MORE THAN 96 COUNTRIES. MEMBER TEAMS INCLUDE LARGE VENDORS, NATIONAL CERTS, TELCOS, RESEARCH INSTITUTES, AND MANY MORE. FIRST HOSTS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS LIKE THE COMMON VULNERABILITY SCORING SYSTEM (CVSS).
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Chris Gibson | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $175,713 |
| Maarten Van Horenbeeck | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| Masato Terada | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| Dave Schwartzburg | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| Thomas Schreck | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| Derrick Scholl Left B4 Ye | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| Shawn Richardson | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| Damir Rajnovic | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| Andrea Dufkova | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| Javier Berciano | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| Alexander Jaeger | CFO | 10 | $0 |
| Serge Droz | CHAIR | 10 | $0 |
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