FIRST Education

A few, random photos taken at last week's FIRST Conference which was held in Seville, Spain.

UK citizens are “walking like sheep, bleating,” into a total surveillance society, Bob Ayers, of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) warned today at the 19th Annual Conference of FIRST, the Forum of...

Robert Hensing is also attending the FIRST Security Conference and although he did arrive on Tuesday (and therefore missed the FIRST Futbol Cup), he did find time to write a long blog post, giving us a general overview of the...

The 19th annual FIRST conference got under way today [Wednesday, June 20] in Seville, Spain, with a record 467 delegates from 49 countries – a 34 per cent increase on last year. The worldwide Forum of Incident Response and...

Now that the FIRST Security Conference is in full swing, SecurityProPortal.com will bring you the latest news from the event.Podcasts of the conference (including interviews with key speakers) will be available to download on...

Millions of computer users worldwide will enjoy more secure online experiences and transactions with the advent today of CVSS v2 – the latest version of the Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The release of version 2 was...

So here you are in your little pocket of the universe. Perhaps you’re:- • working out a strategy for dealing with the latest security threat or • putting together a proposal to your board for better security or• thinking about a...

Just in case you wanted to see more, here's a short video of the FIRST Football tournament that took place earlier on. [gv data="http://first2007.itproportal.com/video/PLayersinaction.flv"][/gv]

I think it is important to talk about vendors. One of the main set of comments from attendees is that they do not feel that they are being sold to at any point. Are there vendors present – absolutely! Do some wish to promote...

Another aspect that has really struck me is the internationalisation of FIRST. It is not just that you have people in your industry who have similar challenges to yourself but you also have industries in OTHER COUNTRIES who face...

This is my first FIRST conference – so perhaps by the end of the week my perspective will change but for those of you who’ve never attended a FIRST– let me give you some background. FIRST is essentially a non-profit making...

Signed in to the FIRST Train the Trainers programme – didn’t realise it started 8:00am UK time! The morning was based on various people’s associations with CERT teams round the world. People in the room came from all corners of...

After a full year of testing ClearMyMail offers the world’s first 100% Spam blocking guarantee for home and small business users. Northampton based tech company ClearMyMail has today launched the world’s first ever 100% no-spam...

Cingular will be the first wireless carrier in the United States to demonstrate a service that allows wireless phone users to easily make a "live" video share call. The service allows users to send a live video stream to a...

The priorities of best-in-class CPOs (Continuous Programme Optimisation) are clear: manage people first and manage spend second. Priorities for their lower performing peers are completely reversed.Aberdeen Group's new study, "The...