Project
FIRST: Internet Governance and Policy
About
Cybil code: G0039
Status: Ongoing
From: Jan 2017
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Summary
Through this project FIRST contributed to technical discussions which add to the wider Internet Governance debates.
Details
Aims
Contribute to technical discussions which add to the wider Internet Governance debates
Outcomes
- FIRST members functioned as lead experts to the Best Practice Forum on Cybersecurity, organized by the Internet Governance Forum in Guadalajara, Mexico, 2016;
- FIRST members and representatives also participated as technical community members in panels at the IGF in Turkey in 2015, Brazil in 2014 and Azerbaijan in 2012
- FIRST is organizing training on the Incident Response community and standards specifically focused on policy makers
- Board member Serge Droz participated in the ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy initiative in Vientiane, Laos;
- Board member Maarten Van Horenbeeck participated in a panel on challenges in international cooperation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at the 2nd Annual international Cyber Security Conference, organized by the Saudi Arabian National Cyber Security Center.
Activities
- Participates in policy forums, such as the Internet Governance Forum, Global Conference on Cyberspace, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Initiative to educate policy makers on incident response
- Leads experts to the IGF Best Practices Forum on Cybersecurity
- Helps develop technology expertise and capabilities of policy makers
Contact details
FIRST, via the FIRST secretariat at first-sec@first.org or Maarten Van Horenbeeck, Director, Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), maarten@first.org
For more information see FIRST website.
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