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**FIRST** is the global Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams
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FIRST is the premier organization and recognized global leader in incident response. Membership in FIRST enables incident response teams to more effectively respond to security incidents - reactive as well as proactive.
FIRST brings together a variety of computer security incident response teams from government, commercial, and educational organizations. FIRST aims to foster cooperation and coordination in incident prevention, to stimulate rapid reaction to incidents, and to promote information sharing among members and the community at large.
Apart from the trust network that FIRST forms in the global incident response community, FIRST also provides [value added services](/join#Membership-Benefits). Currently FIRST has [more than 700 members](/members/map/), spread over Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
### [What's Happening](https://www.first.org/newsroom/news)
#### FIRST Announces Global Event Series to Unite Incident Response and Security Teams Worldwide
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Flagship events in Raleigh, Berlin, and Copenhagen set to strengthen international cybersecurity collaboration amid surge in cross-border security incidents
](https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20250305)
March 5, 2025
#### The FIRST Board of Directors Launches FIRST’s Strategy Framework
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The FIRST Board of Directors is introducing a new structured approach to strategic planning, aimed at enhancing the organization’s ability to fulfill its mission and solidify its position as a global leader in cybersecurity and incident response.
](https://www.first.org/blog/20250303-Strategy-Framework)
March 3, 2025
#### Vulnerability Forecast for 2025
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In 2025 we expect another record-breaking year of CVE production. This year we expect 45505 +/- 4,363 CVEs to be published in the calendar year (CY). There’s a 5% chance the actual number exceeds the maximum (49868) and a 5% chance is less than the minimum (41142). Rather than give you a false sense of precision, it’s probably far easier to say we expect between 41-50k of vulnerabilities in calendar year CY 2025.
](https://www.first.org/blog/20250607-Vulnerability-Forecast-for-2025)
February 25, 2025
#### The 2024 Vulnerability Forecast: Year in Review
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In calendar year 2024 we had another record breaking 40,704 CVEs published.
](https://www.first.org/blog/20250106-Vulnerability-Forecast-Year-in-Review)
January 6, 2025
FIRST Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
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Special Interest Groups exist to provide a forum where FIRST Members can discuss topics of common interest to the Incident Response community. A SIG is a group of individuals composed of FIRST Members and invited parties, typically coming together to explore an area of interest or specific technology area, with a goal of collaborating and sharing expertise and experiences to address common challenges.
List current SIGs