Collaboration with FIRST

FIRST Presentations At AfNOG Meetings

* May 23, 2004 – Dakar, Senegal “We all need CSIRTs in Africa” by David Crochemore FIRST Board Member.
* June 01, 2008 – CSIRT Training in AfNOG tutorial, Morocco – Yurie ITO (FIRST and JPCERT)
* May 2009 – Topic:”CSIRTs and FIRST Activities” presented by Chris Gibson

Several presentations since then at African Events

FIRST Training At AfricaCERT Meetings Every Year Since 2013

* https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/2013

FIRST TRANSITS Trainingin Cote’Ivoire

Thu, December 19 2013 13:21:00

+0000 Together with Jean Robert Hountomey of the AfricaCERT, FIRST organized a 2-day TRANSITS training in Cote d’Ivoire November 24th and 25th, collocated with the AfriNIC meeting and the JPCERT training.

* https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20140604

FIRST TRANSITS Training in Djibouti
Another successful AfricaCERT meeting draws to an end, training provided by both JPCERT/CC and FIRST (TRANSITS).

* FIRST TRANSITS Training Mauritius, MU
November 22–24, 2014 Hosted by AfricaCERT

* https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20150527
FIRST sponsored a TRANSITS training in Tunisia May 25-27, 2015
The event was hosted by AfricaCERT and team rep Jean-Robert Hountomey and was also supported by GEANT Association (TRANSITS II Training)
and Don Stikvoort.

* FIRST CSIRT Training May 30 – June 02, 2016
Gaborone, Botswana

* FIRST CSIRT Training May 22 – May 24 2017
Nairobi, Kenya

FIRST AFRICACERT Regional Symposium

* Inaugural meeting in Accra 2015: Local Host and Co-host with Ministry of Communication Ghana.
Accra Regional Symposium – https://www.first.org/events/symposium/accra2015/

* FIRST Regional Symposium for Arab and African Regions Local host Egypt with AfricaCERT as event partner
https://www.first.org/events/symposium/egypt2016/

* FIRST-ITU Regional Symposium for Africa and Arab Regions Dar es Salaam (TZ), November 13-17, 2017.
https://www.first.org/events/symposium/africa-arab-regions2017/

* 2020 FIRST & AfricaCERT Virtual Symposium For Africa And Arab Regions. Oct 21-23, 2020
Co-hosted by AfricaCERT, African Union, CERT MU, and National Computer Board Mauritius.
https://www.first.org/events/symposium/africa-arab-regions2020/

* FIRST & AfricaCERT Virtual Symposium for Africa and Arab Regions. December 7-9, 2021.
AfricaCERT and TunCERT will co-host the virtual symposium.
https://www.first.org/events/symposium/africa-arab-regions2021/

* 2023 FIRST & AfricaCERT Symposium: Africa and Arab Regions – Kigali, Rwanda | February 28-March 3, 2023.
https://www.first.org/events/symposium/africa-arab-regions2023/