GMV showcases Spain’s cyberdefense capabilities

Experts from various parts of the world – Brazil, Spain, Colombia, USA and Israel – met up in Bogotá to take part in the 4th International Cybersecurity and Cyberdefense Seminar, organized by Colombia’s Higher Warfare School (Escuela Superior de Guerra de Colombia: ESDEGUE) under the supervision of Major General Francisco Javier Cruz Ricci with the invaluable aid of Lieutenant Colonel Oscar Hernán Ruíz Machado, director of the school’s cybersecurity and cyberdefense master.

The event was opened by Ship Captain Oscar Enrique Mantilla Ruíz, Commander of the Joint Cybernetic Command, who is responsible for the defense of the armed forces’ infrastructure and the country’s critical infrastructure. His opening address focused on the joint command’s coordinating and cohering role, and presented the advances within the command over recent years.

He was followed by keynote speakers from Colombia and abroad, including Lieutenant Colonel Jay Anson, Director of J6 Communication Systems of the U.S. Southern Command, who dealt with the main cybersecurity threats hovering over America’s defense infrastructure.

On behalf of GMV, José María Legido, Director of the International Sector of GMV’s Secure e-Solutions sector, ran through Spain’s cyberdefense capabilities, detailing the organization of national defense and the various organizations that run it, both in the public and private sectors. Legido also stressed GMV’s great cybersecurity capacity; it is an international beacon in this field, as shown by the recent award to the company of the contract under which it takes on responsibility for the data cybersecurity of the satellite constellation of Galileo, Europe’s civil satellite navigation and positioning system.