Siemens will open a cybersecurity center in Madrid
The company aims to "reinforce the safety of infrastructures, companies and cities" with whom it works
Siemens has chosen Spain for the launch of a new regional cybersecurity center, which will be located in Madrid and with which the company seeks to “strengthen the safety of infrastructures, companies and cities” with which it works.
The new ‘cyber-hub’ of the company will work together with other locations in countries such as Portugal, China, the United States or Germany, with the main objective “to create a broad base to protect Siemens and its customers with products and secure systems in all over the world, “as the company explained in a statement.
The center will be located in Madrid and will have a working group composed of different professional profiles, experts in risk management, in the cloud and in cybersecurity strategies, who will work on the development of technologies and systems for the prevention, protection and detection of cyber attacks.
Among its tasks will be to detect any anomaly that occurs in the field of digital systems and mitigate the risks arising from digital connectivity, responding to attacks with the companies or institutions affected.
In particular, the efforts are focused on the Internet the Things (IoT), reducing the threats of the production chain and exposure through the implementation of cybersecurity throughout the life cycle of the product.
The multinational’s global workforce is made up of nearly 1,300 experts in cybersecurity, who warn companies of security-related incidents and coordinate proactive countermeasures.
In addition, Siemens is working with different partners worldwide in the Charter of Trust initiative, to promote a joint protocol that creates a safer digital world, through binding standards and standards, and in Spain also collaborates with the National Institute of Cybersecurity (INCIBE), with whom it has created a laboratory in León that acts as a test to develop tools, procedures and security controls.
According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, threats to cybersecurity in 2018 caused losses of 500,000 million euros worldwide.
K. Tovar
Source: Expansión
