CETSE

Reports to the Secretary of State for Security, is based on the functions assigned to it by Royal Decree 207/2024 of 27 february, which develops the basic organic structure of the Ministry of the Interior.

The mission of the SGSICS is to propose, plan, coordinate and implement databases, information systems and communications systems for its use by the State Security Forces and Corps (FFCCSE), enabling them to carry out their work of safeguarding the rights, freedoms and security of citizens in a more efficient and effective manner.

The development and maintenance of general purpose applications, including those related to the digital transformation and the Central Services in the scope of the Ministry’s Undersecretariat, as well as the management of the Security Technology Centre (CETSE) as the body for implementing the specific functions of this Deputy Directorate and the R&D&I policies of the Governing Body.

Related links

• Royal Decree 207/2024. BOE publication of february 27.(PDF)

The National Center for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CNPIC) is the body of the Ministry of the Interior responsible for the promotion, coordination and supervision of all the activities entrusted to the Secretary of State for Security in relation to the protection of critical infrastructures in the national territory.

The Spanish legislation on critical infrastructure protection establishes the need to guarantee the adequate provision of essential services through mechanisms that enable the security of this type of infrastructure, a task entrusted to the CNPIC, which assists the Secretary of State for Security in his functions.

Related links

• Website of the National Center for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CNPIC)
• Royal Decree 704-2011. BOE publication of may 21.(PDF)

The Cybersecurity Coordination Office (OCC) is the technical coordinating body of the Ministry of the Interior on cybersecurity. Its functions include the exercise of the network security authority and information systems for essential service operators designated as critical operators, held by the Secretary of State for Security, and is the specific channel of communication between the national reference CSIRTs and the Secretary of State for Security.

It also constitutes the Cyber Incident Response Center of the Ministry of the Interior in support of the Judicial Police (CSIRT-MIR-PJ) to provide technical support and coordinate the cybercrime investigation units of the State Security Forces and Corps.

In addition, the OCC has the Ministry of the Interior’s Cybercrime Observatory, which monitors and detects new challenges and threats to cybersecurity, cybercrime and disinformation campaigns, with the aim of developing intelligence products.

Related links

• Website of the Cybersecurity Coordination Office (OCC)
• Royal Decree 207/2024, of February 27, developing the basic organic structure of the Ministry of the Interior.(PDF)
• Royal Decree-Law 12/2018 of September 7, 2018, on the security of networks and information systems.(PDF)
• Guía sobre Seguridad en Dispositivos IoT(PDF)

Manuel Jesús Izquierdo Bernal, a member of the LV promotion of the General Military Academy and a graduate in General Staff and Military Informatics, holds a degree in Business Administration and Management from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, a degree in Law from the Antonio de Nebrija University and a Master's Degree in Security from the National University of Distance Education, a Master's Degree in Data Protection, Transparency and Access to Information from the CEU San Pablo University and a Master's Degree in Information and Communications Systems from the Rey Juan Carlos University.

Likewise, his education is complemented with additional advanced courses that reinforce his experience in critical areas of security and data management such as the Advanced Course for Data Protection Delegates of the Instituto Universitario de Investigación Ortega y Gasset, Advanced Course in Economic and Technical Management, Advanced Course in Judicial Police and Advanced Course in Criminalistics, among others.

He currently holds the position of Deputy Director General of Information Systems and Communications for Security (SGSICS) and Director of the Security Technology Center (CETSE) of the Ministry of the Interior.

Previously, he has been in charge of the Telecommunications Service and has held the position of Data Protection Delegate of the Civil Guard, being responsible for the Global Communications Contract of the Guardia Civil and leading both the technological renewal and the design and implementation of the different cybersecurity tools.

During this period, in addition to the activity related to the management, control, maintenance and technological development of computer systems, telecommunications and special equipment, he has participated in the management of the implementation of critical systems of the Ministry of the Interior such as the Integrated System of Digital Emergency Radiocommunications of the State (SIRDEE), the platform for citizen communication with the State Security Forces and Corps (ALERTCOPS), the Integrated System for External Surveillance (SIVE), the intermediation nodes with the Schengen Information System (SIS), the Global System against Drones SIGLO-CD, . ..

Likewise, it is worth mentioning its dedication to technological innovation and management, both of European funds Horizon H2020 and Horizon Europe, as well as projects carried out with the Center for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI) of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.

Throughout his more than 23 years of professional career, in addition to the specialized technical and management environment, he has worked in other areas, such as national research units or training at the Officers Academy of Aranjuez, having received numerous distinctions, both civilian and military, Among them, the Distinguished Cross of 1st Class of the Order of San Raimundo de Peñafort, awarded by the Ministry of Justice, the Cross of Military Merit, the Cross of Aeronautical Merit, the Cross of Civil Merit, the Cross of Police Merit or the Cross of Merit of the Civil Guard in its Silver and White Distinctive categories, among others, as well as his membership in the Royal and Military Order of San Hermenegildo.

Contact

• secretaria.elpardointerior.es