My name is Blanca Azahara Arnaez Cívico, I am a criminologist, security manager, private detective and network computer systems administrator. I have been working for 7 years in the cybersecurity sector, previously I have worked in S21sec and Indra as a cyberintelligence consultant. Currently I am Leader of Osint and Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist at Santander Bank.
Prosecutor since 2004, stationed in Girona until 2006, in Terrassa until 2009 and, since then until now, in the Provincial Prosecutor's Office of Barcelona. In this Prosecutor's Office he has been Delegate of Computer Crime since May 2010 and Head of the Information System of the Public Prosecutor's Office since November of the same year. Director of continuous training activities for Prosecutors at the Center for Legal Studies, as well as speaker at training sessions of the Prosecutor's Office, the Judicial School, State Security Forces and Corps and Universities, almost always in relation to the investigation and prosecution of cybercrime.
Master's Degree in Constitutional Law, Fundamental Rights and Freedoms from the University of Castilla La Mancha (UCL) and Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), (Stgo).
Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA) from the University of Castilla La Mancha (UCL).
Computer Engineer by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, National Police Inspector since 2020. I have been Head of the Technological Crimes Group of Western Andalucía, and now Head of Group in the UCC of the General Commissariat of Judicial Police.
Jurist and university student who follows current affairs with curiosity and interest. Author of: "Neutralidad de la Red: ¿realidad o utopía?" (Marcial Pons, 2014), "Metamorfosis del Estado. Metamorfosis del Estado. Maremoto digital y ciberseguridad" (Marcial Pons, 2022), among other books.
For more than 15 years, he has been responsible for the ICT Infrastructure and Security Department at CETSE (Security Technology Center), a unit dedicated to providing services and technological tools to the Spanish Security Forces and Corps, which currently manages more than 130 projects. Master in ICT Management for Defense, by the University of Vigo, Defense University Center of the Naval Military School.
General of the National Police, to which he has belonged for 35 years. Linked to the field of cybercrime investigation and its regulatory environment since 2003. Delegate of the DR to the T-CY Committee of the Budapest Convention and Vice-Chairman for GRULAC of the UN Ad-Hoc Committee on Cybercrime. Ambassador for Cyber Affairs of the Dominican Republic since December 2022.
With a career of more than ten years dedicated to the fight against cybercrime, he has extensive experience in investigation, criminal analysis and international cooperation, being also a representative of the "Guardia Civil" in many forums on this subject, both strategic and operational of the Council of Europe, EUROPOL, EUROJUST, PAcCTO and INTERPOL.
Master in Information Security (UBA), Bachelor in Criminalistics (IUGNA), university professor and instructor for law enforcement in cybersecurity and technologically assisted crime investigation.