V STIC Conference & RootedCON Congress Panama Chapter. Organizers

CCN-CERT
National Cryptologic Center

The CCN-CERT (https://www.ccn-cert.cni.es/en/) is the Information Security Incident Response Capability of the National Cryptologic Center, CCN (https://www.ccn.cni.es/index.php/en/). This service was created in 2006 as the Spanish National Governmental CERT  and its functions are set out in Law 11/2002 regulating the National Intelligence Centre, RD 421/2004 regulating the CCN and RD 3/2010, of January 8, regulating the National Security Framework (ENS), modified by RD 951/2015, of October 23.

In compliance with this regulation, the CCN-CERT ensures protection from cyber attacks on classified systems and systems belonging to Public Administration and to companies and organizations of strategic interest.  Therefore, its mission is to strengthen the cybersecurity in Spain. The CCN-CERT is the national alert and response center, and helps to provide quick and effective solutions to cyber attacks and face cyber threats in a proactive manner.

Further information:  https://www.ccn-cert.cni.es/en/ 

ESPDEF-CERT
Joint Cyberspace Command

Joint Cyberspace Command (MCCE) Incident Response Team (IRT)

The Joint Cyberspace Command (MCCE) is the body responsible for planning, directing, coordinating, controlling and executing actions to ensure the Armed Forces' freedom of action in cyberspace. To fulfil its mission, it will plan, direct, coordinate, control and execute military operations in cyberspace, in accordance with the operational plans in force. Within the scope of these operations, it will carry out the necessary actions to guarantee the survival of the physical, logical and virtual elements critical to Defence and the Armed Forces. It will also provide CIS support to the EMAD structure and will be responsible for the encryption equipment and the assigned crypto keys.

Further information: https://emad.defensa.gob.es/unidades/mcce/

RootedCON

Reference computer security conference in Spain that was born with the purpose of promoting the exchange of knowledge between members of the security community. It holds a conference once a year in Madrid, with very high-level speakers and exceptional sponsors from all market sectors.

Further information: https://www.rootedcon.com/

SENACYT

The National Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation of the Republic of Panama is an autonomous institution, which was created by Law 13 of April 15, 1997, subsequently modified by Law 50 of December 21, 2005 and by Law 55 of December 14, 2007, which granted autonomy to the institution in its administrative tasks. The Secretariat works directed by the guidelines established in the National Strategic Plan for Science, Technology, and Innovation (PENCYT as in Spanish) 2020-2024.

All of SENACYT’s (as in Spanish) activities, projects and programs are aimed at strengthening, supporting, inducing and promoting the development of science, technology and innovation in order to raise the level of productivity, competitiveness and modernization in the private sector, the government, the academic-research sector and the population in general.

Further information: https://www.senacyt.gob.pa/

National Authority for Government Innovation (AIG)

It is the competent entity of the State to plan, coordinate, issue guidelines, supervise, collaborate, support and promote the optimal use of information and communications technologies in the government sector for the modernization of public management, as well as recommend the adoption of national policies, plans and strategic actions.

Further information: https://aig.gob.pa/