The armed forces have taken another step in their fight against digital threats with the Center of Cyberdefensa 5g Center. This initiative, promoted from the Joint Cyberspace Command, It seeks to strengthen the protection of the armed forces in the face of the challenges presented by the cyber attacks. A necessary action in the face of the growing need to shield military systems in an increasingly digitized and vulnerable environment.
The creation of the center is framed within the recovery, transformation and resilience (PRTR), approved after the COVID-19 crisis, and which finally ended up promoting at the end of 2022, after signing the interdepartmental agreement between the Ministries of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation and Defense.
Advanced technology according to current reality
One of the main functions of the 5G Cyber Defense Center will be the research and improvement of cyber -defense capacities in systems based on 5G networks. Artificial intelligence tools will also be incorporated, essential in the automation of defense against cyber attacks in real time, which allow increasing response effectiveness, minimizing to the maximum human intervention.
We must not forget that, despite the advanced technological level in AI and 5g with which the Armed Forces count, Most successful cyber attacks occur as a result of human errors. Although The incorporation of AI helps reduce the direct intervention of the human factor, this remains irreplaceable in certain key taskss.
Therefore, The awareness and continuous training of personnel are essential tasks to minimize digital risks. According to this need, state -of -the -art equipment and technological systems will also be used to train the members of the Ministry of Defense that are more exposed to these threats in their day to day.