Fujitsu has been driving a growth plan for years to strengthen its cybersecurity area in Spain. Framed within this strategy, the Japanese multinational has decided to locate a cybersecurity center specialized in healthcare services in Barcelona. Initially, it will focus on working with public and private healthcare centers throughout Spain.
The Healthcare Cybersecurity Services Center of Excellence has started with the appointment of its coordinator, Enric Llaudet, who will have to configure the team and define the client portfolio. Llaudet, with a background in Computer Science and a professor at the UB and the Barcelona Bar Association, will focus on identifying the specific demand of the sector, establishing specific security mechanisms, and defining new solutions for managing healthcare risks.
Initially, the structure will be created from Fujitsu employees, with the intention of incorporating new technological profiles, prioritizing those related to the health sector. The goal is to consolidate a team of up to 15 employees between this year and next. The company does not break down the investment required to launch it.
The new center has been installed in the company's offices in Cornellà de Llobregat, in the City Park business park, but a dedicated location in the future is not ruled out. From here, it will complement the Cybersecurity Center (SOC for its acronym in English) that Fujitsu has in Seville. In the Andalusian capital, the first level of IT security for the company's clients is monitored. For healthcare centers, when an incident is detected at the first level, personalized attention will be offered from the Cornellà offices ---second level of security---, taking into account that their devices have different security needs than the rest. Apart from the centers in Seville and Barcelona, the multinational also has specialized cybersecurity teams in Madrid, where its headquarters are located, and Valencia.
This is the first center of its kind that the technology company has created worldwide, explains Llaudet. In general, when incidents are detected in Fujitsu centers such as the Andalusian SOC, they are passed to a second level of specialized security in IT, but not in a specific sector as here. This step of specialization has been decided due to the extensive implementation of the multinational in healthcare centers at a Spanish level, in addition to having seen that it was a sector that needed more personalized attention.
In addition to reviewing the security of hospitals and clinics in Spain, the Healthcare Cybersecurity Services Center of Excellence wants to work with startups and universities to facilitate technology transfer. Llaudet points out that they will strengthen the relationships they already have with the healthcare and educational sectors, not only to incorporate new products and services, but also to review and improve their portfolio.