The OCC
Committees
- Advise the head of the SES on matters of cybersecurity, disinformation, and cybercrime.
- Carries out the functions of the SES as the cybersecurity authority for operators of essential services identified as critical. These include:
- Acting as the specific communication channel with the national reference Cybersecurity Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) and, exclusively, with those critical operators.
- Operating the National Platform for Notification and Monitoring of Cyber Incidents.
- Participating, together with INCIBE, in INCIBE-CERT in the management of incidents affecting critical operators.
- Represents the SES within the National Security System on matters of cybersecurity and disinformation.
- Serves as the national point of contact for operational coordination established under Directive 2013/40/EU on attacks against information systems.
- Acts as the Cybersecurity Incident Response Center of the Ministry of the Interior, providing support and coordination to the Judicial Police (CSIRT-MIR-PJ).
- Functions as the Cybercrime Observatory of the Ministry of the Interior, with the aim of preventing and responding to threats related to cybersecurity, cybercrime, and disinformation.
- Develops and coordinates special cybersecurity measures for major events and electoral processes.
- Designs and produces ministerial publications and strategies, such as the current Strategic Plan against Cybercrime.
Cybersecurity in figures 2025
Actions carried out
Ninety (90) cybersecurity incidents in Spain, classified as having a high, very high, or critical level of risk or impact.
Typology
Incidents related to availability were the most frequent.
Normativa Reguladora
- Real Decreto-Ley 12/2018 de seguridad de las redes y sistemas de información desarrollado por el Real Decreto 43/2021.
- Real Decreto 207/2024 que se desarrolla la estructura del Ministerio del Interior.
- Directiva 2013/40/UE relativa a los ataques contra los sistemas de información.
- Instrucción 1/2026 de la Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad, por la que se desarrolla la naturaleza, misión, dependencia y funciones de la OCC.
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