Héctor Laiz Ibáñez

Héctor Laiz Ibáñez is a Technician at the National Coordination Center (NCC-ES) of the Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE), the entity designated to coordinate the network of the European Cybersecurity Competence Center (ECCC) of the European Commission in Spain. At NCC-ES, he is involved in advancing Spain's cybersecurity capabilities, fostering national and international collaborations, and supporting the execution of EU-funded projects aimed at enhancing common European cybersecurity capacities. The goal of the NCC-ES also encompasses creating a public-private cybersecurity competence community in Spain and assisting stakeholders with technical support. He is an honorary fellow of the Department of Business Management and Economics at the University of León, where he researches the digital economy, emerging technologies, and chess. He has also previously worked in wine export management in La Rioja and in wine economic research at the Vine and Wine Research Institute at the University of León. Héctor holds a Master's Degree in Innovation and Digital Transformation from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and a University Degree in International Trade from the University of León.