Patricia Diez Munoz

Global Security Director for Networks and Systems at Telefonica Group

Speaker

Patricia Díez Muñoz has been working in Telecommunications sector for more than 24 years and in Telco security, at Telefónica, for more than 13 years. Her current position as Global Security Director for Networks & Systems poses a challenge in this ever-evolving ecosystem. Her main responsibilities include the development of security guidelines for the deployment of fixed and mobile networks and BSS/OSS platforms, security tests on implementations, participation in the different standardization bodies and collaborating with ENISA, the European Cybersecurity agency on different workstreams (5G security certification, AI security, Managed Services security), securing the services offered to our clients, supporting the rest of global areas, both internal and business, developing internal security normative based on internal, national and international security standards and security requirements for the different technologies/domains. The last two years, she has been focusing on studying AI systems (ML, DL, Gen AI) and their security implications for all network and systems domains