Maria Riesco
Inspector of the National Police Force and technical specialist at EUROPOL's European Cybercrime Center.
Telecommunications engineer, Inspector of the National Police Corps and member of the Senior Corps of Information Systems and Technologies of the AGE, currently working as a technical specialist in the European Cybercrime Center of EUROPOL. In her career she has specialized in cybersecurity, cyberthreats, the fight against cybercrime and international cooperation, having been assigned to the Central Cybercrime Unit of the General Commissariat of Judicial Police and the General Commissariat of Information. She is a regular lecturer in courses on technology, collaborating with Interpol, United Nations, CEPOL, INCIBE, universities, etc. She has a complete training in the field of technology and security. She is a telecommunications engineer from the Autonomous University of Madrid, Master in cybercrime from the University of Nebrija and completed the Innovation in Cybersecurity Program at the University of Deusto and ICADE. She also holds a Master's Degree in Police Science from the University of Salamanca, and the certifications of Chief and Director of Private Security from the Ministry of the Interior. She was awarded the Medal of Police Merit with White Distinction in 2020.