Joint Cyber-Defence Command

The Joint Cyber-Defence Command is a Spanish Cyber defence service of the Chief of the Defence Staff responsible for guarantee access to cyberspace, the operation of information and telecommunications systems of the Armed Forces and the availability, integrity and confidentiality of information of interest to the Defence. The MCCD was created on February 19, 2013 by a Defence Ministry Order 10/2013, by which the Joint Cyber-Defence Command is created.

The current Chief Commander of the MCCD is Divisional general Carlos Gómez López de Medina.

Functions
The functions of the Joint Cyber Defence Command are:
 * Ensure free access to cyberspace, in order to fulfill the missions and tasks assigned to the Armed Forces, through the development and use of the necessary resources and procedures.
 * Guarantee the availability, integrity and confidentiality of the information, as well as the integrity and availability of the networks and systems that manage and have it commissioned.
 * Guarantee the operation of the critical services of the Armed Forces's information and telecommunications systems in a degraded environment due to incidents, accidents or attacks.
 * Obtain, analyze and exploit information on cyber attacks and incidents in networks and systems of their responsibility.
 * Exercise the timely, legitimate and proportionate response in cyberspace to threats or aggressions that may affect the Defence of Spain.
 * To direct and coordinate, in the matter of Cyberdefence, the activity of the centers of response to incidents of security of the information of the Armed Force and the one of operations of security of the information of the Ministry of Defence.
 * To exercise the representation of the Ministry of Defence in the matter of military cyber defence in the national and international sphere.
 * Cooperate, in the area of cyber-defence, with the national centers for response to information security incidents, in accordance with the Spanish cybersecurity strategies and policies in force, as well as with other military centers to respond to security information incidents in the international sphere.
 * Define, direct and coordinate awareness, training and specialized training in cyber defence.