Welcome to my blog on Cybersecurity, Intelligence, and Privacy. My name is David Rivas, and I am a security and intelligence professional with over 30 years of experience in risk management, intelligence operations, and cybersecurity.

I am a Senior SIRA/CCP certified by the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and hold multiple industry-recognized certifications, including CSIM, ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer, Chief Security Officer (CSO), Cyber Essentials, Governance, and Risk Management, among others. Above all, I am deeply passionate about security, intelligence analysis, and threat mitigation.

My background also includes military service in the Spanish Navy, where I held the rank of Sergeant and served as an IT specialist at Naval Headquarters in Madrid. Beyond my military career, I have worked across the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the United States, contributing to a diversity of security and intelligence projects.

This international and operational experience has given me a practical understanding of real-world threats, including terrorism, hacktivism, organized crime, and state-sponsored cyber actors, as well as how these threats are identified, managed, and mitigated at the operational level.

Some of my credentials include:

• Senior SIRA (Security & Information Risk Advisor), CCP – Certified Cybersecurity Professional, NCSC with number CIISec02301
• CISM, Certified Information Security Manager, by ISACA, US – Num. 2157337
• ISO 27001 LI, Lead Implemented for Information Security Standard, by TÜV SÜD, Germany, ID M10954-24M120111
• Cyber Essentials Assessor Certified by IASME, NCSC UK – 2021
• Governance Assessor certified by IASME, NCSC, UK – 2021
• CSO (Chief Security Officer) by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior-National Police, with professional number 01681 dated September 11, 2001.
• Security Director with specialization in Risk Management and Physical Security by Almeria University in Spain, registration number 5091 of the year 2001.
• Post-Graduate in Cybercrime by Portsmouth University, UK #00105930
• Subject Matter Expert in Intelligence on November 14, 2008 (registration number 157.819) UNED and the Instituto Universitario General Gutiérrez Mellado from Madrid.
• Subject Matter Expert in Transnational Organized Crime and Security on October 14, 2013 (registration number 254,958) UNED and the Instituto Universitario General Gutiérrez Mellado from Madrid.
• Physical Security Instructor certified by the Ministry of the Interior-National Police, on February 17, 1997, with registration number 1957.
• Spanish Navy Sergeant RV specialist in IT, with an assignment to the CGA in Madrid (honorable discharge).
• In recent years, I have focused primarily on consulting, mainly on public and corporate security projects in Mexico, UK, Eastern Europe, and Libya.
• My corporate clients include IBEX 35 companies such as Repsol, Indra, and Iberdrola, as well as organizations from Venezuela, Mexico, Spain, and Poland, including Grupo Cisneros, Ingenia Ingenieros, Fondo de Valores Inmobiliarios, and Martis-Stilon, among others.

Thank you very much for taking a few minutes to explore my work. I truly appreciate your time and hope you find it worthwhile.

David Rivas Huete