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Director General of Digital Strategy highlights the key role of public-private collaboration in the Government’s cybersecurity plan

Sep 21, 2025 | Current affairs, Featured, Interview, Portada, Post, Revista Lloseta, Thursday Daily Bulletin, Tradition

Francisco Cánovas took part as a speaker at the prestigious CyberHealth&Pharma Summit 2025, held in Barcelona.

The Director General of Digital Strategy and Technological Development, Francisco Cánovas, participated today in the CyberHealth&Pharma Summit 2025, one of Spain’s most important conferences on cybersecurity. Cánovas joined Panel 1, entitled “Public-Private Collaboration in Cybersecurity: Lessons and Models to Follow.”

During his intervention, Cánovas stressed the essential role of public-private collaboration throughout the development of the Balearic Islands Government’s cybersecurity plan. “From the beginning of the project, when we defined the Cybersecurity Operations Center and later during its tendering process, we consistently engaged with the sector so that it could take part in shaping the strategy,” he explained. He also emphasized that the Government has always sought to “build a relationship of collaboration and trust with the private sector from the very start, and always with maximum transparency.”

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Director General of Digital Strategy

In this regard, the Director General underlined that public-private collaboration “is not an option but an obligation” if the goal is to “ensure critical services and maintain citizens’ trust that the digital services we provide are secure.” He also recalled the Government’s commitment to administrative simplification and digitalisation to bring public administration closer to citizens and streamline procedures as much as possible.

The congress is organised by MICE Global Solutions, with the institutional support of the Catalan Cybersecurity Agency and the Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE). It is aimed at hospitals, insurance companies, public and private healthcare institutions, and the pharmaceutical industry.

Throughout the day, more than 40 speakers addressed key aspects of cybersecurity in the health and pharmaceutical sectors, including NIS2 challenges and opportunities, AI threats and defences, OT vs. IT cybersecurity, and other pressing issues.