Roberto Candelas Cancela

Roberto Candelas Cancela has a diverse work experience in the field of cybersecurity. Roberto is currently employed at Bureau Veritas Group as a Cybersecurity Purple Team Lead since 2022. Prior to this, they worked at Sanitas from 2018 to 2022, where they served as a Senior Cybersecurity Application & Offensive expert. In this role, they led the offensive security team, conducted ethical hacking and red team engagements, and researched new attack vectors and threats. From 2015 to 2018, Roberto worked at Telefonica I+D - GCTIO as a Cibersecurity Analyst & Consultant, where they provided security consulting services and developed technical documentation for systems. During the same period in 2015, they also had an internship at Telefonica as a Junior Security Analyst and participated in a training program. Prior to their career in cybersecurity, Roberto worked as an administrative and construction worker at Fernando Candelas from 2008 to 2015.

Roberto Candelas Cancela holds a Grado en Ingeniería in Ingeniería de telecomunicaciones from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, which they completed from 2008 to 2015. Prior to that, they completed their Bachillerato in Ciencias de la naturaleza y de la Salud from Colegio Zurbaran, from 1993 to 2008. Roberto also has a certification in Master en Programación C+ from Academia Arenal, although the specific date of completion is not provided.