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Isdefe is one of the companies that sponsored this first edition of the Pioneras_IT 2020 Award, organised by the Mujer IT working group of the Association of Telecommunications Engineers (COIT).

María Jesús Prieto-Laffargue is the first woman to receive this award, thanks to her extensive professional experience and numerous accolades in various fields of professional endeavour and in the practical application of engineering, which have made her a leading figure in telecommunications engineering both nationally and abroad.

As a result of the declaration of the State of Emergency, and in order to guarantee the services provided to the public and to ensure interoperability with regional systems, the National Public Employment Service (SEPE) has agreed to urgently adapt the information systems that are used to process and pay unemployment benefits and subsidies, and to define and manage processes to track critical incidents and requests.

As part of the COVID-19 contingency plans laid out by the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA), Isdefe’s personnel is helping to, among other things, provide the ground segment services at the Canaries Space Centre (CEC) and INTA-Torrejón (CEIT) for the search and rescue (COSPAS-SARSAT) and PAZ missions, which are deemed essential in the framework of measures adopted by the Administration.

The PAZ mission covers security and defence needs, as well as certain civil needs. It is capable of taking over 100 images a day at a resolution of up to 100 cm, both during the

#Stempills are webinars and training sessions for the children of Isdefe employees and are intended to inspire and promote an interest in science and technology.

The training sessions will be given initially by the Isdefe volunteers who took part in the initiative on 11 February, “International Day of Women and Girls in Science”, the goal being to open them later to any employees who wish to take part as speakers.

This includes the services that the organisation provides to the Cyberdefence Joint Command (MCCD), in which Isdefe engineers from its Cyberdefence Department support the Command with prevention, detection and remedial measures for communications networks, both through telework and in person for those activities that are deemed essential.