Julia Urbina-Pineda

Julia, begins her career in Information Security from her research work to graduate in Electrical and Communications Engineering from UDLAP (University of the Americas-Puebla): with the title Intrusion Detection Systems in Computer Networks. 

She continued her training in the field of Mobile and Wireless Communications  at the Electronics and Telecommunications Center (CETEC) of the TEC Monterrey campus, where she was awarded as an Honorary Member of IEEE - Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) in 2013.

Since 2017, Julia founded CyberIIoT (cybersecurity for the Industrial IoT) a scientific consulting services company that offer  security architecture, analysis of the risks and maturity of the cybersecurity of the Organizations.

She has been developed as a statekeholder within the Roadmap group Security 5G of IEEE Future Networks where the first edition was published on the recommendations and advances of cybersecurity for the 3GPP standard (5G networks) in release 16 and 17.

She was appointed Executive Director of 5G security and Industry 4.0 for IoTSI LATAM, in order to raise awareness about IoT security with the use of the IoT security Framework for private 5G networks in companies and industry.

She also obtains the SCCISP (Smart Cities and Critical Infrastructure Security Professional) certification and creates the School of Cybersecurity Training by CyberIIoT , which is the authorized center for SCCISP certification for Latin America.

She was named Cybersecurity Policy Expert by the Global Foundation for Cybersecurity Studies and Research in order to promote locally and globally the use of Cybersecurity policies in all environments.  https://www.gfcyber.org/our-team/

In Early 2021 she was appointed as a President for Chapter of the Communications Society by IEEE Puebla Section, where one of her objective is to promote the security of information in mobile and wireless communications. 

She was awarded a grant from the Francisco Coros Program for the Strategic and Technical Vision of 5G Mobile Communications course by the Polytechnic University of Madrid and Qualcomm.

Recently this September 2021 , she was accepted as a:

•  Reviewer by the IEEE standard Association for for IEEE P2994 ™ - Standard for Security Assessment Framework for IoT 
•  Planning Section Chief Volunteer for ICS4ICS (Incident Command System for Industrial Control Systems) and ISA-GCA (International Society of Automation & Global Cybersecurity Alliance).