The Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence, Carmen Artigas, visited the Binter headquarters to learn about the work that the company is developing in technological matters. There he was able to see first-hand the four digitization projects for which the company hopes to raise Next Generation funds.
This week Binter showed all its potential in new technologies during the visit that the Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence, Carmen Artigas, made to the airline’s headquarters in Tenerife. In it, the company was able to transfer the work that it has been doing for years, through companies such as Atlantis Technology or OneCyber, in matters such as new information and communication technologies or cybersecurity, as well as the new digital transformation projects that it is developing for which it hopes to obtain Next Generation funds.
The secretary of state was received at the company’s headquarters by its president, Rodolfo Núñez, who was in charge of explaining the main characteristics of the airline and its objectives. Artigas was very interested in the large number of jobs created by the company in the Canary Islands -1,700 direct and about 500 indirect- and highlighted “the important policy of inclusion of women in new profiles that the company has.”
After this first contact, the CEO of OneCyber and director of Atlantis Technology, Héctor Reboso, went on to detail the projects in which both companies are immersed as well as those they hope to present to the call for Next Generation funds.
The first of these is a Center of Excellence in Cybersecurity for Tourism, which is already underway, and whose objective is to offer specialized services in this matter to private companies and public organizations through an infrastructure located in a building annexed to the same Binter headquarters. To be able to deploy it to its full extent, it would take about ten million euros from European funds.
“Cybersecurity is an absolute necessity for both SMEs and large companies,” explained Reboso, who stressed that attacks occur every day and the services of many companies are compromised. “This is going to be one of the most important sources of technological development in the future.”
The center offers an early warning system that detects threats and computer attacks to the infrastructure of each client, which allows to act more quickly to minimize the impact. It also offers its clients to have their technological infrastructures in the cloud, so as not to compromise the provision of the service in the event of an attack.
The second project that Binter exposed to the secretary of state is the Tourist Cybersecurity Platform, a portal that seeks to improve the tourist experience in the destination by bringing together all the offer that they may need, from transport and accommodation to gastronomy and cultural alternatives. A project for which about five million euros are requested and that the deputy director of Atlantis Technology, Sonia Abreu, explained that it will also use blockchain technology to improve the service.
Another project focuses on developing the entire value chain of the aeronautical sector through a transversal initiative, which will have the participation of airports and airlines, with the aim of applying artificial intelligence to all air operations. An initiative that will require about four million euros.
In this way, events could be anticipated to improve punctuality or service development, apply facial biometrics at airports to use this technology in the identification of passengers as well as to improve the traceability of suitcases.
The last project that was put on the table was that of a specialized training ‘hub’ in the entire aeronautical value chain, through which specialized training can be given to the entire sector.
Four company projects will try to raise Next Generation funds
Reboso stressed that these are projects that “are not exclusive to Binter”, since they require the participation of public and private actors to get ahead. “I think it is interesting that the secretary can see all of them first-hand and the assessment has been very positive,” he stressed.
“They are in line with what the Government is proposing,” said Carmen Artigas, before adding that these are initiatives developed by a company “that manages the resources well to invest them in the development of new skills so important for the future of our country. country”.
The secretary of state said she was “impressed” by the technological and strategic development of Binter, which also focuses on creating solutions for SMEs, something linked to “the will of the Government to help small businesses in this digitization process and medium-sized companies ”.
