Labs and Philosophy
Research and innovation are part of our DNA.
A Key Element for Telefónica Cyber Security Tech
Our Labs’ aim is to innovate and develop in-house products and services; provide groundbreaking innovation that builds assets in the form of patents; transform the ideas that arise from the joint work of all the members of the company into operational prototypes; and research and disseminate knowledge in addition to bringing academia and industry closer in order to optimize resources.
Patents
We develop 15% of Grupo Telefónica’s Patents. Such patents materialize the innovative step we take to face challenges.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR PATENTSAd hoc research
We keep up to date in terms of security. And this allows us to raise and solve real issues connected to user’s and industry’s reality.
Tools
We regularly create free and/or open tools for the community that allow us to keep our mark on the network, experiment and explore new avenues for research.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR TOOLSCollaboration with universities
We create new challenges that we present to universities. This allows us to establish strong ties with students who invest their talent in solving real problems of the industry.
UniversitiesAwareness
We actively participate in the dissemination and awareness of cyber security content through the Telefónica Cyber Security Tech blog, our Telegram channel as well as by our two annual reports where we analyze the state of cyber security.
Innovation centres and academic forums
We coordinate specialised innovation centres in agreement with public institutions and organisations. Our research is also valid in academic forums.
Products and improvements
We create new products or improve the existing ones with innovative solutions that allow us to be competitive within the market.
find out more about our productsCertification laboratory
We make services and products (both internal and external) comply with official certifications.
Company analysis
Prospecting the security ecosystem under the umbrella of Open Future.
WHERE ARE OUR LABS?

FOCA
Our tool that detects metadata and hidden information within the documents it examines. These documents may be located on web pages, and thanks to FOCA they may be downloaded and analyzed.
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