Introduction T he 2019 National Cybersecurity Strategy establishes Spain’s position in the light of a new understanding of cybersecurity within the framework of the National Security Policy. Spain’s first National Cybersecurity Strategy was approved in 2013. The document set directives and general lines of action to tackle the challenge that cyberspace vulnerability represented for the country. Furthermore, the strategy designed the governance model for national cybersecurity. In the intervening period, Spain has also continued moving forward in a bid to contribute to secure, reliable cyberspace. One of its mainstays, dating back to 2014, is the National Cybersecurity Council, an authority supporting the National Security Council. Since its first meeting, the National Cybersecurity Council has assumed the task of coordinating nationallycompetent organisations plus developing the National Cybersecurity Plan and its Prime Minister’s Office National Cybersecurity Strategy 2019 13