EMACSA · Aquacrypt
Finalist - Hackathon 'Define el futuro del agua'
The event
The first edition of the ‘Define el futuro del agua’ hackathon took place on 10 and 11 April 2026 at EMACSA's headquarters in Córdoba. Organised by the city's municipal water company together with the EMACSA–University of Córdoba Chair, it brought students together to propose innovative solutions to challenges across the water cycle.
Across two in-person days, teams of two analysed the challenge, developed their proposals and presented them to a jury. EMACSA professionals provided guidance, connecting technical knowledge and teamwork with real public-service needs.
The event was livestreamed. The video on this page shows our presentation of Aquacrypt as a finalist team.
Aquacrypt: our proposal
I was selected as a finalist with Aquacrypt, a technical idea focused on OT security developed as a team with José Álvaro Romero Granados. The proposal addressed insecure and unencrypted communication in legacy industrial environments, where attacks such as man-in-the-middle or manipulation of critical parameters can become a risk. The project combined encrypted communication between industrial devices and SCADA systems with SIEM-like monitoring concepts.