The Netherlands Cybersecurity Strategy 2022 – 2028 outlines the government’s vision for a digital society and the roles of government, businesses and citizens within it.
What is the NLCS?
Security in the digital world still falls far short of safety in the physical world. Anyone buying a car knows it will meet a range of safety and quality requirements. Likewise, the buyer knows exactly what is expected to drive it safely: a driving licence, no alcohol, and annual MOT tests. This should also become standard practice for digital safety. In the Netherlands Cyber Security Strategy, the Cabinet outlines its vision for a secure digital society and the roles of government, businesses, and citizens. The action plan also sets out specific steps to achieve this.
What is the government aiming to achieve?
Digital security is a given for everyone. The vision of the future sees digital security at a level commensurate with the threat and the importance of the continuity, integrity and reliability of digital systems and processes. In addition, cyber threats are identified and addressed. Finally, society is resilient: there is sufficient redundancy and recoverability to deal with the consequences of cyber threats, such as outages.
How does the government intend to achieve its vision?
To realise the vision, the government has defined goals around 4 principles.
- Increasing the digital resilience of government, businesses and socially committed organisations.
- Providing secure and innovative digital products and services for our nation.
- Countering digital threats from states and criminals.
- Ensuring sufficient Cyber Security Specialists, education in Digital Security and digital resilience among citizens.
How does the government intend to achieve these goals?
- Strengthen the system for digital security, for example, by creating a single national cyber security authority through the merger of the National Cyber Security Centre, Digital Trust Centre and the Cyber Security Incident Response Team for Digital Service Providers.
- Clear, verifiable legislation and regulations, making non-committal measures a thing of the past.
Greater visibility of threats, enabling greater resilience.
Who is involved in the strategy?
To realise and implement the strategy, all ministries work together with public and private partners.
