THE SCOPE OF CYBERSECURITY: A CYBER SECURE
NETHERLANDS
The Minister of Justice and Security is the coordinating
Minister for cybersecurity and coordinates the
implementation of the NCSA. Within the framework all
parties have their own tasks and responsibilities.
However, also in the digital domain a 100% security is
not realistic. This broad Dutch approach to cybersecurity
is implemented as part of protecting national security,
which is coordinated by the NCTV.
POLICY RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE DIGITAL DOMAIN
The cybersecurity policy field focuses on preventing
damage caused by disruption, failure and misuse of ICT.
Various policy issues are related to this; responsibility for
addressing them lies with other ministers. This concerns
in particular the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom
Relations (BZK) because of the responsibility for digital
government and the General Intelligence and Security
Service (AIVD), the Ministry of Economic Affairs and
Climate Policy (EZK) in connection with digitalisation, the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (BZ) because of the
coordinating role in international peace and security and
finally the Ministry of Defence (Def) in relation to the
constitutional duties of the armed forces in the digital
domain. The NCSA is closely related to the following
strategic documents: The Digitalisation Strategy
(Digitaliseringsstrategieunder development), the Broad
Agenda for Digital Government Brede Agenda Digitale
Overheidunder development), the Defence Memorandum
(Defensienota) and the Integrated Foreign and Security
Strategy (Geïntegreerde Buitenland- en Veiligheidsstrategie)
and the International Cyber Strategy and Defence
Strategy (Internationale Cyberstrategie en Defensie
Cyberstrategieunder development).
10 | National Cyber Security Agenda A cyber secure Netherlands
From National Cyber Security Strategy 2011 to
National Cyber Security Agenda 2018
The NCSA builds further upon the effects that were
realised with previous the National Cyber Security
Strategies from 2011 and 2013. The vision from these
strategies is still leading: ‘The Netherlands, together with
her international partners, is committed to a secure and open
cyber domain in which the opportunities offered to our
society by digitalisation are fully exploited, threats are
mitigated, and fundamental rights and values are protected.’
The agenda indicates a joint course which clarifies
what government bodies and private parties can
focus their (joint) activities on. The NCSA reviews
various measures in conjunction, links them in
guiding objectives and in doing so reinforces their
impact.