children there is a need for the educational field to continuously renew and anticipate developments. The agreed revision of the curriculum (where digital literacy is one of the themes) is being pushed forward together with teachers, pupils and parents, educational institutions and the professional field. This revision of the curriculum will become law from 2019 onward. There is still a need for current generations to catch up. Research10 has revealed that citizens and businesses are still not sufficiently aware of the dangers of digital activities and the measures that they can implement to avoid becoming a victim in the digital domain. In recent years the business community and the government have already invested heavily in the awareness of the general public and smaller businesses to digital threats and perspectives for action have been offered, amongst others through veiliginternetten.nl and Alert Online but also through campaigns such as maakhetzeniettemakkelijk.nl (‘boefproof’) [don’t make it easy for them (‘crook proof’] or veiligbankieren.nl (‘hang op, klik weg’) [safebanking.nl. (hang up, click away]. The effects of these various efforts can be improved by more public-private cooperation and by introducing cohesion into communications campaigns in the public domain. This also applies to the efforts by employers to make their employees digitally skilled and keep them up-todate. When doing so, there is a need to develop a guide containing basic security measures for both citizens and smaller businesses. This set of security measures does not protect against all conceivable digital threats but is an important step that citizens and small businesses can take to further develop their digital skills. OBJECTIVES • The Netherlands conducts high-quality cybersecurity research. • The Netherlands has a long-term knowledge development programme under which the academic community develops and improves high-quality knowledge, and there are sufficient academics available to acquire an independent knowledge position in the area of cybersecurity. • Citizens and businesses are able to see the importance of addressing digital threats and become more resilient to cybercrime. MEASURES o The Netherlands will invest structurally in fundamental and applied cybersecurity research. This will take the form of a multi-year public-private approach, as a boost for high quality cybersecurity knowledge development. The way in which various initiatives, programmes and instruments relating to cybersecurity research can be better aligned with each other will be investigated to this end. The Verhoeven/Rutte11 motion will be included in this. In anticipation of this investigation, a financial incentive for cybersecurity research will be organised first. o Digital skills, including media-literacy and cybersecurity are explicit focus areas in the integral review of the primary and secondary education curriculum. Proposals for this will be developed in 2018 and will be evolved into laws and regulations from 2019 onwards. Schools will be supported by Knowledge Net [Kennisnet] (which is funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science) in anticipation of this. o The government encourages the business community and civil society organisations to further develop the digital skills of employees and citizens and ensures the continuity and cohesion between various awareness campaigns to increase their effect. When doing so, the latest insight in behavioural sciences wil be taken into account. 10 National Cybersecurity Awareness study 2017 [Nationaal cybersecurity bewustzijnsonderzoek 2017], Alert Online and HM Government et. al. A call to action: The Cyber Aware perception gap, 2018. 11 The Verhoeven/Rutte motion asks the government to explore the possibility of setting up an institute for research in the field of cybersecurity (Parliamentary Papers II, 2017/18, 34 775 VI, No. 68). 40 | National Cyber Security Agenda A cyber secure Netherlands