On 12 January 2012, the Minister of Security and Justice opened the National Cyber Security Centre ("NCSC"). The NCSC aims to become the platform for cyber security cooperation in the Netherlands. Its focus areas are development and provision of expertise and advice, support and execution of incident response and enhancement of crisis management. It serves as a successor to GovCERT, the former computer emergency response team of the Dutch government.
The NCSC will form part of the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice. Other government participants in the NCSC will include the High Tech Crime Unit of the Dutch national police, the public prosecutor's office, the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD), the Dutch Forensics Institute (NFI) and various ministries. Private parties will also be able to join the NCSC over time.
In the first half of 2012, De Brauw will, jointly with a group of multinationals, organize a quarterly roundtable discussion with several government participants in the NCSC. The purpose of such roundtable will be to explore possibilities for cooperation, both amongst multinationals and with government participants in the NCSC. A strategy paper regarding these roundtable discussions will be released shortly.
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