The Cyber Security Assessment Netherlands 2018,
the CSAN,
offers insight into threats, interests and resilience in the field of cyber security.
Sabotage and disruption by nation-states...
continues to be the most significant threat to national security.
Nation-states are perpetrating an increasing number of digital attacks.
The objective is to acquire strategic information through espionage...
and to influence public opinion or democratic processes,
or to disrupt or even sabotage vital systems.
This harms national security.
Attacks targeting a single country...
have also led to damage in other countries, including the Netherlands.
The attacker fails to recognise the risk of collateral damage, or may even accept it
The threat from professional criminals also continues to grow.
At low cost, attackers can acquire tools for digital attacks,
to which the government, businesses and members of the public fall victim.
The government, businesses and members of the public are dependent upon cyber security.
Because organisations don’t have basic measures properly in place,
attackers and nation-states continue to succeed.
Insecure products and services continue to make life easy for attackers.
The vulnerability continues to grow as a result of dependence on foreign parties.
The digital threat is permanent.
For an attacker, a cyber attack is usually profitable, low-threshold and involves little risk.
The consequences of attacks and of the failure of vital systems can disrupt society.
It is therefore important that the government,
businesses and members of the public take measures to make the Netherlands cyber secure.
The CSAN is an annual publication by the NCTV...
and is written in cooperation with public and private partners, and the research community.
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