The netherlands and the United States have concluded a convention for the combating of cyber crime. This should be the ‘vital infrastructure’ to protect against hackaanvallen. There is nothing agreed on the protection of privacy.
Issues such as energy, financial markets, air traffic and water management must be better protected through the convention on cybercrime, said minister Opstelten of Security and Justice on Radio 1. There must be ‘expertise’ be brought together in order to prevent hackers from causing damage to vital sectors.
According to Opstelten, in the treaty that the Netherlands and the US ‘cybersecurity’ will investigate. “This is a top priority”, says Opstelten. According to him, the question is: “How can we get criminals to catch?” The netherlands and the united states, that better together, he suggests.
There must also be ‘better forensic analysis’ be done. However, it is unclear whether there is also data will be exchanged. On Radio 1 suggested Opstelten that there is only ‘knowledge’ will be exchanged, but on the protection of privacy is, according to him, nothing agreed.