The Dutch Ministry of Defence wants digital the offensive go in. Digital attacks should be used to get opponents to be able to disable, the minister of Defence. Also, the expertise of white hat hackers used.
That said minister Hans Hillen of Defense Wednesday morning on a ‘cybersymposium’, which Nu.nl message. “The disabling of an opponent remains the special task of the armed forces. Also in the digital domain,” said Hillen, according to Nu.nl. In addition, ict-knowledge, the ‘digital empowerment’ to strengthen it.
The ministry wants to in addition, the expertise of white hat hackers or security researchers without malicious intent. That would still not be enough to happen. Also will the role of the Military Intelligence and Security service be extended. That should also be in the digital domain is going to go. Later on Wednesday, sends the Ministry of Defence as a ‘cyberstrategie’ to the Second Room.
The attention to digital threats are increasing in the Dutch government. At the beginning of april wrote to the government in a letter to the Second Chamber that it believes that violence should be reacted to a cyber attack as part of an armed conflict.