Connect2Trust, NBIP, and SIDN Fund are jointly increasing the Netherlands’ digital resilience.
With the introduction of the Cyber Resilience Network and the Dutch CyberBeveiligingsWet (CBW), more options will arise in 2026 to receive information about digital threats and vulnerabilities from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) or automatically through foundations like Connect2Trust and the National Internet Providers Management Organization (NBIP). A new project will help facilitate registration with these organizations.
Vulnerabilities in hardware and software can give cybercriminals access to an organization’s network and information systems. Fortunately, organizations like the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure are scouring the internet for organizations at risk, ensuring they are alerted as quickly as possible through organizations like the NCSC, Connect2Trust, NBIP, and, this year, the Digital Trust Center.
To send these alerts, organizations must also provide technical data such as IP ranges and domain names. Collecting and keeping this data up-to-date proves to be a significant challenge in practice. In many organizations, this data is fragmented across parent companies, subsidiaries, departments, or suppliers both within and outside the Netherlands, and it also changes frequently due to reorganizations and domain name acquisitions.
Incorrect registrations result in an organization receiving a false warning, while the victim is not being reached. This creates significant additional work and delays, allowing cybercriminals to strike. Connect2Trust, NBIP, and the SIDN Fund are therefore launching a new project, Connect2Data, to help organizations collect this data more easily, independently, and automatically from their own systems.
Over 3,000 organizations are already receiving such notifications from Connect2Trust and NBIP, several of whom will participate in the project. Together, we will explore the tools needed for this collection and how they can be securely shared and maintained through the open-source community. This ensures that every organization retains control over the collection process without the intervention of a third party. Organizations that will soon fall under the NIS-2 Directive through the CBW can now more easily comply with their legal registration requirements. ISACs (Information Sharing and Analysis Centers) and partnerships can also help their participants by connecting with intermediary organizations such as Connect2Trust or NBIP.
Collecting and maintaining this data is not the responsibility of the NCSC, Connect2Trust, or NBIP. However, these organizations are collaborating through this project to support the implementation of the CBW and the Cyber Resilience Network, as recently announced in the parliamentary document for economic security. This ensures that the results of this collected data can be easily provided and, where possible, verified for accuracy.
By supporting this collaborative initiative, the SIDN Fund contributes to an open, free, and reliable internet with Connect2Trust and NBIP. Any organization, partnership, or ISAC interested in learning more about this project can contact us at info@connect2trust.nl.
