Sovereignty is not ideology, it is security policy
My article in AG Connect: the US sanctions against the International Criminal Court show that digital dependency is a concrete information security risk.
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The foundation has been there for thirty years
The Netherlands has been taken to court by the European Commission. The reason: the government has still not converted the directive for the protection of vital sectors such as energy, transport, healthcare and digital infrastructure into national legislation. The Ministry of Justice and Security responds that ‘a good foundation is first needed’. That answer deserves a closer look. The information security standards framework on which this relies, ISO 27001, has existed in the form of its predecessors since the 1990s. The European directive has been on the table for years. Moreover, legislation starts in Brussels and the Netherlands is a member and can simply participate, not only once the text is final. A foundation could and should have been in place a long time ago. How much more time does the government want?
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