Projects

At Connect2Trust, we believe that staying ahead of cyber threats requires continuous innovation and practical collaboration. Our projects serve as the frontline of our mission, where public and private partners translate complex security challenges into tangible solutions.

Explore our current initiatives below and see how we are shaping the future of digital trust.

Current projects

Past projects

Current projects

Projects are at the core of Connect2Trust’s mission to strengthen digital resilience in the Netherlands. Current projects, such as Connect2Data and PLC Den Haag, focus on improving the quality and accessibility of technical data needed to receive targeted threat intelligence. These initiatives help organizations respond more effectively to cyber threats and support compliance with regulations like the NIS2 directive.

LPC den Haag

Connect2Data

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.org.

CR4NGO

Past projects

Past projects, including ThreatMatcher, CR4NGO, and the Dutch Security Reporting Point, have laid the foundation for Connect2Trust’s trusted ecosystem. They demonstrate how collaboration between public and private entities leads to innovative solutions for sharing sensitive information securely.  Together, these projects not only advance technical capabilities but also foster a strong cybersecurity community, promote knowledge exchange, and enhance supply chain security through cross-sector cooperation. Each project contributes to Connect2Trust’s broader goal: a safe, resilient, and connected digital society.

Nederlands security meldpunt

Threatmatcher pioniersproject

Threatconnect

Various studies have shown that companies struggle to determine what information they should share and receive. This concerns both their own organization and for those companies with which they are (potentially) digitally connected which can create (for example) supply chain risks.

In 2019, thanks to a financial contribution from the Cyber Security Alliance, Connect2Trust launched the ThreatConnect project. This project of the Cybersecurity Alliance further explores how to identify a single cyber ecosystem. ThreatConnect focuses on mapping the companies that are digitally connected and is considered a unique piece of service. This scan also adds additional value in relation to broad information sharing.

After an analysis of possible technology partners that can support this was carried out with support from the HSD, a Proof-of-Concept was carried out by three participants to test the added value of such an approach. Based on this, it was concluded that the creation of a non-intrusive “digital footprint” of ThreatConnect provides value in mapping the supply chain of an organization. At the same time, making these insights publicly available poses too great a risk of misuse by malicious parties. It was decided not to make this tool publicly available but only to make it accessible to Connect2Trust participants.

Finally, after a selection process from several technology partners, it was decided to enter into a partnership with Cybersprint as part of the Cyber Threat Alliance. This partnership offers no obligation to interested Connect2Trust participants:

Exclusive threat intelligence briefings and research
Knowledge in the form of participation in (mutual) discussions
Access to an annual ThreatConnect quick scan report in which the Digital Footprint of an organization is visually and numerically represented;
An annual benchmark in which the Digital Footprints of the participating organization can be compared to each other based on benchmark parameters that can be specified by the participants themselves.

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