Cyber Resilience subsidy scheme
Many businesses are insufficiently aware of how to arm themselves against cyber threats. This makes their business processes and valuable data vulnerable to attacks by cyber criminals. With the Cyber Resilience subsidy scheme, the Digital Trust Center promotes collaboration in cybersecurity between groups of companies in non-vital sectors.
Budget and application period
Aim
The scheme aims to create new networks, or maintain existing ones, in which members can apply their knowledge and skills in cyber resilience. In a cyber resilience network, entrepreneurs enter into long-term collaboration with other organisations to increase cyber resilience, within and between non-vital industries, sectors and regions.
Businesses active in vital sectors can also join the network. Although these businesses are not the target group of this subsidy scheme, their knowledge and expertise do increase the network’s chance of success.
Subsidy per project
The maximum financial support per project is €150,000. Read more about the eligible costs.
Types of collaboration
There are 2 possible types of collaboration:
- Several companies jointly draw up a cyber resilience plan. A coordinator is both the contact person for the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) on behalf of the partnership as well as one of the participants in the partnership. This coordinator applies for a subsidy on behalf of the individual companies. In this set-up, the partnership consists of a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 8 participants. It aims to represent the interests of companies not operating in vital sectors.
- Any legal entity (e.g. a foundation) aiming to promote the cyber resilience of non-vital businesses can also apply for a subsidy. In this set-up, the foundation is the recipient of the subsidy. Collaboration with at least 2 businesses however is mandatory. In the cyber resilience plan, you must describe these businesses and their role.
The Caribbean Netherlands
In 2024 the subsidy scheme was also available for applicants from the Caribbean islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
Conditions
Eligibility for this subsidy is subject to several conditions.
After your application
An independent advisory committee will select the proposals eligible for the 2024 subsidy scheme. If your proposal is selected, you must submit a progress report, report any changes and apply for a subsidy determination. Please use the blue button for these actions.
Submitting a progress report
After every project year, you must report on the progress of your project. You must submit your first report, on the progress of the activities in your first project year, to us no later than one year after the project started. The exact date is stated in the decision letter.
The Digital Trust Center may use the information from your progress report for broad public dissemination of the (non-company-sensitive) knowledge acquired in executing your cyber resilience plan.
Reporting changes
Is there a change in your project, execution, and/or organisation? Or will there be another coordinator for your partnership? Be sure to notify us.
Applying for subsidy determination
You must apply for a subsidy determination no later than 13 weeks after the end date of your project.
If the subsidy amount you receive exceeds €125,000, you must keep a separate financial record during the project. You need this record for your subsidy determination application. You must also submit an audit report issued by an accountant. You will find all the requirements you must fulfil in the decision letter.
Would you like to know more?
- Government Gazette publication (28 June 2024) (only available in Dutch)
- Read the proposals from previous years on the website of the Digital Trust Center (only available in Dutch)
- Read more about the background of this scheme (only available in Dutch)
- Ministry of Economic Affairs
