Netherlands: cybersecurity among utility companies 2018

The majority of companies in the Netherlands that are responsible for electricity, water or waste management indicated in 2018 they had some form of "advanced" cybersecurity, such as log files for incident analysis, methods to judge IT security or an active password policy. Encryption was less likely to be used, either for saving or sending data. The same goes for authentication processes, either via software or hardware.

Most used cyber security protection measures among utility companies in the Netherlands as of 2018

Characteristic	Share of companies
Antivirus software	97%
Policy to use strong passwords	78%
Authentication process via software or hardware token	48%
Encryption for saving data	33%
Encryption for sending data	35%
Data on another physical location	90%
Network access control	59%
VPN during Internet use outside of own network	67%
Log files for incident analysis	68%
Methods to judge IT security	58%
Risk analysis	49%
Other measures	31%

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Release date

September 2019

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

2017

Number of respondents

10,000 respondents

Special properties

Data corresponds to economic activity classification "D-E Energy, water, wastemanagement" (D-E Energie, water, afvalbeheer) from the SBI 2008.

Method of interview

Online omnibus survey

Supplementary notes

The source uses the Standard Industrial Classifications or Standaard Bedrijfsindeling (SBI) 2008 classification for classifying business establishments and other statistical united by the type of economic activity in which they are engaged. Where possible, the official English wording was used despite the source material being Dutch. For a full list of SBI 2008, please refer to the following link.

The category mentioned here consisted of both D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply as well as E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities.

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