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dcypher unites researchers, teachers, manufacturers, users and policy makers to increase knowledge and expertise in the Netherlands in the area of cybersecurity.

The dutch cybersecurity platform for higher education and research is founded by the Dutch Ministries of Justice & Security, Economic Affairs & Climate Policy and Education Culture & Science and The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The interdepartmental consultation group directors dcypher (Idod) sets the strategic direction of dcypher and monitors the execution of the mission, and the adequate execution of the granting decision. The Policy Group (Bidod) establishes the main themes of activity plans, allocates staff to the platform whenever needed and possible and provides advice to Idod. Since October 2018 also the ministery of Defence is actively participating in dcypher

Vision

The Netherlands positions itself as a country doing excellent research in the area of cybersecurity, offering students excellent higher education programs, transferring acquired knowledge and skills into innovative abilities of the public and private sector, and delivering highly educated professionals to these sectors.

Mission

dcypher will take care of bottom-up agenda setting and coordination of scientific and applied cyber security research and higher education. This means that research and education agendas are composed after broad consultation of the field (knowledge-institutions, enterprises, governments).