Companies raise the alarm: Cybercrime costs 10 billion per year

the hague - Large companies raise the alarm. There is much more money and attention to cybersecurity. Netherlands looses billions by cyber attacks and is not yet ready for the future.

That is the message from large companies to a new cabinet. Top women Herna Verhagen of PostNL informant Edith Schippers and the negotiating party leaders sent a letter with concrete proposals to tackle these digital threats. This approach, according to the letter 'urgent need' to protect our prosperity and well-being.

Her story is also signed by other major CEOs, including those of KPN, Eneco, Schiphol, Rabobank and Bol. com. Employers Domes support the argument too.

Employers find that digital security has to be just as important as security in the tangible world. 'For crime, (corporate) espionage and terrorism are online as much a threat as 'street'. '

They point out that cybercrime now creates a loss of 10 billion a year, and likely only to get worse. And the dangers are not just financial. 'Large-scale, social disruption may be due to, for example, as power plants, transportation systems or weirs are attacked. '

The top companies want the government to draw up an action plan with the business. The government was a top official, who falls under the government directly, the approach must be controlled. As part of the employers also a substantial investment in digital attacks that can be readily detected and combated. The government should also set a good example yourself: at least ten percent of the IT budget should be spent on security now.

Children should moreover all need to learn at an early age about digital dangers, find the companies. They plead to include the formation table for 'digital literacy' in the educational process.

PostNL top women Verhagen already wrote a report about the threat of cyber attacks. One of the phrases in its hackers coming in, too long can go ahead. 'You can see that daily attacks on Dutch companies from abroad. Many companies find that too late or not. Like many municipalities there are also only too late that they have been hacked by malware or spyware. 'She says that companies should put their security in order, but they can not without help from the government.