No deal yet on Dutch state secrets in private British cyber security hands
The Dutch government and cyber security group Fox-IT have not yet reached a deal on ensuring Dutch state secrets stay secret, the NRC said on Wednesday.
Security specialist Fox-IT was taken over by British firm NCC at the end of 2015 for €133m and officials fear there is a risk sensitive Dutch information falls into other hands.
Fox-IT has placed all its Dutch government contracts into its subsidiary Fox Crypto and the government wants guarantees that this unit may not be sold, merged or dissolved without Dutch defence ministry permission.
However, Fox-IT cannot agree to the terms, the paper said, and is only willing to give the defence ministry security service MIVD advance warning of a sale.
Fox-It works for governments, defence departments, banks and commercial companies around the globe.
Thank you for donating to DutchNews.nl.
We could not provide the Dutch News service, and keep it free of charge, without the generous support of our readers. Your donations allow us to report on issues you tell us matter, and provide you with a summary of the most important Dutch news each day.
Make a donation