About

During Cybersecurity Week, everything comes together. The many events including the flagship ONE Conference provide opportunities to network, meet key players, discuss the latest developments, share knowledge and create awareness with Dutch and European partners.

The cybersecurity market in the Netherlands is valued at approximately EUR 16 billion as of 2021 and is among the fastest-growing sectors, with an annual growth rate of 10-15%. Additionally, the sector generates an added value of nearly EUR 10 billion. The Dutch cybersecurity sector is distinguished by several strengths: an interdisciplinary approach that combines humanities, sciences, and social sciences; robust expertise in quantum technology; and a focus on highly service-oriented companies.

The sector faces a number of challenges, providing many opportunities for Sweden and Swedish companies:

• Customers: The Dutch market is mainly small and service-focused with a high dependency on foreign imports of software, hardware and managed services
• Technology: A lack of large players leads to low or nearly zero private R&D among Dutch companies who focus on providing services instead of products
• Personnel: There is a major shortage of personnel with a cybersecurity profile, and many graduates choose to work for foreign companies rather than domestic
• Awareness: While society is increasingly digitalising, there is still limited awareness among Dutch organisations and consumers around risks and vulnerabilities
• VC/scaling: There is relatively little venture capital available and it is difficult for startups to scale their solutions or find subsidies to support growth
• Acquisition: A large cybersecurity ecosystem leads to high degree of acquisition activity for businesses who manage to develop scalable products/services

Who should join?

This delegation is meant for ambitious actors from across the cybersecurity value chain, wanting to reach senior industry figures and decision makers, attend high-value meetings, and strengthen cybersecurity chains with European and global partners.

• CISO's from key Swedish industry players
• Defence and security service solution providers
• Tech-focused companies in e.g. mobility, health, financial services, AI
• Start-ups, scale-ups and science parks
• Public sector including regions, municipalities and government agencies
• Researchers and academia

The fine print

• Participation includes maximum two people per organisation. Please register each participant individually. Contact Business Sweden if you would like to register more than two participants from the same company or organisation
• The price is excl. VAT and calculated based on 12 participating companies. SME companies and public actors are eligible for a 50% subsidy.  Large companies are not eligible to receive a subsidized price
• If the number of participating companies changes, we reserve the right to offer participation at a different price. Should this result in a higher price than the one quoted, you have the right to cancel your participation
• Participants are responsible for their own travel-related reservations and fees, such as flights, hotel, transfers, and meals outside of the delegation programme