Summary
The mission ‘Stronger together for a resilient internet’ was key to all of NBIP’s activities in 2025. Significant efforts were made to strengthen engagement with participants, partners and stakeholders.
Connection
The number of NBIP participants has grown in 2025. By the end of 2025, NBIP had 194 participants, of which 107 organisations participate in the Lawful Interception and Disclosure Service and 131 organisations participate in the NaWas. There are 44 organisations participating in both services. Organisations that use both the Lawful Interception and Disclosure Service and NaWas are counted as a single participant in the total number of NBIP participants. In this way, NBIP contributes to a stronger and more resilient internet.
In 2024, Lunch & Learn sessions were organised for participants for the first time, providing an accessible way to engage with NBIP, catch up on recent developments, and ask questions. These sessions continued in 2025 and have attracted growing interest, culminating in October 2025 with over 25 participants in attendance.
Following the transition year of 2024, NBIP grew rapidly as an organisation and ended 2025 with around 20 staff members, with the prospect of further growth in 2026. This growth is driven, among other things, by participation in European development projects such as IPCEI-CIS and LLMs for Europe. The NBIP board has prepared for this growth by advertising a vacancy for a secretary and a vacancy for a general board member in 2025. Suitable candidates have been found for both vacancies, namely Jeroen Stevens (Interconnect) as secretary and Ruben van der Zwan (Worldstream & Greenhouse Datacenters) as a general board member. They were officially nominated to the board for appointment during the members’ meeting on 26 November 2025. On 23 January 2026, they were formally appointed as board members by the NBIP board.
NBIP NEXT, our annual knowledge event where the sector, stakeholders and interested parties come together, was held as a two-day event for the first time in 2025. Whilst the first day focused on the usual themes of ‘Law & Resilience’ and ‘DDoS Mitigation’ (in collaboration with the Anti-DDoS Coalition), the second day was devoted to the key theme of 2025: digital autonomy. The event was very well received, with an average rating of 8.8 for both days.
In-depth
2025 was also marked by the deepening and diversification of NBIP’s activities. In 2025, NBIP further professionalised its public affairs activities. The main reason for this is to ensure timely alignment with relevant developments in the public domain that may affect NBIP participants, for example in the field of legislation and regulations and their operational consequences. Within the NBIP team, one person is tasked with identifying relevant developments on time and acting upon them in collaboration with the general director. In many cases, this involves sharing knowledge and collaborating with stakeholders on the following issues: ‘Digital resilience in digital infrastructure (including digital autonomy), operational compliance with legislation and regulations for digital service providers, DDoS resilience and combating abuse.’ NBIP is also one of the four members of the Digital Infrastructure Netherlands (DINL) coalition.
A key moment in 2025 in this area was the contribution to the position paper ‘Strategic Digital Autonomy and the Government-wide Cloud Policy’ submitted to Members of Parliament Barbara Kathmann and Jesse Six Dijkstra. The position paper was produced through a collaboration between various companies and organisations. NBIP’s contribution to the position paper aimed to enhance digital resilience in the Netherlands by proposing a government cloud policy that rapidly minimises high-risk dependencies.
During the House of Representatives’ V-100 (Accountability Day), Octavia de Weerdt, general director of NBIP, along with several other guests from the sector, had the opportunity to discuss cyber resilience with MPs and government ministers. The number 100 represents the hundred citizens invited by the House to critically examine the ministers’ annual reports and ask questions about them. The goal of the V-100 is to involve citizens directly in the House’s oversight role. In 2025, the House invited citizens and entrepreneurs who have direct contact with one or more public service providers, including the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).
Development of Services
A new version of sFlow (known as Splitflow within NaWas) has been introduced, and the service offers GRE as an add-on for participants who are not connected to an internet exchange. The Lawful Interception and Disclosure Service is also continuing to develop, with particular emphasis on the infrastructure for eEvidence warrants, which are expected to be sent directly by competent authorities of European Member States in 2026/2027.
The Clean Networks initiative has made significant progress in the joint fight against abuse. In 2025, project management was further professionalised to ensure the effective steering of Clean Networks within an increasingly complex regulatory landscape. The technical foundations for data analysis were also further developed, with a focus on supporting abuse reports and the methodological development of the benchmark. Over the past year, there has also been continued investment in positioning Clean Networks within the Dutch and European markets. In addition, the duration of the Clean Networks project has been extended until 31 December 2027. This was necessary due to the delay in the initial grant allocation and the time required to recruit specialist staff.
Progress
Over the coming years, the aim is to further strengthen the operational compliance and cyber resilience of the digital infrastructure in the Netherlands and Europe. Shared services such as NaWas, Lawful Interception and Disclosure and Clean Networks will continue to form the basis for this. In doing so, the focus will remain on digitally autonomous, open-source development and refinement.
This commitment also stems from the European projects in which NBIP participates. The aim for the coming years is to continue participating in new projects. In this way, not only can the services provided to participants be continuously modernised and improved, but new services can also be developed that are embedded within new frameworks surrounding digital autonomy, thereby ensuring reliability and interoperability.
Finally, with the implementation of the eEvidence legislative package, a new phase is beginning for Lawful Interception and Disclosure. It is expected that the number of requests to be processed will increase significantly, which will also have an impact on the Interception Service. At European level, NBIP is involved in the European Commission’s expert group for the technical implementation of eEvidence. In addition, the foundation is also involved in the implementation at national level, including in technical sessions organised by the Ministry of Justice and Security.
