Despite their economic importance Dutch SMEs lag behind in implementing cybersecurity. To strengthen cyber resilience of SMEs in the region, THUAS, Connect2Trust, and the municipality of The Hague launched a platform in 2025 to facilitate collaboration between SMEs from various sectors. A cyber maturity survey was conducted to serve as a baseline measurement, showing three things: SMEs lack basic cyber hygiene, SMEs are difficult to engage, and IT providers can play a key enabling role
