Source:

Research
plan

Research

Authorisation by
the Minister

Legal
authorisation
on the basis of
article 53

Reasonable
expectation

Legal
authorisation
on the basis of
article 48

Essential for:

Sort
information

Interim result
Potentially
relevant
information

Destruction of
data

TIB
(Verification
Commission on
the Use of
Competences)

Legal
authorisation
on the basis of
article 50

3. Follow-up research

Ministry of the Interior and
Kingdom Relations
Chief of Defense
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
NCTV
National prosecutor's office,
etc.

A well-informed government

TIB
(Verification
Commission on
the Use of
Competences)

Legal
authorisation

Authorisation by
the Minister

No need for further action

1. Research request answered

2. Intelligence and security
product, for:

Analysis

Results
information on
Terrorists/
jihadists
Risks
Abroad
(potential)
mission areas
Armed forces
Groups
Cyber
Espionage

Continuous:
destruction of
non-relevant
materials

Track 2:
investigation of
known threat
Metadata analysis
Selection
Combining:
information from
other sources
(open sources,
human sources,
partners, etc.)

Successful military
operations abroad

Authorisation by
the Minister



Track 1:
investigation of
unknown threat
Optimalisation
of interception
Metadata
analysis

Legal
authorisation
on the basis of
article 49

TIB
(Verification
Commission on
the Use of
Competences)

Processing

Authorisation by
the Minister

discarding
Location
of irrelevant Type
materials
Sender
(e.g. Netflix,
newspaper
websites)

Filtering

International Security

No

Yes

Collection

Do we need
structural
engagement?

primarily
look at
the
outside

Snapshot

Security and prosperity of the
Netherlands

Threat against
What
What
We can find the
the Netherinformation is
provider?
information here
lands
needed?
What cable?
(Potential)
How can we
Mission areas
find it?
International
Security
Cyber Security
Espionage
Forward
insufficient
sufficient
looking
check:
perspective
open sources
Capacity to act partners
other
(special)
competences

Intelligence
need

Research
instructions
AIVD and MIVD
established
by the
government

TIB
(Verification
Commission on
the Use of
Competences)

Data collection



Preparation

Surveillance measures in the digital age

Figure 2: Intelligence cycle in the Netherlands

National government (Rijksoverheid) of the Netherlands, 2016 (original figure available on their website)

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