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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