The Hague Security Delta

What The Hague Security Delta does

The Hague Security Delta (HSD), legally Stichting The Hague Security Delta, is a Dutch non-profit foundation (stichting) founded in 2013 and headquartered at the HSD Campus in The Hague, Netherlands. It operates as the designated Dutch national security cluster, connecting over 300 companies, governmental organizations, and knowledge institutions through five functional pillars: Access to Knowledge, Innovation, Market, Capital, and Talent. The organization is governed to ensure balanced representation from companies, governments, and knowledge institutions, and is statutorily barred from profit distribution.

HSD's product surface consists of interconnected platforms and programs rather than a single software offering. Physical infrastructure includes the HSD Campus and the Innovation Hub The Hague (opened 2023). Digital platforms include Security Talent (jobs and career matching), Security Insight (knowledge repository with AI-enhanced content discovery), Cyber Kracht (SME cybersecurity support for South-Holland), and Cyber Security Werkt (retraining platform). Programmatic offerings span Cyber Security & Resilience, Data & AI/Intel, and Smart Secure Societies, with signature research consortia including the Automated Security Operations (ASOP) platform led by TNO, the Real Time Intelligence (RTI) Lab with Dutch National Police, ELSA Labs on human-centered AI, and sector-specific Cyber Resilience Centers for manufacturing, horticulture, and energy transition.

HSD's revenue model is a hybrid of recurring partner contributions from 300+ member organizations, government subsidies and grants (including administration of programs like CIF-NL, which awarded €2.5M+ to 20+ projects in 2025), and professional-services revenue from events and programs such as the International Cyber Security Summer School (run with NCI Agency and Europol). Pricing is not publicly disclosed and varies by partner type. The customer base spans Dutch national government ministries (Police, Defence, Justice, Economic Affairs), municipalities (The Hague, Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Almere, Apeldoorn), leading research institutions (TNO, TU Delft, Leiden University, The Hague University of Applied Sciences), and hundreds of commercial security vendors, with international reach via trade missions to events such as Black Hat USA.

Name

The Hague Security Delta

Legal name

Stichting The Hague Security Delta

Website

https://securitydelta.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Hague Security Delta (HSD) is a Dutch non-profit foundation founded in 2013 that operates the national security cluster, connecting 300+ companies, government agencies, and knowledge institutions across five pillars: knowledge, innovation, market, capital, and talent.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cybersecurity Cluster Services

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPABAAAE

Security, Safety & Fire/Life Safety Management

Business & Public Services/Facilities Management & Building Services/Integrated Facilities Management (IFM)

Keywords

• Security cluster organization
• Cybersecurity innovation programs
• Public-private partnerships
• Security talent platform
• Smart city security

Headquarters

HQ city

The Hague

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Partner Contributions: HSD Partners pay contributions (membership fees) to be part of the cluster and access the network, knowledge sharing, innovation programs, and market facilitation services.
2. Subsidies and Grants: The organization receives government subsidies and has participated in funding programs like CIF-NL 2025 which awarded over €2.5 million to 20+ cybersecurity innovation projects.
3. Event and Program Revenue: Revenue generated from events, summer schools, and innovation programs including the International Cyber Security Summer School, HSD Cafés, and trade missions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Hague Security Delta (HSD) is the Dutch security cluster, a non-profit foundation that connects over 300 companies, governmental organizations, and knowledge institutions to collaborate on innovative security solutions. It operates physical infrastructure (HSD Campus in The Hague) and online platforms (Security Talent, Security Insight) while facilitating five Access pillars: Knowledge, Innovation, Market, Capital, and Talent. Core activities include running innovation programs, living labs, sector-specific cyber resilience centers, talent development, market consultation sessions, and international trade missions.

Product overview

Security Delta (HSD) is a Dutch security cluster organization (not-for-profit foundation) founded in 2013, connecting over 300 companies, governmental organizations, and knowledge institutions. Rather than offering a single software product, HSD provides a comprehensive ecosystem of interconnected platforms, programmes, and services organized around five Access pillars: Access to Knowledge, Innovation, Market, Talent, and Capital. The core platforms include HSD Campus (physical innovation hub), Security Talent (job/career platform), Security Insight (knowledge repository), and Cyber Kracht (SME cybersecurity support). These are complemented by specialized programmes such as the Data & AI/Intel initiative, the Automated Security Operations (ASOP) consortium, Real Time Intelligence Lab, Smart Secure Resilient Cities, and sector-specific Cyber Resilience Centers. HSD also offers professional services including innovation programmes, living labs for testing, CISO sessions, market consultation, and access to investment funding. The organization serves as an accelerator and facilitator for the Dutch security ecosystem, supporting both cybersecurity defense and smart city innovations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Security Talent: Platform for jobs and career opportunities in the security sector
• Security Insight
• HSD Campus
• Cyber Kracht
• Cybersecurity Werkt
• International Cyber Security Summer School

Products and services

• HSD Campus Physical campus facility in The Hague serving as the central meeting place for the Dutch security cluster, housing innovation hubs and fostering collaboration between companies, governments, and knowledge institutions.
• Security Talent Online platform providing an overview of jobs, internships, courses, trainings, and job market developments in the security sector, connecting talent with organizations across the Dutch security ecosystem.
• Security Insight Knowledge platform providing access to security reports, blogs, podcasts, webinars, and experts related to security in a digitizing world, featuring AI-enhanced content discovery.
• Cyber Kracht Platform providing cybersecurity resources and support for SMEs in South-Holland, helping small and medium businesses protect themselves against cyber criminals.
• Cyber Security Werkt Platform for retraining and side-entrants interested in entering the cybersecurity job market, addressing talent shortage in the security sector.
• International Cyber Security Summer School Six-day educational programme run in collaboration with NCI Agency and Europol, providing intensive cybersecurity training and professional networking for security students and professionals.
• HSD Innovation Programmes Consortia programmes that work with end-users to develop innovative security solutions across three domains: Cyber Security & Resilience, Data & AI/Intel, and Smart Secure Societies.
• Living Labs for Security Innovations Controlled testing environments that allow organizations to experiment with smart city and security innovations in real-world scenarios before full deployment.
• Access to Investment Funds Service helping organizations arrange funding for security solutions and capital for growth through connections to investment funds and financing opportunities.
• Market Consultation Sessions Expert consultation sessions in which multiple specialists explore current or emerging security challenges to help organizations address market needs.
• ECSO Cybersecurity Made in Europe Label Service that helps Dutch security organizations obtain the ECSO 'Cybersecurity Made in Europe' certification, supporting international visibility and market positioning.
• Real Time Intelligence (RTI) Lab Programme Innovation programme focused on real-time intelligence for security organizations, exploring needs and trends in processing real-time operational information for police and other security entities.
• Automated Security Operations (ASOP) Public-private consortium developing automated security platforms enabling organizations to detect and respond to cyber-attacks more quickly and automatically, addressing SOC modernization needs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over €2.5 million awarded to 20+ cybersecurity innovation projects through CIF-NL 2025
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• ASOP Consortium (Automated Security Operations)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Consortium established by TNO with Ministry support in 2020 to develop an automated security platform enabling organizations to detect and respond to cyber-attacks quickly and automatically. Includes partners like KPN, VMWare, Cisco, and Infradata.
• TNOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTNO (Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research) is a key research partner in multiple HSD programs including Automated Security Operations (ASOP) consortium, RTI-lab, and AI security initiatives. TNO leads the ASOP consortium working on automated security platforms to help organizations detect and respond to cyber-attacks.
• Nationale Politie (Dutch National Police)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPremium partner collaborating on RTI-lab (Real Time Intelligence) program, Cybercrime initiatives, hackathons, and innovation projects. Police designated RTI as a cornerstone of their information process.
• Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate PolicycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment ministry supporting HSD innovation programs including the ASOP consortium for automated security operations and various cybersecurity initiatives.
• Ministry of DefencecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in security innovation programs, RTI-lab collaboration, and initiatives related to defense and security technology development.
• Ministry of Justice and SecuritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in cybersecurity and resilience programs, BEC fraud prevention initiatives, and chair of MMIP Data & Intelligence working group in NL AI Coalition.
• EuropolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean law enforcement agency collaborating on the International Cyber Security Summer School and various security initiatives.
• Delft University of TechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch university partner in AI research, RTI-lab, and smart city security initiatives including ELSA labs on human-centered AI for security.
• KPNcoreTechnology or IntegrationTelecommunications partner collaborating on security solutions and showing interest in the ASOP automated security platform for detecting and responding to cyber-attacks.
• Gemeente Den Haag (City of The Hague)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal government partner in Smart Secure Cities initiatives, Innovation Hub collaboration, and urban security developments. Co-signatory of Impact Coalitie Safety & Security (ICSS).
• De Haagse Hogeschool (The Hague University of Applied Sciences)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity of applied sciences partner in cybersecurity talent programs, ELSA labs AI research, and various educational initiatives in the security domain.
• Leiden UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partner in the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, collaborating on security and justice research initiatives.
• ECSO (European Cyber Security Organisation)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean cybersecurity organization offering the 'Cybersecurity Made in Europe' label through HSD to help organizations gain international visibility.
• NL AI CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHSD facilitates and chairs working groups within the Dutch AI Coalition, specifically MMIP Data & Intelligence and Security, Peace and Justice working groups.
• Impact Coalitie Safety & Security (ICSS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner8-year program involving municipalities (Amsterdam, Den Haag, Eindhoven, Almere, Apeldoorn), Police, DITSS, and HSD Office for Smart City safety and security initiatives.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Station F: World's largest startup campus in Paris running dedicated cybersecurity and deep-tech programmes, providing physical convening infrastructure and partner access similar to HSD Campus, but at a much larger scale and broader tech scope.
• Digital Catapult: UK innovation accelerator for advanced digital technologies including cyber, AI, and IoT; runs living labs, accelerator programmes, and partner networks similar to HSD's innovation, capital, and talent pillars, though at broader digital scope.

Others

• InnovationQuarter: Regional development agency for South Holland that invests in security startups within HSD's ecosystem — closely intertwined with HSD operationally and methodologically similar as a public-private innovation intermediary, though broader than security.
• Global Cyber Alliance: International non-profit coalition building cybersecurity toolkits and partnerships across sectors; comparable as a non-profit, partner-driven cybersecurity intermediary though operating at global rather than national-cluster scope.

Broad incumbents

• ECSO (European Cyber Security Organisation): Pan-European industry-led cybersecurity organisation that aggregates national clusters and runs the 'Cybersecurity Made in Europe' label programme (which HSD itself distributes in NL), serving as the continental-scale incumbent that HSD interacts with as a national gateway.

Regional players

• UK Cyber Security Council: UK self-regulatory body for the cybersecurity profession, addressing skills standards and professional development — overlaps with HSD's Human Capital Agenda and Cybersecurity Werkt talent programmes in a different geography.
• Cap Digital: French competitive cluster focused on digital transformation and emerging technologies, using a similar public-private partnership and innovation-project funding model in a different national market.
• ScotlandIS: Trade and cluster body for Scotland's digital technologies industry including cybersecurity, connecting companies, public sector, and academia and running capability programmes — a smaller-scale analogue of HSD's national convening role.

Direct peers

• SECURITYMADEIN.LU: Luxembourg's national cybersecurity cluster and innovation hub, operating a comparable public-private partnership model that brings together companies, public bodies, and research institutions to strengthen national cybersecurity capacity — directly analogous to HSD's Dutch triple-helix structure.
• Cyber Wales: Wales' cybersecurity cluster organisation convening industry, government, and academia across multiple cyber clusters (e.g. Cyber Wales Cluster, NCSC-accredited initiatives), mirroring HSD's role as a national-level cybersecurity ecosystem convener.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/HSDSecurityDelta
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/2831093
• Xx.com/hsd_nl

Compliance1 record

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