This online tool allows users to identify biosecurity vulnerabilities in their organization. The tool covers the Netherlands Biosecurity Office’s eight pillars of biosecurity: awareness, personnel reliability, transport security, information security, accountability for materials, response, management, or physical measures. For each pillar, the Biosecurity Office has provided a questionnaire with explanations, potential risks, and control measures. This resource is similar to the Netherlands Biosecurity Office Self-Scan tool (included in this library as well). However, these questionnaires have longer, more complex questions and responses than the ones included in the self-scan tool. 

In 2009, the Dutch government initiated a coordinated Biosecurity Program to assist organizations that handle potentially hazardous biological agents and any associated technology. The Netherlands Biosecurity Office was founded in 2012 as a part of that program.  The Biosecurity Office is the Dutch knowledge and information center for biosecurity. It offers a plethora of awareness-raising online tools and in-person workshops. In creating these resources, the Biosecurity Office refers to previously adopted practices set forth by national and international initiatives, including the BTWC, the EU CBRN Action Plan, CWA 15793, and the Dutch Biosecurity Code of Conduct. The vulnerability scan is just one of the online tools available on the Biosecurity Office’s website. The tool is currently only available in English and Dutch. No updates are expected at this time.