6 RESPONSE TO HYBRID THREATS IN THE FIELD OF DEFENCE One particular challenge for the state’s defence is hybrid threats, whose negative effects have significantly magnified due to the development and use of new technologies and the coordinated operation of various actors. In carrying out activities to strengthen civil preparedness and adopt appropriate national solutions, vulnerability will be reduced and resilience to hybrid threats improved. In line with the efforts of NATO and the European Union to strengthen resilience in dealing with hybrid threats, national solutions and activities will be prepared and implemented in order to comprehensively address hybrid threats. Coordination and other capabilities to identify and respond to hybrid threats will be developed within this framework. Situational awareness, resilience to hostile intelligence activities, cyber and information security and defence, strategic communication, and crisis management mechanisms will be enhanced, taking into account various methods of hybrid operation. Response to hybrid threats within the framework of defence planning and crisis response measures will be developed, with an emphasis on strengthening the resilience of the state and society, cyber security and defence, civil preparedness, and the protection of critical infrastructure. Within defence planning, measures and procedures will be developed for the event of the operation of non-military instability factors and hybrid factors which, due to their multiplicative effect, may require the engagement of military capabilities to manage and ensure the resilience of the state and society. Complexity and multidimensionality of hybrid threats 32