Goal 5: Creating framework conditions and guidelines The Federal Government undertakes to create adequate framework conditions and guidelines, taking account of international norms and standards, in order to ensure full protection in all security-relevant areas. Each federal ministry will make sure that standards and guidelines are implemented in accordance with the Umsetzungsplan Bund by its own ministry and all authorities within its remit, for example by putting the necessary structures in place (e.g. commissioner for IT security issues; reporting; role and responsibilities of the management, etc.). Appropriate guidance will be given to those branches of the economy where special requirements apply to IT security. All other areas of society will be provided with recommendations and guidelines on IT security. Goal 6: Coordinated security strategies Since security systems are only as robust as the weakest link in the chain, it is crucial to harmonize security-relevant processes and mechanisms. Therefore, the Federal Government advocates defining joint standards and coordinated application concepts, among other things, in order to optimize systems with regard to their security, technical, economic, and data protection properties. Page 11