Cheque”) is to encourage the development of ideas. Objective 7: Active theme leadership in international research programmes Hypothesis: In order to position Austria’s strengths more effectively, Austrian delegates should increasingly address security research issues of national interest in European and international programmes. Strategic objectives: Austria strives for active theme leadership in EU research programmes. Measures Contributing themes considered important by Austria to research programmes: Austria should continue its efforts to contribute security research themes to European and international programmes (SECURITY, ICT, HORIZON 2020) with a view to highlighting the country’s strengths. Austrian programme delegates should be involved in a timely manner as this will increase the likelihood of their being able to successfully contribute security research topics. Accompanying measures Firmer commitment to international standardisation and certification activities: In some selected standardisation areas such as the further development of ISO/ IEC 27001 Austria is playing an active role. However, it should also participate more actively in other ICT security areas, e.g. ISO/IEC JTC1 WG 27 and CEN, the Common Criteria and European standardisation initiatives in the field of security research (Mandate M/487 to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI, etc.). Maintaining and updating the Austrian Information Security Manual: The Austrian Information Security Manual supports 24 efforts to ensure a uniform terminology and approach in establishing ICT security— both in public administration and business. Serving as a strategic framework for ICT security in Austria, the Manual is updated on an ongoing basis to meet constantly changing technical requirements and to respond to new developments in international standardisation. :