7.7 In its migration policy, Armenia is committed to safeguarding the free and safe mobility of people, while simultaneously balancing the provision of national security. We shall continue to ensure border security and increase the efficiency of integrated border management, particularly through the prevention of illicit border crossings, the effective and humane management of irregular migration, and the reduction of irregular migration of citizens of the Republic of Armenia. The state shall employ effective procedures to prevent the infiltration of infectious diseases posing a public health threat. Given the possibility of regional emergencies, we shall develop clear measures for the management of a potential mass influx of people into Armenia due to military actions or natural disasters. 7.8 Armenia shall improve its capacity for preventing the development, dissemination, and use of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons of mass destruction. ENSURING OPEN AND SAFE INFORMATION AND CYBER DOMAINS 7.9 The main goal of Armenia’s information security policy is to balance and protect the interests of the individual, society, and the state. We base our information and cyberspace policy on the principles of human rights and freedoms, as well as state sovereignty. Armenia is an advocate of open, interoperable, reliable, and secure information and cyberspace. 7.10 Cyberattacks against information resources by foreign states, international terrorist organizations, criminal groups, and individuals threaten Armenia’s information security. New and unique challenges are posed by private entities, including foreign state-funded cyberattacks, which target Armenia’s critical information infrastructure and its government structures. 7.11 In the modern world, information wars, including propaganda, manipulations, fake news, and other disinformation tools are becoming more prevalent, and often target democratic values. In this context, we will work to raise public awareness and media literacy to strengthen the capacity of society and the state to counter such information wars. 7.12 A major challenge is the imperfection of a comprehensive state policy regulating the information and cybersecurity sector, the absence of legislation to ensure the protection of critical information infrastructure, the insufficient level of institutional capacity of computer emergency response teams, and the absence of a national cybersecurity center. 7.13 In the fields of information, technology, and cybersecurity, we are working to increase the efficiency of institutions and processes, and develop the underlying infrastructure. Armenia is committed to developing state information, technological, and cybersecurity policies and strategies, as well as introducing comprehensive mechanisms for the management of the sector. We will develop a legal-normative framework in order to regulate the relationship between the operators of critical information We base our information and cyberspace policy on the principles of human rights and freedoms, as well as state sovereignty. NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY OF RA | 29