6. INTERRELATIONS OF THE AREAS OF CYBER SECURITY The interrelations of cyber security areas are defined in accordance with the assessment of Croatia’s needs at the time of drafting the Strategy and they cover cyber security segments estimated to be common to all or most of the previously selected cyber security areas. The selected interrelations of cyber security areas are: 1. Protection of information; 2. Technical coordination in the treatment of computer security incidents; 3. International cooperation, and 4. Education, research, development and raising security awareness in cyberspace. The interrelations of cyber security areas are essential for the improvement and more efficient achievement of the goals and measures in cyber security areas. The Strategy therefore also defines special objectives, regarding the interrelations, which are considered crucial for enhancing the level of security in cyberspace, with special reference to the defined society sectors and the influence of each interrelation of cyber security areas on certain sectors of the society and forms of cooperation and mutual coordination in the work of cyber security stakeholders. The elaboration of interrelations of cyber security areas is done according to the principles defined by the Strategy. 6.1 Protection of information (F) In the life cycle of a piece of information, as soon as it is generated, it is necessary to determine whether it belongs to a certain group of protected information and apply the appropriate set of measures to protect such information. It is the responsibility of every protected information owner and data controller, but also every protected information processor and every authorised user of protected information, not only to take care of the confidentiality and privacy of the information they use in their work, but also to be accountable for the integrity and availability of the information that is released publicly in cyberspace (web sites, social networks, etc.). In order to direct the handling of protected information in an appropriate manner, especially on the part of the entities responsible for protected information, the following groups of protected information were identified in drafting this Strategy as the most important special groups of protected information which require the implementation of adequate protection policy: classified information, unclassified5 information, personal data and trade secret. 5 Group of information appropriately marked, used only for official purposes in the government sector, which does not have the characteristic of being secret. 18 of 31