commonly used as an adjective describing something that includes, uses, or is related to computers and especially the Internet. The original term “cybernetics” (“kibernetika” in Croatian) was formed in the mid-twentieth century and it denotes a science of automatic control systems and control processes in biological, technical, economic and other systems in general. The adjectival form “cybernetic” (“kibernetički” in Croatian) is used nowadays in the Croatian language in a similar way, with the same, previously introduced meaning as the prefix “cyber-“ has in the English language. The term “cybernetics” is nowadays rarely used in the Croatian language with its original meaning, like the term “cybernetics” in the English language. The term predominantly used in technical sciences dealing with systems control is “automatic control”. The term much more common, in the broader sense of meaning of the concept of cybernetics, referring to control processes in different systems, is “systems theory”, introduced in the second half of the past century. Recognising the importance of security within cyberspace as a common responsibility of all the society’s segments prompted the making of this Strategy. Its purpose is achieving a systematic and coordinated implementation of the activities necessary for improving Croatia’s capabilities in the area of cyber security, with a view to building a safe society in cyberspace. The goal is also to take advantage of the full market potential of the information society as a whole, and especially cyber security products and services. Since this is the first comprehensive Croatian Strategy in the area of cyber security, the Strategy’s primary objective is to recognise organisational problems in its implementation and broaden the understanding of the importance of this issue in the society. In order to establish new functionalities, improve the efficiency of the relevant actors’ work, use more efficiently the existing resources and better plan the requirements and establishment of new resources, it is necessary to encourage coordination and cooperation of all the state authorities, legal entities with public authority and other society sectors. Therefore, the Strategy’s fundamental role is to connect and bring mutual understanding of this complex issue in various sectors of the society and among various bodies and legal entities as the stakeholders of this Strategy with different competences, responsibilities, tasks, needs, expectations and interests. This is particularly important for ensuring the required level of understanding of the complex operational and technical issues of cyber security, which is necessary for the central public authorities and decision makers in all the sectors of the society, as it is for the security of the citizens, prosperity of the entire society, and thus for the end goal of this Strategy: implementing the law and respecting all the fundamental human rights in the new, virtual dimension of the society. In order to cover the very broad and complex area of this Strategy and harmonise the joint efforts of the numerous stakeholders that participated in the making of this Strategy, the method applied for developing its contents included defining the basic principles of approach to the area of cyber security, defining the objectives of the Strategy, and the scope of application of the Strategy in relation to the entire society. Following from the above, Croatia’s priority areas of cyber security were determined and they were analysed primarily in relation to the general goals of the Strategy. Special objectives 4 of 31