plans and imposing sanctions for their non-fulfilment, as well as a flexible response to changes in external conditions. 3.2 Strategic priorities A relevant legislative framework needs to be completed; competences, technical, organisational and financial issues, hierarchy and management, education and many other problems should be addressed in order to meet the set strategic objectives. The NSIS defines the following seven basic strategic priorities: 1. protection of human rights and freedoms in using NICI; 2. building of awareness and competence in information security; 3. creation of secure environment; 4. improvement of effectiveness in information security management; 5. ensurance of sufficient protection of the state ICI and ICI supporting the state critical infrastructure; 6. national and international cooperation; 7. enhancement of national competence. 3.2.1 Protection of human rights and freedoms The potential offered by ICT may be misused, therefore ways should be sought to protect legitimate interests of all stakeholders involved in the use of ICT. However, traditional regulatory and defence mechanisms that society developed in the past may only hardly be carried over into the digital space. In particular ethics and moral, which are being formed gradually, belong to a private sphere of individuals, or communities at the most, and have no legal force. Good legislation is necessary in order to make sure that detected crimes tending to violate human rights and freedoms are effectively prosecuted. Amidst growing security problems of the digital space (computer crime, organised crime, terrorism) and the significance of the global (as well as national) ICI for society it will be necessary to define a legal framework for the protection of digital space (both at the international and national level). Interests and rights of various individuals and organisations coincide in this area. Proposed measures (legal arrangements) have to take into account not only interests of the state and ICT system owners, but also the rights of users and those parties whose data ICT systems contain7. The NSIS builds on the Slovak legal framework for the protection of information, EU directives and OECD recommendations, taking into account core technical standards. A regulation of the supreme legal force concerning the protection of human rights in the case of safeguarding the digital space is the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms under which citizens are guaranteed a right to personal integrity and privacy, protection of human dignity, personal honour, good reputation and name, private, personal and family life, and protection against unauthorised collection, disclosure or other misuse of personal data. The Constitution of the Slovak Republic is another fundamental document. The strategy identifies two key tasks in the protection of human rights and freedoms: 7 The security of information systems and networks should be compatible with essential values of a democratic society. (OECD Guidelines for the Security of Information Systems and Networks) 9