5 one of the prerequisites for ensuring vital and primary interests of a country’s national security. To fulfil the objectives set for the Lithuanian Armed Forces, national cyber defence capabilities will be developed which will help ensure interaction between the Lithuanian Armed Forces and the civil capabilities of the country, also capabilities of the Lithuanian Armed Forces to ensure reliable deterrence of aggressors in cyber space, and in case of failure to deter aggressors – to independently and in cooperation with the Allies – to defend the Republic of Lithuania making use of all cyber security measures. 14. Objectives for achieving the first target of the Strategy: 14.1. The first objective of the first target is to develop a systematic approach to cyber security and preventive activity. This objective will be pursued by improving the ways of cyber security risk identification, evaluation and forecast, by building up a picture of cyber security identification and a risk map to reveal the risks typical of individual sectors, by developing a regional cyber security centre and state-controlled electronic communications network with complex cyber security measures which would incorporate state mobilisation tasks for performing critical state functions assigned to state and municipal institutions, agencies and companies, by carrying out surveys on cyber security state, measurements of advancement or maturity assessments, by ensuring public information on cyber security state, by putting into use other measures and actions which reinforce cyber security and preventive activities. 14.2. Second objective of the first target is to increase the efficiency of cyber security policy development and implementation by reducing administrative burden falling on cyber security entities. This objective will be attained by improving legal regulation of cyber security, by preparing standardised but differentiable cyber security requirements, by carrying out the analysis of good practice, standards applicable when ensuring cyber security, by encouraging cyber security entities to follow such standards, by establishing a national integrated crises management mechanism, by ensuring smooth cooperation among the structures of all levels, by updating cyber security risk assessment system, by evaluating methodological potentials to conduct monitoring and control of the funds required for cyber security, by determining the priority of their allocation and use, by implementing any other measures of cyber security policy development and implementation. 14.3. The third objective of the first strategy is to promote organisation of and participation in international exercises. This objective will be fulfilled by periodically organised complex national cyber security exercises, by participation in the EU, NATO and other countries organised and led exercises, by incorporation of experience of national and international exercises into incident assessment, information communication and other actions. 14.4. The fourth objective of the first strategy is to develop cyber defence capabilities of the country. This objective will be achieved by ensuring effective interaction of the Lithuanian Armed Forces and civilian capabilities, by developing cyber defence capabilities and by providing assistance to other state and municipal institutions and agencies. SECTION TWO