• • • Controlling migration: migration will be controlled in a targeted manner as befits Austria’s requirements. Promoting and encouraging integration: integration improves social peace and increases economic success. Internal security is also reinforced by good quality of coexistence between all of the individuals living in Austria. Integration is the task and responsibility of each individual. In order to achieve integration, all of the necessary framework conditions must be in place and all of the relevant stakeholders coordinated. Utilising and protecting data: there is scarcely any other area of life that develops at the speed at which technology progresses. Crime must be combated using the most state-ofthe-art means available. The importance of data protection is constantly growing in an increasingly digitalised world. The internal security authorities, in particular the police, must be capable of performing national and international operations. This also extends to the provision of a sufficient number of suitable, adequately trained police officers, judges, prosecutors and other experts for the purpose of participating in international crisis management operations. Despite the existing mutual support obligations within the EU, natural and technological disasters must first and foremost be confronted by domestic precautions and measures. Cooperation between state actors and NGOs is of particular importance in the Austrian and international disaster relief systems. The Austrian Armed Forces continue to be an indispensable instrument in this area. Cyber-crime, cyber-attacks, the misuse of the internet for extremist purposes and network security are serious new challenges for all stakeholders and require wide-reaching cooperation as part of a comprehensive policy. 3.2.3 Defence policy Austria’s defence policy is an integral component of its national Comprehensive Security Provision. It works in cooperation with foreign policy and internal security policy in order to (1) guarantee full state sovereignty and integrity, (2) protect the constitutional institutions and the critical infrastructure, (3) protect the population, also in the area of disaster relief, (4) support the national capacity to act in strategic crisis situations, (5) contribute to the management of crises as an expression of solidarity and (6) make a military contribution to EU security endeavours in the spirit of solidarity. The management of sub-conventional threats or new risks resulting from cyber-attacks may open up a new area of military activity. One of the tasks of the military is to ensure that it is able to act competently in evacuation operations. The Austrian Armed Forces also play an important role in maintaining internal security. They must be able to cope with any request for assistance by the civil authorities, including assistance in supporting policing operations, providing aid in the event of natural disasters or protecting critical infrastructures. Contributing to international crisis management is an important area of responsibility for the Austrian Armed Forces. They make an internationally recognised contribution in the spirit of solidarity with their involvement abroad, thereby preventing negative repercussions of international security problems on Austria. The participation of the Austrian Armed Forces in international crisis management operations, therefore, has, to be continued on a high level. 11