execute various influence measures, the foreign special services try to establish a network of controlled agents in the mass media, state and municipality institutions, as well as in the nongovernmental, political and business environment. More and more attention is directed towards the virtual space and social networks, in which the foreign special services can act remotely. The intelligence and influence abilities are developed in long-term with the purpose of activation of the abilities when a specific situation arises or the abilities are necessary to carry out a specific project. The Republic of Latvia continues to issue fixed period residence permits in exchange for investments in the country. Currently, the implementation of the fixed period residence permits programme does not affect the national security directly, but it is very important to identify and prevent separate risks regarding illegal entrance into the territory of the Republic of Latvia and the Schengen area of persona non grata. The strategic goal of the country is to provide a set of pre-emptive and preventive measures to neutralise threats to the interests of the Republic of Latvia, NATO, and EU created by the foreign special services. The priorities must include strengthening and development of the current state security authorities in compliance with the current types of threats. Priorities of the Republic of Latvia in Regard to Prevention of Threats Created by the Foreign Intelligence and Security Agencies: Development of the Capacity of Security Authorities State security authorities must be capable to adjust to new types of threats created by the foreign special services, as well as to establish new solutions for the prevention of current threats. Strengthening of capacity and development of abilities is a long-term priority objective for the security authorities of the Republic of Latvia. A great attention must be directed towards selection of personnel and regular training, introduction of new technologies and solutions, as well as improvement of methods and increase in efficiency of daily operative and analytic work. Strengthening of Counterintelligence and Preventive Measures The objective for the state security authorities is to carry out continuous counterintelligence measures by identifying the members of foreign special services, their partners, interests, and operating methods. In order to increase the effectiveness of counterintelligence functions carried out by the state security authorities, it is necessary to improve the ability to project potential