Leadership

Leadership is vital, as it provides the foundation for ensuring that the other functions are secure. It must be possible to secure leadership capacity in all situations and at all operational levels. Effective incident management requires close cooperation between leadership, situational awareness, and communication.

International and EU activities

International activities extend to all levels and sectors of Finnish society. Enabling international cooperation and participating in crisis prevention is an integral part of the safeguarding of other vital functions of society. Security cooperation at the EU level is an integral part of the security planning of administrative branches.

Defence capability

Finland’s independence and territorial integrity can be secured only by maintaining and developing defence capability in the right proportion to the needs of the security environment. The primary objective of developing and maintaining Finland’s defence capability is to establish deterrence against the use of military force against Finland, and even the threat of using military force. If necessary, Finland will repel all military threats against her by means of military force. NATO membership supports this defence capability.

Internal security

By maintaining internal security, Finland can prevent and counter criminal activities against the country and population, and prevent accidents, environmental damage or other similar disturbances, as well as successfully manage their consequences. Close cooperation between national and international authorities, the European Union and other actors at all levels of government will support this work.

Economy, infrastructure, and security of supply

Ensuring the functions of the economy, infrastructure and the security of supply will provide the funding and other resources needed to maintain vital functions. The domestic and international infrastructure, organisations, structures and processes necessary for vital functions will be safeguarded.

Functional capacity of the population and services

The functional capacity and well-being of the population will be safeguarded by maintaining essential basic services. They will help to ensure that the population can live independently in all situations.

Psychological resilience

Psychological resilience refers to the ability of individuals, communities, and societies and nations as a whole to withstand the pressures arising from crisis situations and to recover from their impacts.

Mutual trust between citizens and their trust in the vital functions of society are fundamental for psychological resilience. Trust is created under normal circumstances. Finland’s comprehensive security is based on the inviolability of human dignity, the principles of representative democracy, the legality of the exercise of public authority and other principles of the rule of law.