Abstract
This report discusses the sensitive issue of the quality of decision-making in the security system, facing inevitable transition towards greater professionalism and technological maturity. While applying the basic principle of situational analysis in terms of „environmental scanning”, realized through a process of „breaking down” of the environment into certain factors, and gleaning information about their interplay in the direction of their impact, the authors elaborate on the formulation and the applicability of a novel, science-based, long-term state security and defense policy as well as a pertinent strategy for its implementation