Hibridna bezbednosna arhitektura u funkciji operacionalizacije koncepta ljudske bezbednosti
Hybrid Security Architecture in the Context of Operationalisation of the Human Security Concept

Summary/Abstract: The implementation of the human security concept (HS) entails the operationalisation of theoretical postulates to mitigate or reduce the intensity of threats that jeopardise individuals and communities. The implementation of state policies and strategies that affect the level of human security is based on the top-down principle. On the other hand, the operationalisation, i.e., the implementation of citizen-related security activities, requires the bottom-up implementation to respond as quickly as possible. The disadvantage of the described situation is that state strategies rarely change and are often inconsistent with altered circumstances at lower levels. At the strategic level, a state, as an inert structure, is slow to respond to the requirements of the situation to protect the interests of its citizens. In practice, this scenario leads to problems in the efficiency of the implementation of activities affecting the state of citizens’ security at the local level. The delay and mismatch between the strategic level (changing the national strategy and its operationalisation) and the level of meeting the needs of citizens require the introduction of new elements of the institutional structure to bridge the gap between the strategic and operational levels. This approach can be called security system hybridisation, conceptually realised in the appropriate form of the Hybrid Security Architecture (HySec). Hybridisation, in this context, involves upgrading the political system and reforming the security sector with the appropriate use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Conceptually and functionally, the HySec structure connects a knowledge-based analytical framework (the concept of human security) with concrete data obtained from citizens or representatives of their associations. The results of the work of both components are superimposed and used for integral management, as well as for predicting the future HS status. In this way, the harmonisation of state and non-state actors in the field of security is achieved through the implementation of policy-making activities and the development of operational programmes to raise the level of security and realise human rights at the level of local communities. By hybridising the security system in an infrastructural form through a decentralised computer network, based on a hybrid cloud architecture with multiple levels of access, it can encourage citizen participation and thus contribute to the achievement of HS goals.

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