Continuity of Government Systems (Operational Priorities)
27 pages · PDF · 23 January 2026 · Licensed single-user copy, watermarked to the buyer
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About this report
“Continuity of Government Systems” refers to the spectrum of measures and capabilities that ensure a nation’s governing institutions can survive and function under extreme stress – including wartime attack, cyber disruption or natural disaster.
As a distinct operational priority within Protection of Critical Infrastructure & National Resilience , it addresses the strategic problem of adversaries attempting to paralyze a country by incapacitating its leadership or critical state functions. In NATO doctrine, civil preparedness is built on three core functions: continuity of government, continuity of essential services, and civil support to the military .
Key questions this report answers
- What measures and capabilities ensure governing institutions survive and function under wartime attack, cyber disruption or natural disaster?
- How do the three NATO civil-preparedness functions—continuity of government, continuity of essential services and civil support to the military—interact?
- Which mission sets, force-posture and command-and-control architectures underpin continuity of government as an operational priority?
- What capability families, industrial base and structural bottlenecks constrain protection of critical infrastructure and national resilience?
Inside this report
- Mission Sets, Theatres, Domains and Scenarios
- Force Posture, Readiness Models and Command-and-Control Architecture
- Capability Families, Tactical Building Blocks and Performance Requirements
- Technology Clusters, Industrial Base, Value Chain and Structural Bottlenecks
Who it's for
Strategy, corporate-development and investment teams that need an ecosystem-level view — budgets, industrial capacity and technology landscapes — before committing capital or capacity.
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DFM reports are built from primary and official sources — TED procurement notices, CORDIS and the EU Funding & Tenders Portal, EIB operations, the NATO Innovation Fund portfolio, SIPRI data, official budget documents and company disclosures — read together with the underlying legal texts. Sources are cited in the document; it reflects them as of its publication date (23 January 2026). You receive a 27-page PDF, watermarked to you on every page, delivered on the confirmation page and by e-mail immediately after checkout (personal link valid 72 hours, up to 5 downloads). Guest checkout, single-user licence — Terms of Sale.
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