▁support ▁systems , ▁and ▁en han cing ▁dr ast ically ▁the ▁overall ▁information . ▁The ▁improvement ▁of ▁intelligence ▁direction ▁and ▁control ▁system ▁is ▁aim ed ▁at ▁en han cing ▁Service ▁ability ▁to ▁dis rupt ▁external ▁thre ats ▁that ▁may ▁affect ▁the ▁Ukrain ian ▁national ▁security , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁at ▁raising ▁its ▁prepared ness ▁to ▁provide ▁an ▁immediate ▁response ▁to ▁host ile ▁actions . ▁An ▁issue ▁of ▁key ▁importance ▁is ▁ens uring ▁impos s ibility ▁of ▁explo iting ▁foreign ▁intelligence ▁for ▁the ▁purposes ▁not ▁determined ▁within ▁the ▁laws ▁of ▁Ukraine . ▁Another ▁major ▁factor ▁of ▁the ▁Service ▁re organ ization ▁is ▁creating ▁effective ▁and ▁dem ocr atic ▁control ▁system ▁over ▁the ▁F IS U ▁activities . ▁ ▁The ▁recent ▁dram atic ▁changes ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁in ▁Ukraine ▁have ▁made ▁the ▁F IS U ▁elaborate ▁new ▁approaches ▁of ▁its ▁further ▁activities ▁including ▁Ukrain ian ▁re formation ▁process , ▁its ▁various ▁initi atives ▁in ▁the ▁sphere ▁of ▁re organ ization ▁of ▁entire ▁state ▁system , ▁elim ination ▁of ▁dup lication ▁in ▁state ▁bodies ▁functions , ▁responses ▁to ▁possible ▁thre ats ▁in ▁the ▁sphere ▁of ▁national ▁defense . ▁Besides , ▁the ▁F IS U ▁ex ert s ▁every ▁effort ▁to ▁adapt ▁its ▁structure ▁and ▁activities ▁to ▁new ▁challeng es ▁which ▁Ukraine ▁faces ▁on ▁its ▁road ▁to ▁a ▁grad ual ▁integration ▁into ▁the ▁European ▁Union ▁and ▁the ▁North ▁Atlantic ▁Tre aty ▁Organ ization ▁and ▁to ▁enh ance ▁co operation ▁with ▁neighbor ing ▁and ▁other ▁countries ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁regional ▁and ▁global ▁security .