5-47. Information operations are also essential to the success of stability operations. Unified action and interagency participation are achieved by nesting the six stability tasks with the five stability sectors identified by the Department of State. To support stability operations, the scheme of protection is developed and refined to link stability and protection tasks to operational goals and end states. Stability operations and security sectors are integrated within the stability framework to help define and measure progress and to provide a context for conducting operations. The stability framework defines the environment according to two quantifiable, complementary scales—decreasing violence and increasing normalization of the state.