PURPOSE OF THE NISP NISP gives guidelines to capability planners@ programme managers and test managers for NATO common funded systems in the short or mid-term timeframes. The NISP prescribes the necessary technical standards and profiles to achieve interoperability of Communications and Information Systems in support of NATO's missions and operations. In accordance with the Alliance C3 Strategy (ref. C-M(2014)0016) all NATO Enterprise (ref. C-M(2014)0061) entities shall adhere to the NISP mandatory standards and profiles in volume 2. Other activities@ that assure interoperability within the alliance should list their profiles in the NISP.