NATO Standards Compliance & Interoperability
Comprehensive NATO STANAG compliance, Federated Mission Networking alignment, and C3 taxonomy service conformance. Built for multi-national operations under NATO and EU command structures.
STANAG Compliance Matrix
Implementation status for NATO Standardization Agreements relevant to Defence Cloud Standard.
| STANAG | Standard | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4559 | NJDSS | NATO Joint Data Standards for Search β interoperable search across federated intelligence repositories | Compliant |
| 4607 | GMTI Format | Ground Moving Target Indicator Format β standardised GMTI data exchange for ISR | Compliant |
| 4609 | NSIF/STANAG Motion Imagery | NATO Secondary Imagery Format β motion imagery metadata and dissemination | Compliant |
| 4676 | NIEM | NATO ISR Entity Model β standardised entity representation for ISR products | Compliant |
| 4586 | SUAS Interop | Standard UAS Control Interface β interoperable unmanned system control | Partial |
| 4774 | CML | Confidentiality Metadata Label β data classification labelling for DCS | Compliant |
| 4778 | AML | Access Metadata Label β access control labelling for DCS | Compliant |
| 5636 | DCS Binding | Data Centric Security Binding β binding DCS labels to data objects | Compliant |
Federated Mission Networking
FMN spiral specification alignment for multi-national C2 interoperability.
Argus aligns with FMN spiral specifications to enable federated mission networking across NATO and EU coalition operations. Service interfaces conform to FMN service profiles for interoperable C2.
Situational Awareness
alignedCommon operational picture services conforming to FMN SA service profile
C2 Information Services
alignedCommand and control information exchange per FMN C2IS profile
Intelligence Services
alignedIntelligence product sharing per FMN INTEL service profile
Collaboration Services
alignedCollaborative working environment per FMN COL service profile
Data Exchange Gateways
Protocol and format gateways for cross-system data exchange.
JDSS Gateway
Joint Data Standards for Search β federated search across NATO intelligence repositories
FFI Gateway
Friendly Force Information β real-time position and status of friendly forces
LINK Gateway
Tactical Data Link gateway β Link 16, Link 22, VMF format support
ISR Gateway
ISR data exchange β imagery, motion video, and sensor data in NATO formats
ACP 240 Zero Trust & DCS Reconciliation
Harmonising NATO zero trust architecture with Data Centric Security.
The Argus platform reconciles two complementary security paradigms: NATO ACP 240 zero trust (verify every request, assume breach) with Data Centric Security (protect the data itself, not just the perimeter). Both are enforced simultaneously β zero trust validates the requester, DCS validates their access to the specific data object.
ACP 240 Zero Trust
- 1Never trust, always verify
- 2Assume breach posture
- 3Least privilege access
- 4Continuous validation
Data Centric Security
- 1Protect data, not perimeters
- 2Labels travel with data
- 3Policy enforcement at data layer
- 4Attribute-based access decisions