National Industrial Security Program

Overview
The National Industrial Security Program (NISP) is a:

"[n]ational personnel security program to safeguard United States government classified information that is released to contractors, licensees, and grantees of the United States government. The NISP is a single, integrated, cohesive industrial security program to protect classified information and preserve the United States economic and technologic interests. Non-national security contracts and contractor staff, consultants and all other non-employee/non-contractor classes of individuals are not covered by the NISP."