Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility

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Barack Obama in a SCIF in his hotel room in Rio de Janeiro

A Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility ( SCIF ) is defined by the United States security authorities as any area in which sources, procedures and Sensitive Compartmented Information ( SCI ) are stored, used and discussed. The term was introduced under the Director of Central Intelligence and continued by the Director of National Intelligence . A compartmented area is a space with one or more rooms or an area that are subdivided in a controllable manner. Appropriate accreditation is required to ensure the security of secret operations.

Basics

  • Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 700, Protection of National Intelligence, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), 7 JUN 2012
  • Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 705, Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), 26 MAY 2010
  • Intelligence Community Standard (ICS) 705-1, Physical and Technical Security Standards for Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), 17 SEP 2010
  • Intelligence Community Standard (ICS) 705-2, Standards for the Accreditation and Reciprocal Use of Sensitive Compartmented Information, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), 17 SEP 2010
  • Intelligence Community Technical Specification (IC Tech Spec) Technical Specifications for Construction and Management of Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities, Version 1.2, Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive (ONCIX), 23 APR 2012

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIF) Costing Guidance. (pdf) In: ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION BULLETIN. US Army Corps of Engineers, Oct. 1, 2012, archived from the original on Nov. 13, 2012 ; accessed on September 3, 2018 (English).