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| In U.S. security and intelligence
parlance, a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF;
pronounced "skiff") is an enclosed area within a building
that is used to process Sensitive Compartmented Information
(SCI) level classified information. Access to SCIFs
is limited, and all of the activity and conversation inside
is presumed restricted from public disclosure. A SCIF
can also be located in a mobile configuration and can be deployed
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| The physical construction, access control, and alarming of the facility is defined under Director of Central Intelligence Directive (DCID) 6/9, and was previously specified through DCID 1/21. The computers running within this facility must operate under rules set forth in DCID 6/3. Computers and telecommunication equipment within must fall within the TEMPEST emanations specification.
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| SCI information is usually only
briefed, discussed, and stored in an accredited SCI facility.
Moreover, programs handled under the SCI paradigm are normally
not publicly acknowledged by the U.S. government.
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| There are SCIFs
in the U.S. Capitol, where members of the U.S. Congress are
briefed on military secrets. In U.S. nuclear labs, computers
that store weapons data are housed inside SCIFs.
Components of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, such
as the new National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures
Center (NBACC) at Ft Detrick, MD, are or will be SCIFs.
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| Source: (www.en.wikipedia.org)
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