What does ICD 705 stand for?
Intelligence Community Directive
amended; Executive Order 13526; Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 705, Sensitive. Compartmented Information Facilities, and other applicable provisions of law.
What are the requirements for a SCIF?
That’s right—there are very specific, specialized requirements when it comes to construction a SCIF, particularly in terms of physical security, visual controls, acoustic controls, access control, electronic, and TEMPEST security.
Who provides construction and security requirements for SCIFs?
The DNI and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) have direct authority over Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs) in that the DNI establishes the security requirements for SCIFs and the DIA is responsible for the accreditation of DoD SCIFs.
What is SCIFs?
A sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF; pronounced /skɪf/), in United States military, national security/national defense and intelligence parlance, is an enclosed area within a building that is used to process sensitive compartmented information (SCI) types of classified information.
What ICS 705?
Intelligence Community Standard (ICS) 705-1 and the IC Tech Spec-for ICD/ICS 705 provide the physical and technical security standards for all SClF including existing and new construction, and renovation projects.
What is icd705?
This Directive is designed to ensure the protection of Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and foster efficient, consistent, and reciprocal use of SCIFs in the IC. This Directive applies to all facilities accredited by IC elements where SCI is processed, stored, used, or discussed .
Can a SCIF have windows?
In most cases, SCIFs do not have windows, but if windows are approved by the accrediting official, visual line of sight mitigation measures must be taken into account.
What is TEMPEST SCIF?
TEMPEST is an alias for an official National Security Agency operation designed to ensure the security of equipment used to store electronic communications. SCIF Global Technologies can design cost-effective TEMPEST units and will use the latest technology and testing to meet your criteria.
What PEDs are allowed in a SCIF?
What portable electronic devices (PEDs) are permitted in a SCIF? Only expressly autorized government-owned PEDs.
What does skiff stand for?
Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (pronounced “skiff”), a U.S. Department of Defense term for a secure room. It can be a secure room or data center that guards against electronic surveillance and suppresses data leakage of sensitive security and military information.
What are Tempest requirements?
The TEMPEST standards mandate elements such as equipment distance from walls, amount of shielding in buildings and equipment, and distance separating wires carrying classified vs. unclassified materials, filters on cables, and even distance and shielding between wires or equipment and building pipes.