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SCIF

Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility

In the United States: an accredited room or area in which SCI information may be stored, used, discussed and processed.

Definition taken from the 2009 ODNI guide; such facilities may be accredited only by intelligence community agencies holding the appropriate authority.1

Sources

  1. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (USA), National Intelligence: A Consumer’s Guide, April 2009

Checked: 3 November 2026