Sensitive compartmented information facility

"SCIF" redirects here. For other uses, see SCIF (disambiguation).

A sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF /skɪf/) is a secure facility for handling intelligence subject to the United States' Sensitive Compartmented Information system. SCIFs are built according to specifications dictated by the National Counterintelligence and Security Center.

SCIFs can be either permanent or temporary and can be set up in official government buildings (such as the Situation Room in the White House), onboard ships, in private residences of officials, or in hotel rooms and other places of necessity for officials when traveling. Portable SCIFs can also be established when needed during emergency situations.

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