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Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility

nounid 4115·updated May 9, 2026
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Accredited area, room, or group of rooms, buildings, or installation where SCI may be stored, used, discussed, and/or processed.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Physical95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Regulated95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

Cui85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

acronym
SCIF
plural
Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities
possessive
Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility's
pluralpossessive
Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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Accredited area, room, or group of rooms, buildings, or installation where SCI may be stored, used, discussed, and/or processed.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
Accredited area, room, or group of rooms, buildings, or installation where SCI may be stored, used, discussed, and/or processed.

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