UNCLASSIFIED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION FACILITIES VERSION 1.2 IC Tech Spec‐for ICD/ICS 705 An Intelligence Community Technical Specification Prepared by the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive April 23, 2012 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................. 1 A. Purpose ................................................................................................................................ 1 B. Applicability ....................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 2. Risk Management ........................................................................................................ 2 A. Analytical Risk Management Process ................................................................................ 2 B. Security in Depth (SID) ...................................................................................................... 3 C. Compartmented Area (CA) ................................................................................................. 4 Chapter 3. Fixed Facility SCIF Construction ................................................................................ 6 A. Personnel ............................................................................................................................. 6 B. Construction Security.......................................................................................................... 7 C. Perimeter Wall Construction Criteria ................................................................................. 8 D. Floor and Ceiling Construction Criteria ........................................................................... 11 E. SCIF Door Criteria ............................................................................................................ 11 F. SCIF Window Criteria ...................................................................................................... 12 G. SCIF Perimeter Penetrations Criteria ................................................................................ 13 H. Alarm Response Time Criteria for SCIFs within the U.S. ............................................... 14 I. Secure Working Areas (SWA).......................................................................................... 14 J. Temporary Secure Working Area (TSWA) ...................................................................... 14 Chapter 4. SCIFs Outside the U.S. and NOT Under Chief of Mission (COM) Authority ......... 20 A. General .............................................................................................................................. 20 B. Establishing Construction Criteria Using Threat Ratings ................................................. 20 C. Personnel ........................................................................................................................... 23 D. Construction Security Requirements ................................................................................ 24 E. Procurement of Construction Materials ............................................................................ 27 F. Secure Transportation for Construction Material ............................................................. 30 G. Secure Storage of Construction Material .......................................................................... 31 H. Technical Security ............................................................................................................ 31 I. Interim Accreditations ...................................................................................................... 31 i UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Chapter 5. SCIFs Outside the U.S. and Under Chief of Mission Authority ............................... 32 A. Applicability ..................................................................................................................... 32 B. General Guidelines............................................................................................................ 32 C. Threat Categories .............................................................................................................. 33 D. Construction Requirements ............................................................................................... 34 E. Personnel ........................................................................................................................... 35 F. Construction Security Requirements ................................................................................ 37 G. Procurement of Construction Materials ............................................................................ 39 H. Secure Transportation for Construction Material ............................................................. 41 I. Secure Storage of Construction Material .......................................................................... 42 J. Technical Security ............................................................................................................ 42 K. Interim Accreditations ...................................................................................................... 42 Chapter 6. Temporary, Airborne, and Shipboard SCIFs ............................................................. 43 A. Applicability ..................................................................................................................... 43 B. Ground-Based T-SCIFs .................................................................................................... 43 C. Permanent and Tactical SCIFS Aboard Aircraft .............................................................. 45 D. Permanent and Tactical SCIFs on Surface or Subsurface Vessels ................................... 47 Chapter 7. Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) ............................................................................ 53 A. Specifications and Implementation Requirements ............................................................ 53 B. IDS Modes of Operation ................................................................................................... 57 C. Operations and Maintenance of IDS ................................................................................. 59 D. Installation and Testing of IDS ......................................................................................... 60 Chapter 8. Access Control Systems (ACS) ................................................................................. 62 A. SCIF Access Control......................................................................................................... 62 B. ACS Administration.......................................................................................................... 63 C. ACS Physical Protection ................................................................................................... 63 D. ACS Recordkeeping.......................................................................................................... 63 E. Using Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) to Supplement ACS........................................ 64 F. Non-Automated Access Control ....................................................................................... 64 ii UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Chapter 9. Acoustic Protection ................................................................................................... 65 A. Overview ........................................................................................................................... 65 B. Sound Group Ratings ........................................................................................................ 65 C. Acoustic Testing ............................................................................................................... 65 D. Construction Guidance for Acoustic Protection ............................................................... 66 E. Sound Transmission Mitigations ...................................................................................... 66 Chapter 10. Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs) .......................................................................... 68 A. Approved Use of PEDs in a SCIF..................................................................................... 68 B. Prohibitions ....................................................................................................................... 69 C. PED Risk Levels ............................................................................................................... 69 D. Risk Mitigation ................................................................................................................. 70 Chapter 11. Telecommunications Systems ................................................................................... 73 A. Applicability ..................................................................................................................... 73 B. Unclassified Telephone Systems ...................................................................................... 73 C. Unclassified Information Systems .................................................................................... 74 D. Using Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) to Monitor the SCIF Entry Point(s) ..............