Tuesday, November 6, 2018

The U.S. Wants A More Spy-Proof Room, Office, And Building

View southwest at the new U.S. Embassy London in Nine Elms, across park. Photographer: Richard Bryant/arcaidimages.com

NextGov: Intel Community is Developing a More Spy-Proof Room

The intelligence community’s research arm is upgrading SCIF security to protect against threats from personal devices and sensors.

The intelligence community wants to make the spaces government officials use to review and discuss sensitive information impervious to digital spying.

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity plans to fund research to further lock down sensitive compartmented information facilities, or SCIFs, against enemy surveillance and insider threats.

SCIFs are built to block all transmission of data in and out of the facility, but abundant personal devices and smart sensors are giving bad actors more ways to infiltrate the government’s most sensitive areas, according to the agency.

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WNU Editor: Technology has certainly revolutionized how we can be watched and listened to.

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