Plain English: Yes, as a supplement to PED policy and lockers. Passive RF detectors only see devices that are transmitting, and the detector itself becomes equipment the AO and CTTA must review. Action plan Know the policy driver. The Secre …
… targeting classified information in SCIFs." It sends readers to the IC Tech Spec for PED restrictions. ICS 705-1 §G.2.a adds that RF transmitters are not allowed in a SCIF unless a competent authority, such as the CTTA, evaluates and mitig …
… SOP and AO approval govern the real one. Step Event System action 1 Person reaches the PED lockers outside the primary entrance and stores devices Signage lists prohibited items 2 Presents a credential at the outer vestibule door ACS grants …
Lockers and signs are the first PED control and the cheapest one. They give people a place to leave devices before they reach the first SCIF reader, and they make the rule impossible to miss. Element Rule Source Location "Provide lockable m …
… which DoD consolidated on 17 January 2025 (Volume 3 cancelled). Several items touch PEDs and wireless. Item What it asks Basis cited F-10 "Have any medical devices or other portable electronic devices (PEDs) been approved for introduction a …
… Verify with your AO: No published integration between Hirsch Velocity and a specific PED detector was found. A contact-input design uses standard, verified Mx features. A software integration with any detector platform is a custom design th …
… a defined response from the security office. Verify with your AO: UFC 4-010-05 addresses PED lockers but contains no PED detection requirement. Whether ferrous or metal screening is used, and how alarms are resolved, is an AO or PSO decisio …
… egress or shunt the IDS Egress must stay free; ACS ranks below IDS Tech Spec 7.A.2.i 7 PED lockers recessed in the perimeter wall or within 10 ft of NSI processing Prohibited placement UFC 3-4.7 8 Standard desk sets, speakerphones or cordle …
… alarms Industry, derived Design responses (derived) Layer it. Pair RF detection with PED policy, lockers and signage, and add ferrous or metal screening if the AO wants powered-off devices addressed. Give it time. A vestibule dwell period g …
… "Security Review Follow-on Actions" on 30 June 2023. Two of its directions concern PEDs. Direction Memo language Date User certification "Issue policy guidance to ensure all SCIF and SAPF users and occupants certify their adherence to polic …
… and companies selling coverage systems (DAS or emergency responder radio) rather than detection. Field note: Before submitting any detector, get the manufacturer's written statement of whether the unit transmits, what network interfaces it …
Tech Spec Chapter 10 has four parts: A. Approved Use of PEDs/RCET in a SCIF; B. Prohibitions; C. PED/RCET Risk Levels; D. Risk Mitigation. The chapter title pairs PEDs with "Recording Capabilities and Embedded Technologies" (RCET); the acro …
… approval. The approval does not transfer to other agencies. 12 FAM 710 Government-owned PEDs (State example) Advance written approval 12 FAM 718.2-1 Medical devices and PEDs (SAP) "Have any medical devices or other portable electronic devic …
… AO; customer IT authority Where are logs kept, and who sees them? Logs tie device detections to badge events and times SSO or PSO Choosing the connection style (derived) Contact-closure only. A unit with dry contacts and no Ethernet, such a …
… it raises an alert and, in better systems, estimates where the device is. Three jobs a detection system does Listen passively. The sensors receive and never transmit. That matters in a SCIF: a detector that transmitted would itself be an RF …
… interlocks, so each application needs AHJ approval and must never block egress. See: PEDs, Wireless Detection, Telecom & CCTV
… still gives one-hand mechanical egress from inside, so a person left inside is not trapped. Emergency exit doors stay alarmed 24/7 with local annunciation (UFC 3-4.6.10). The fire alarm interface is a conductor crossing the perimeter. Coord …
Plain English: An ordinary desk phone can pick up room conversation even when it is hung up. SCIF phone rules exist to make sure a phone on the hook is truly deaf, and that the phone system behind it cannot be used to turn a phone into a mi …
Beyond telephones, the Fixed Facility Checklist asks about every other system that can carry sound, images or data across the perimeter. None is automatically forbidden. Each must be declared and configured as the AO approves. System What t …
CCTV at a SCIF has one job: help people inside see who is at the door. It supplements access control. It never replaces the lock, the ACS or the IDS, and it must never become a way to see inside. Item Rule Source Purpose CCTV "may be used t …
… TV brought in undeclared FFC F.5 requires an annotated floor plan Declare it Checklist PED lockers recessed in the perimeter or near NSI processing UFC 3-4.7 Lockers outside the primary entrance, placed per UFC UFC Promising RF detection ca …
Any portable device that can record, store or transmit, such as a phone, smartwatch, fitness tracker or laptop; PEDs are prohibited in SCIFs unless approved under Tech Spec Chapter 10. See: PEDs, Wireless Detection, Telecom & CCTV
… armed-to-disarmed transition. The SCI-cleared administrator sets the maintenance PIN. PEDs may connect for maintenance under SCI-cleared control. Remote diagnostics are logged. 7.B.4 DoD design criteria add two features that are often built …
… cellular, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices; it cannot see powered-off devices. See: PEDs, Wireless Detection, Telecom & CCTV
… Cite Perimeter doors "SCIF perimeter doors shall be protected by an HSS and a motion detection sensor." 7.A.3.a(7) Emergency exit doors "Emergency exit doors shall be alarmed and monitored 24 hours per day." Egress-only doors also need a lo …
Knowledge base · public-level
Ask a question the way you would ask a colleague on the jobsite. SCIF Answers covers ICD 705, the IC Tech Spec, UL 2050 Extent 3, doors and locks, acoustics, RED/BLACK and RF shielding: 344 sections across 19 modules, each one citing the public document it relies on.
Built 12 September 2026. Public-level information only: the Accrediting Official, Cognizant Security Authority and CTTA set the requirements for any real facility. Planning a SCIF or SAPF? Talk to LA CCTV Supply or see SCIF Security.
