So that’s why it’s universally verboten to carry your cell phone into a SCIF. There are a few exceptions, mostly for high-ranking leadership personnel who’ve been issued secure personal ...

What is a SCIF? The US government invests billions in building Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities, or SCIFs (pronounced "skiff")— highly secure rooms designed to safeguard sensitive ...

Trump officials mistakenly included a journalist in a Signal chat about strikes on Houthi rebels. High-security rooms called SCIFs are used for classified discussions to prevent information leaks.

The extraordinary operational security failure underscored a deeply troubling, dangerous reality in modern national security — some highly sensitive military conversations may not be happening inside ...