scope:

PURPOSE

a. Manual. This Manual is composed of several volumes, each serving a specific purpose, and reissues DoD Manual (DoDM) 5105.21-M-1 (Reference (a)). The purpose of the overall Manual, in accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5143.01 (Reference (b)), is to implement policy established in DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5200.01 (Reference(c)), and Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) Directive (DCID) 6/1 (Reference (d)) for the execution and administration of DoD Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) program. It assigns responsibilities and prescribes procedures for the implementation of DCI and Director of National Intelligence (DNI) policies for SCI.

b. Volume. This Volume addresses the administration of physical security, visitor control, and technical security for SCI facilities (SCIFs).

APPLICABILITY. This Volume:

a. Applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, except as noted in paragraph 2.c., the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD (hereinafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components").

b. Applies to contractors in SCIFs accredited by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and to DoD SCI contract efforts conducted within facilities accredited by other agencies and approved for joint usage by a co-utilization agreement.

c. Does not apply to the National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), to which separate statutory and other Executive Branch authorities for control of SCI apply.