The Intelligence Community Security Clearance Repository, commonly known as Scattered Castles, is an up-to-date, authoritative source of clearance and access information on approximately 2 million IC and Department of Defense personnel. Scattered Castles is hosted as Community of Interest (COI) on the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communication System (JWICS). The scope of the Scattered Castles Program is to provide a common, trusted repository of individuals’ clearance and accesses, easily accessible by a controlled set of security professionals within the IC with a valid need to verify clearance and access information.

The SCIF Data Base provides a single source of secure facilities information world-wide within the Intelligence Community. This data base provides the ability for a select group of security personnel with a valid need for information regarding accredited facilities to access data provided by IC agencies. It provides an invaluable tool to the DNI and senior IC managers in times of crisis in identifying sites in jeopardy due to natural disasters, heightened security alerts, and domestic and international hostilities. The data base provides accreditation information, co-use agreements in place, and other information such as location and contact information.

The Special Security Center has launched an UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (U//FOUO) Information Portal to operate in a secure environment on the Internet, and will be deploying a TOP SECRET//SCI-level (TS//SCI) Information Portal on JWICS. These sites will provide standardization of security-related functions and provide a valuable service to the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, and the Non-Title 50 Agencies. These sites will provide those with security responsibilities in government and in industry with a suite of tools and other features designed to enhance their work, to save both time and money, and to support the increased degree of Security Community-wide cooperation and collaboration.