evidence: SCIFs, Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities, and SAPFs, Special Access Program Facilities, are two types of secure facilities whose names are sometimes used interchangeably. However, they have one major difference: While both are U.S. government-accredited facilities designed to store, discuss or process classified or sensitive information, and both are built according to the same technical specifications, the difference is found in who utilizes these facilities. [...] The difference between SCIFs and SAPFs is often confused because both facilities adhere to the special construction requirements set forth by the ICD 705 Technical Specifications for Construction and Management of Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities, otherwise known as the Tech Spec. But it wasn’t always this way. In 2004, the Department of Defense began using its own standards, processes and ways of protecting national security with the use of a document titled the JAFAN 6/9. And prior to 2010, when the Intelligence Community Directive number 705 (ICD 705) policy debuted, each agency inside the Intelligence Community had their own standards when it came to classified information. This was problematic because if a company received a contract to build a SCIF for the NSA and then later wanted to use that same space for a contract with the CIA, they couldn’t utilize the same facility without a major renovation because these agencies had different standards and specifications for safeguarding their information.