How Does RF Shielding Effectiveness Testing Work?

RF shielding effectiveness testing equipment

An overview of RF shielding effectiveness testing to measure the success of TEMPEST mitigations In SCIF construction, emanations coming off electronic equipment processing Classified information are an increasing security concern. These signals can be picked up and used by adversaries to access otherwise safeguarded information. The ICD 705 Technical Specifications addresses this concern through TEMPEST,…

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What is TEMPEST?

Understanding what is TEMPEST in SCIF construction and TEMPEST mitigations Among the special security considerations in place for dealing with Classified information, TEMPEST is a recently growing piece that requires its own set of construction mitigations. Electronic systems give off a signal that can be exploited by adversaries to gain access to information, given they…

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