Basically each of the Clearance Levels are only the Info that SHIELD Agents can grab. A Level 1 SHIELD Agent (Like someone like Rookie Nat or Skye when she fully joined the agency) has the least info while someone like Fury, Coulson or Hill on Level 9 and 10 has almost all of the info. Directors has pretty much all of the info and the only three that has that levels are Fury, Pierce, and Coulson. Now Obviosuly the olders SHIELD Directors pre-Fury probably had them as well when they were directors which is why someone like Pierce already had them as I personally believes that he was the Director for SHIELD in the late 80s to 90s after Peggy Retired.

It should be noted that when SHIELD be legitimated again and was working for the Accords for Director Jeffery Mace, Mace change into something called the "Spectrum of Security" but that's a whole other can of worms that is too complicated to explain lol.

some scenes seemed to indictate SHIELD Director was level 10.

• season 1 episode 14, scene where Fitz and Jemma access files.

• season 2; not sure the episode, but scene mentions both Peggy Carter and original 0-8-4.

about Coulson; this site's page tells level 8.

and he got rid of the levels some time after becoming Director.

Gotta confess, though: Deke Shaw is my least favorite character on the show since Grant Ward and Hive. Obviously, Ward and Hive should be hated since they're the villains, but Shaw just kept on complaining about everything like a whiney little baby who doesn't know how to make ends meet, stealing ideas and technology, and acted all cocky like he's better than them all when he's really just a big jerk who keeps on reacting to everything instead of listening before acting smartly.

@IronWidowMaikuB The Spectrum of Security didn't even follow the ROY G BIV order because Mace didn't want anyone to feel "less than" lol it's "too complicated" is right