IR 05000348/2022401

Information Request for the Cyber-Security Baseline Inspection, Notification to Perform Inspection 05000348/2022401; 05000364/2022401

ML21347A442
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	12/13/2021
From:	Schaeffer S NRC/RGN-II
To:	Kharrl C Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
IR 2022401
Download: ML21347A442 (11)

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December 13, 2021

SUBJECT:

JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT - INFORMATION REQUEST FOR THE CYBER-SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION, N OTIFICATION TO PERFORM INSPECTION 05000348/2022401; 05000364/2022401

Dear Mr. Kharrl:

On March 21, 2022, the U. S. Nuclear Regulato ry Commission (NRC) will begin a baseline inspection in accordance with Inspection Pro cedure (IP) 71130.10 Cyber-Secur ity, Revision 0 at your Farley Nuclear Plant. The inspection will be performed to evaluate and verify your ability to provide assurance that your digital computer and communi cation systems and networks as sociated with safety, security, or emergency preparedness (SSEP) functions are adequately protecte d against cyber-attacks in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 73.54 and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved cyber security plan (CSP). The onsit e portion of the inspection will take place during the week of March 21, 2022.

Experience has shown that baselin e inspections are extremely re source intensive, both for the NRC inspectors and the licensee staff. In order to minimize the in spection impact on the site and to ensure a productive inspection for both parties, we have enclosed a requ est for documents needed for the inspection. These documents have been divided into four groups.

The first group specifies info rmation necessary to assist the i nspection team in choosing the focus areas (i.e., sample set) to be inspected by the cyber-security IP. This information should be made available electronically no later than J anuary 14, 2022. T he inspection team will review this information and, by January 28, 2022, will request the specific items that should b e provided for review. The second group of additional requested documents will assist the inspection te am in the evaluation of the critical systems and critical digital asse ts (CSs/CDAs), defensive archi tecture, and the areas of the licensees CSP selected for the cyber-security inspection. This information will be requested for re view in the regional office prior to the inspecti on by February 25, 2022, as identif ied above. The third group of requested documents consists of those items that the inspection team will review, or need access to, during the inspection. Please have this information available by the first day of the onsite inspection, March 21, 2022.

The fourth group of information is necessary to aid the inspect ion team in tracking issues identified as a result of the inspection. It is requested that this information be provided to the lead inspector as the information is generated during the inspection. It is important that all of these documents are up to date and complete in order to minimize the number of additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspection.

The lead inspector for this inspection is William Monk. We und erstand that our regulatory contact for this inspection is Gene Surber, Licensing Manager of your organ ization. If there are any questions about the inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector at (404) 997-4579 or via e-mail at william.monk@nrc.gov.

This letter does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing information collection requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, control number 3150-0011. The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a request for information or an information collection requirement unless the requesting document displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptio ns, Requests for Withholding, of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS)

component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Scott Shaeffer, Branch Chief Engineering Branch 2 Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos. 50-348; 50-364

License Nos. NPF-2; NPF-8

Enclosure:

Farley Nuclear Plant Cyber-Security Inspection D ocument Request

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Inspection Report: 05000348/2022401; 05000364/2022401

Inspection Dates: March 21 - 25, 2022

Inspection Procedure: IP 71130.10, Cyber-Security, Revision 0 (Effective: 01/01/20 22)

Reference: Guidance Document for Development of the Request for Information (RFI) and Notification Letter for Full-Implementation of the Cyber-Security Inspection, Rev. 2 (Issued: 11/22/2021)

NRC Inspectors: William Monk, Lead Melana Singletary 404-909-4579 404-997-4752 william.monk@nrc.gov melana.singletary@nrc.gov

NRC Contractors: Tim Marshall Alexander Prada 301-415-7000 301-415-7000 timothy.marshall@nrc.gov alexander.prada@nrc.gov

I. Information Requested for In-Office Preparation

The initial request for information (i.e., first RFI) concentra tes on providing the inspection team with the general information necessary to select appropriate components and CSP elements to develop a site-specific inspection plan. The first RFI is used to identify the list of critical systems and critical digital assets (CSs/ CDAs) plus operational and management (O&M) se curity control portions of the CSP to be chosen as the sample set required to be inspected by the cyber-security IP. The first RFIs requested information is specified below in Table RFI #1. The Table RFI #1 information is requested to be provided to the regional office by January 14, 2022, or sooner, to facilitate the selection of the specific items that will be reviewed during the onsite inspection weeks.

The inspection team will examine the returned documentation from the first RFI and identify/select specific systems and equipment (e.g., CSs/CDAs) to provide a more focused follow-up request to develop the second RFI. The inspection team will submit the specific systems and equipment list to your staff by January 28, 2022, which will identify the specific systems and equipment that will be utilized to evaluate the CSs/CDAs, defensive architecture, and the areas of the licensees CSP selected for the cyber-security inspection. We request that the additional information provided from the second RFI be made available to the regional office prior to the inspection by February 25, 2022. All requests for information shall follow the guidance document U.S. NRC - Guidance Document for Development of the Request for Information (RFI) and Notificati on Letter for Full Implementation of the Cyber-Security Inspection, referenced above.

Enclosure FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT CYBER-SECURITY INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST

The required Table RFI 1 information shall be provided electronically to the lead inspector by January 14, 2022. The preferred file format for all lists is a searchable Exce l spreadsheet file.

The information should be indexed and hyper-linked to facilitat e ease of use. If you have any questions regarding this information, please call the inspection team leader as soon as possible.

Table RFI #1

Paragraph Number/Title: IP Ref

A list of all Identified Critical Systems and Critical Digital Assets, -

1 highlight/note any additions, deletions, reclassifications due to new guidance Overall from white papers, changes to NEI 10-04, 13-10, etc. since the last cyber security inspection.

2 A list of EP and Security onsite and offsite digital communication systems. Overall

3 Network Topology Diagrams to include information and data flow for critical systems in levels 2, 3, and 4 (If available). Overall

4 Ongoing Monitoring and Assessment program documentation. 03.01(a)

5 The most recent effectiveness analysis of the Cyber Security Program. 03.01(b)

6 Vulnerability screening/assessm ent and scan program documentation. 03.01(c)

Cyber Security Incident Response documentation, including incident 03.02(a)

7 detection, response, and recovery documentation as well as contingency plan and development, implementation, and including any program documentation 03.04(b)

that requires testing of security boundary device functionality.

8 Device Access and Key Control documentation. 03.02(c)

9 Password/Authenticator documentation. 03.02(c)

10 User Account/Credential and Authentication documentation. 03.02(d)

11 Portable Media and Mobile Device control documentation, including kiosk security control assessment/documentation. 03.02(e)

Design change/ modification program documentation and a list of all design 12 changes completed since the last cyber security inspection, including either a 03.03(a)

summary of the design change or the 50.59 documentation for the change.

13 Supply Chain Management documentation including any security impact 03.03(a),

analysis for new acquisitions. (b) and (c)

Configuration Management documentation including any security impact 03.03(a)

14 analysis performed due to config uration changes since the last cyber and (b)

inspection.

FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT CYBER-SECURITY INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST

Table RFI #1

Paragraph Number/Title: IP Ref

15 Cyber Security Plan and any 50.54(p) analysis to support changes to the plan since the last inspection. 03.04(a)

16 Cyber Security Performance Metrics tracked (if applicable). 03.06(b)

17 Provide documentation describing any cyber security changes to the access authorization program since the last cyber security inspection. Overall

18 Provide a list of all procedures and policies provided to the NRC with their descriptive name and associated number (if available). Overall

19 Performance testing report (if applicable). 03.06(a)

In addition to the above information, please provide the following:

(1) Electronic copy of the UFSAR and technical specifications.

(2) Name(s) and phone numbers for the regulatory and technical contacts.

(3) Current management and engineering organizational charts.

Based on this information, the inspection team will identify and select specific systems and equipment (e.g., CSs/CDAs) from the information requested by Table RFI #1 and submit a list of specific systems and equipment to your staff by January 28, 2022 for the second RFI (i.e., RFI #2).

II. Additional Information Reques ted to be Available Prior to Inspection.

As stated in Section I above, the inspection team will examine the returned documentation requested from Table RFI #1 and submit the list of specific systems and equipment to your staff by January 28, 2022 for the second RFI (i.e., RFI #2). The second RFI will request additional information required to evaluate the CSs/CDAs, defensive archit ecture, and the areas of the licensees CSP selected for the cyber-security inspection. The additional information requested for the specific systems and equipment is identified in Table RFI #2. All requested information shall follow the guidance d ocument referenced above.

The Table RFI 2 information shall be provided to the lead inspector by February 25, 2022. The preferred file format for all lists is a searchable Excel spreadsheet. The information should be indexed and hyper-linked to fac ilitate ease of use. If you have any questions regarding this information, please call the inspection team leader as soon as possible.

FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT CYBER-SECURITY INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST

Table RFI #2

Paragraph Number/Title: Items

For the system(s) chosen for inspection provide:

1 Ongoing Monitoring and Assessment activity performed on the s ystem(s). 03.01(a)

2 All Security Control Assessments for the selected system(s). 03.01(a)

All vulnerability screenings/assessments associated with or scans 3 performed on the selected system(s) since the last cyber security 03.01(c)

inspection.

Documentation (including configuration files and rules sets) for Network-4 based Intrusion Detection/Protection Systems (NIDS/NIPS), Host-based 03.02(b)

Intrusion Detection Systems (HIDS), and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems for system(s) chos en for inspection).

Documentation (including configuration files and rule sets) for intra-5 security level firewalls and boundary devices used to protect the selected 03.02(c)

system(s).

6 Copies of all periodic reviews o f the access authorization list for the selected systems since the last cyber inspection. 03.02(d)

7 Baseline configuration data sheets for the selected CDAs. 03.03(a)

8 Documentation on any changes, including Security Impact Analyses, performed on the selected system(s) since the last inspection. 03.03(b)

9 Copies of the purchase order documentation for any new equipment purchased for the selected systems since the last inspection. 03.03(c)

03.02(a)

10 Copies of any reports/assessment for cyber security drills performed since the last inspection.

03.04(b)

03.02(a)

11 Copy of the individual recovery plan(s) for the selected system (s) including documentation of the results the last time the backups were executed.

03.04(b)

Corrective actions taken as a result of cyber security incidents/issues to 12 include previous NRC violations and Licensee Identified Violations since 03.05 the last cyber security inspection.

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III. Information Requested to be Available on First Day of Insp ection

For the specific systems and equipment identified in Section II above, provide the following RFI (i.e., Table Week Onsite) to the team by March 21, 2022, the first day of the inspection. All requested information shall follow the guidance document refere nced above.

The preferred file format for all lists is a searchable Excel spreadsheet file. The information should be indexed and hyper-lin ked to facilitate ease of use. If you have any questions regarding this information, please call the inspection team leader as soon as possible.

Table Week Onsite

Paragraph Number/Title: Items

1 Any cyber security event reports submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 73.77 since the last cyber security inspection. 03.04(a)

Updated copies of corrective actions taken as a result of cyber security 2 incidents/issues, to include pre vious NRC violations and Licensee 03.05 Identified Violations since the last cyber security inspection, as well as vulnerability-related corrective actions.

In addition to the above information please provide the following:

(1) Copies of the following document s do not need to be solely avai lable to the inspection team as long as the inspectors have easy and unrestrained access to them.

a. Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR), if not previously provided; b. Original FSAR Volumes; c. Original SER and Supplements; d. FSAR Question and Answers; e. Quality Assurance Plan; f. Technical Specifications, if not previously provided; g. Latest IPE/PRA Report; and

(2) Vendor Manuals, Assessment and Corrective Actions:

a. The most recent Cyber-Security Quality Assurance (QA) audit and/or self-assessment; and

b. Corrective action documents (e.g., condition reports, including status of corrective actions) generate as a result of the most recent Cyber-Security Quality Assurance (QA) audit and/or self-assessment.

IV. Information Requested to Be Provided Throughout the Inspect ion

(1) Copies of any corrective action documents generated as a result of the inspection teams questions or queries during the inspection.

FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT CYBER-SECURITY INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST

(2) Copies of the list of questions submitted by the inspection team members and the status/resolution of the information requested (provided daily during the inspection to each inspection team member).

If you have any questions regarding the information requested, please contact the inspection team leader.

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