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Information Request for the Cyber-Security Baseline Inspection, Notification to Perform Inspection 05000263/2022401
	ML21322A236
Person / Time
Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	11/18/2021
From:	Jasmine Gilliam; Engineering Branch 3
To:	Conboy T; Northern States Power Company, Minnesota
References
	IR 2022401
	Download: ML21322A236 (9)
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November 18, 2021

Mr. Thomas Conboy

Site Vice President

Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant

Northern States Power Company, Minnesota

2807 West County Road 75

Monticello, MN 55362-9637

SUBJECT: MONTICELLO NUCELAR GENERATING PLANT - INFORMATION REQUEST

FOR THE CYBER-SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION, NOTIFICATION TO

PERFORM INSPECTION 05000263/2022401

Dear Mr. Conboy:

On February 14, 2022, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will begin a baseline

inspection in accordance with Inspection Procedure (IP) 71130.10 Cyber-Security, Revision 0

at your Monticello Nuclear Generating Station. The inspection will be performed to evaluate and

verify your ability to meet the Milestone 8 (i.e., full implementation) requirements of the NRCs

Cyber-Security Rule, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 73, Section 54,

Protection of Digital Computer and Communication Systems and Networks. The onsite portion

of the inspection will take place February 14-18, 2022.

Experience has shown that baseline inspections are extremely resource intensive, both for the

NRC inspectors and the licensee staff. In order to minimize the inspection impact on the site

and to ensure a productive inspection for both parties, we have enclosed a request for

documents needed for the inspection. These documents have been divided into four groups.

The first group specifies information necessary to assist the inspection 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 December 20, 2021. The inspection team will

review this information and, by January 4, 2022, will request the specific items that should be

provided for review.

The second group of additional requested documents will assist the inspection team in the

evaluation of the critical systems and critical digital assets (CSs/CDAs), defensive architecture,

and the areas of the licensees CSP selected for the cyber-security inspection. This information

will be requested for review in the regional office prior to the inspection by February 1, 2022, as

identified above.

T. Conboy -2-

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, February 14, 2022.

The fourth group of information is necessary to aid the inspection 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 Jasmine Gilliam. We understand that our regulatory

contact for this inspection is David Feitl of your organization. If there are any questions about

the inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector at 630-829-9831 or

via e-mail at Jasmine.Gilliam@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, Exemptions, 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,

Signed by Gilliam, Jasmine

on 11/18/21

Jasmine Gilliam, Senior Reactor Inspector

Engineering Branch 3

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-263

License No. DPR-22

Enclosure:

Monticello Cyber-Security Inspection

Document Request

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Letter to Thomas Conboy from Jasmine Gilliam dated November 18, 2021.

SUBJECT: MONTICELLO NUCELAR GENERATING PLANT - INFORMATION REQUEST

FOR THE CYBER-SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION, NOTIFICATION TO

PERFORM INSPECTION 05000263/2022401

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MONTICELLO CYBER-SECURITY INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST

Inspection Report: 05000263/2022401

Inspection Dates: February 14-18, 2022

Inspection Procedure: IP 71130.10, Cyber-Security, Revision 0

NRC Inspectors: Jasmine Gilliam, Lead Alan Dahbur

630-829-9831 630-829-9810

Jasmine.Gilliam@nrc.gov Alan.Dahbur@nrc.gov

NRC Contractors: Alexander Prada Casey Priester

Alexander.Prada@nrc.gov Frederick.Priester@nrc.gov

I. Information Requested for In-Office Preparation

The initial request for information (i.e., first RFI) concentrates 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) security 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 December 20, 2021, 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 4, 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 1, 2022.

The required Table RFI 1 information shall be provided electronically to the lead

inspector by December 20, 2021. If a compact disk (CD) is provided, please provide

four copies (one for each inspector/contactor). The preferred file format for all lists is a

searchable Excel spreadsheet file. These files should be indexed and hyper-linked to

facilitate ease of use. If you have any questions regarding this information, please call

the inspection team leader as soon as possible.

Enclosure

MONTICELLO CYBER-SECURITY INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST

Table RFI #1

Request: IP Ref

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

highlight/note any additions, deletions, reclassifications due to new

1 Overall

guidance from white papers, changes to NEI 10-04, 13-10, etc.,

since the last cyber security inspection.

A list of EP and Security onsite and offsite digital communication

2 Overall

systems

Network Topology Diagrams to include information and data flow for

3 Overall

critical systems in levels 2, 3 and 4 (If available)

4 Ongoing Monitoring and Assessment program documentation 03.01(a)

The most recent effectiveness analysis of the Cyber Security

5 03.01(b)

Program

Vulnerability screening/assessment and scan program

6 03.01(c)

documentation

Cyber Security Incident response documentation, including incident

detection, response, and recovery documentation as well as 03.02(a)

7 contingency plan development, implementation and including any and

program documentation that requires testing of security boundary 03.04(b)

device functionality

8 Device Access and Key Control documentation 03.02(c)

9 Password/Authenticator documentation 03.02(c)

10 User Account/Credential documentation 03.02(d)

Portable Media and Mobile Device control documentation, including

11 03.02(e)

kiosk security control assessment/documentation

Design change/ modification program documentation and a List of all

design changes completed since the last cyber security inspection,

12 03.03(a)

including either a summary of the design change or the 50.59

documentation for the change

03.03(a),

Supply Chain Management documentation including any security

13 impact analysis for new acquisitions (b) and

(c)

Configuration Management documentation including any security

03.03(a)

14 impact analysis performed due to configuration changes since the and (b)

last inspection

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Table RFI #1

Request: IP Ref

Cyber Security Plan and any 50.54(p) analysis to support changes to

15 the plan since the last inspection 03.04(a)

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

Provide documentation describing any cyber security changes to the

17 access authorization program since the last cyber security Overall

inspection.

Provide a list of all procedures and policies provided to the NRC with

18 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; and

(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 4, 2021, for the

second RFI (i.e., RFI #2).

II. Additional Information Requested 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 4, 2022, for the second RFI (i.e., RFI #2). The

second RFI will request additional information required to evaluate the CSs/CDAs,

defensive architecture, 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.

The Table RFI 2 information shall be provided electronically to the lead inspector by

February 1, 2022. If a compact disk (CD) is provided, please provide four copies (one

for each inspector/contactor). The preferred file format for all lists is a searchable Excel

spreadsheet file. These files should be indexed and hyper-linked to facilitate ease of

use. If you have any questions regarding this information, please call the inspection

team leader as soon as possible. If you have any questions regarding this information,

please call the inspection team leader as soon as possible.

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Table RFI #2

Request Items

For the system(s) chosen for inspection provide:

Ongoing Monitoring and Assessment activity performed on the

1 03.01(a)

system(s)

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-based Intrusion Detection/Protection Systems (NIDS/NIPS),

4 Host-based Intrusion Detection Systems (HIDS), and Security 03.02(b)

Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems for system(s)

chosen for inspection)

Documentation (including configuration files and rule sets) for

5 intra-security level firewalls and boundary devices used to protect 03.02(c)

the selected system(s)

Copies of all periodic reviews of the access authorization list for the

6 selected systems since the last inspection 03.02(d)

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

Documentation on any changes, including Security Impact Analyses,

8 performed on the selected system(s) since the last inspection 03.03(b)

Copies of the purchase order documentation for any new equipment

9 purchased for the selected systems since the last inspection 03.03(c)

Copies of any cyber security drills performed since the last 03.02(a)

10 inspection, along with any reports or assessments generated

03.04(b)

Copy of the individual recovery plan(s) for the selected system(s) 03.02(a)

11 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

12 to include previous NRC violations and Licensee Identified Violations 03.04(d)

since the last cyber security inspection

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III. Information Requested to Be Available on First Day of Inspection

For the specific systems and equipment identified in Section II above, provide the

following RFI (i.e., Table 1ST Week Onsite) electronically by February 14, 2022, the first

day of the inspection.

Table 1ST Week Onsite

Request: Items

Any cyber security event reports submitted in accordance with

1 03.04(a)

10 CFR 73.77 since the last cyber security inspection

Updated Copies of corrective actions taken as a result of cyber

security incidents/issues, to include previous NRC violations and

2 Licensee Identified Violations since the last cyber security 03.04(d)

inspection, as well as vulnerability-related corrective actions

In addition to the above information please provide the following:

(1) Copies of the following documents do not need to be solely available to the

inspection team as long as the inspectors have easy and unrestrained access to

them.

a. Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, 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; and

g. Latest IPE/PRA Report.

(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.

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IV. Information Requested to Be Provided Throughout the Inspection

(1) Copies of any corrective action documents generated as a result of the inspection

teams questions or queries during the inspection.

(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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