ML23030A241

Information Request for the Cyber-Security Baseline Security Inspection, Notification to Perform Inspection 05000335/2023401; 05000389/2023401

ML23030A241
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	01/31/2023
From:	James Baptist Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Coffey B Florida Power & Light Co
References
IR 2023401
Download: ML23030A241 (10)

See also: IR 05000335/2023401

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January 31, 2023

Mr. Bob Coffey

Executive Vice President, Nuclear

and Chief Nuclear Officer

Florida Power & Light Company

700 Universe Blvd.

Mail Stop: EX/JB

Juno Beach, FL 33408

SUBJECT: SAINT LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1 & 2 - INFORMATION REQUEST FOR

THE CYBER-SECURITY BASELINE SECURITY INSPECTION, NOTIFICATION

TO PERFORM INSPECTION 05000335/2023401; 05000389/2023401

Dear Mr. Coffey:

On April 3, 2023, 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 Saint Lucie Nuclear Plant. The inspection will be performed to evaluate and verify your

ability to provide assurance that your digital computer and communication systems and

networks associated with safety, security, or emergency preparedness (SSEP) functions are

adequately protected against cyber attacks in accordance with the requirements of Title 10,

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 73, Section 54, and the NRC approved Cyber Security

Plan (CSP). The onsite portion of the inspection will take place during the week of April 3, 2023.

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

NRC inspectors and the licensee staff. 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 February 17, 2023. The inspection team will

review this information and, by February 24, 2023, will request the specific items that should be

provided for review.

B. Coffey 2

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 March 24, 2023, as

identified 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, April 3, 2023.

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 David Strickland. We understand that our regulatory

contact for this inspection is Timothy Falkiwicz of your organization. If there are any questions

about the inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector at 404-997-

4440 or via e-mail at David.strickland@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 Baptist, James

on 01/31/23

James Baptist, Branch Chief

Engineering Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No.: 50-335, 50-389

License No.: DPR-67, NPF-16

Enclosure: Saint Lucie Nuclear Plant Cyber-Security Inspection Document Request

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OFFICE RII/DRS/EB2 RII/DRS/EB1

NAME D. Strickland J. Baptist

DATE 01/30/2023 01/31/2023

SAINT LUCIE CYBER-SECURITY INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST

Inspection Report: 05000335/2023401 and 05000389/2023401

Inspection Dates: April 3 - April 7, 2023

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

NRC Inspectors: David Strickland, Lead

404-997-4440

David.Strickland@nrc.gov

Melana Singletary

404-997-4752

Melana.Singletary@nrc.gov

NRC Contractors: Alan Konkal Trace Coleman

Alan.Konkal@nrc.gov Trace.Coleman@nrc.gov

Enclosure

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 February 17, 2023, 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 February 24, 2023, 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

March 24, 2023.

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

inspector by February 17, 2023. 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.

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)

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

Table RFI #1

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Request: IP Ref

6 Vulnerability screening/assessment and scan program documentation 03.01(c)

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 , (b) and

impact analysis for new acquisitions

(c)

Configuration Management documentation including any security

03.03(a)

14 impact analysis performed due to configuration changes since the last

and (b)

inspection

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

15 03.04(a)

the plan since the last inspection

03.06

16 Cyber Security Metrics tracked (if applicable)

(b)

Provide documentation describing any cyber security changes to the

17 Overall

access authorization program since the last cyber security inspection.

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

18 Overall

their descriptive name and associated number (if available)

03.06

19 Performance testing report (if applicable)

(a)

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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 February 24, 2023, 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 February 24, 2023, 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. All requested information shall follow the

guidance document referenced above

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

March 24, 2023. 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.

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

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Table RFI #2

Request Items

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 intra-

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

selected system(s)

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

6 03.02(d)

selected systems since the last inspection

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

Documentation on any changes, including Security Impact Analyses,

8 03.03(b)

performed on the selected system(s) since the last inspection

Copies of the purchase order documentation for any new equipment

9 03.03(c)

purchased for the selected systems since the last inspection

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

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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 03.05

since the last cyber security inspection

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• Some selected systems may have a large number of CDAs. For these systems contact

the team leader for a specific selection of CDAs when responding to this request.

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 April 3, 2023, the first day

of the inspection.

Table 1ST Week Onsite

Request: Items

Any cyber security event reports submitted in accordance with 10

1 03.04(a)

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 03.05

Licensee 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 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;

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.

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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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