ML23059A233
| ML23059A233 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 03/01/2023 |
| From: | Shiattin Makor NRC/RGN-IV/DORS/EB2 |
| To: | Karenina Scott Entergy Operations |
| References | |
| IR 2023401 | |
| Download: ML23059A233 (11) | |
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March 01, 2023 Kent Scott, Site Vice President Entergy Operations, Inc.
River Bend Station 5485 U.S. Highway 61N St. Francisville, LA 70775
SUBJECT:
RIVER BEND STATION - INFORMATION REQUEST FOR THE CYBERSECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION, NOTIFICATION TO PERFORM INSPECTION 05000458/2023401
Dear Kent Scott:
On May 15, 2023, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will begin a baseline inspection in accordance with Inspection Procedure (IP) 71130.10 Cybersecurity, at your River Bend Station. The inspection objectives are to provide assurance that the digital computer and communication systems and networks associated with safety, security, or emergency preparedness (SSEP) functions are adequately protected against cyberattacks in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 73.54 and your approved cybersecurity plan (CSP), and to verify that any CSP changes and reports have been made in accordance with 10 CFR 50.54(p).
Experience has shown that cyber security inspections are extremely resource intensive, both for the NRC inspectors and 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 via digital media (CD/DVD) or an online document repository and delivered/available to the regional office no later than March 13, 2023. The inspection team will review this information and, by April 7, 2023, will request the specific items that should be provided for review.
The second group of 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 your cyber security program selected for review. This information will be requested for review in the regional office prior to the inspection by May 1, 2023, as identified above.
K. Scott 2 The third group of requested documents consists of additional 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, May 15, 2023.
The fourth group of information aids the inspection team in tracking issues identified during 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 requested documents are up to date and complete 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 Shiattin Makor. We understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection is Bridget Johns of your organization. If there are any questions about the inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector at 817-200-1507 or via e-mail at Shiattin.makor@nrc.gov Paperwork Reduction Act Statement This letter contains mandatory information collections that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved these information collections under approval number 3150-0011. The burden to the public for these information collections is estimated to average 40 hour4.62963e-4 days <br />0.0111 hours <br />6.613757e-5 weeks <br />1.522e-5 months <br />(s) per response. Send comments regarding this information collection to the FOIA, Library and Information Collection Branch, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Mail Stop: T6-A10M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by email to Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0011)
OMB, Washington, DC 20503.
Public Protection Notification 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.
K. Scott 3 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 Makor, Shiattin on 03/01/23 Shiattin Makor, Reactor Inspector Engineering Branch 2 Division of Operating Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-458 License No. NPF-47
Enclosure:
River Bend Station Cyber-Security Inspection Document Request cc w/encl: Distribution via LISTSERV
ML23059A233 SUNSI Review: ADAMS: Non-Publicly Available Non-Sensitive Keyword:
By: STG Yes No Publicly Available Sensitive NRC-002 OFFICE RIV:RI/DORS/EB2 NAME S. Makor SIGNATURE STM DATE 03/01/23 RIVER BEND STATION CYBER-SECURITY INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST Inspection Report: 05000458/2023401 Inspection Dates: Week of May 15, 2023 Inspection Procedure: IP 71130.10, CYBERSECURITY
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ML21330A088, Guidance Document for Development of the Request for Information (RFI) and Notification Letter for IP 71130.10 Cyber Security Inspection, Revision 2 NRC Inspectors: Shiattin Makor, Lead Sam Graves 817-200-1507 817-200-1102 shiattin.makor@nrc.gov samuel.graves@nrc.gov NRC Contractors: Tim Marshall Michael Shock 301-415-7000 301-415-7000 timothy.marshall@nrc.gov michael.shock@nrc.gov I. Information Requested for In-Office Preparation This initial request for information (i.e., Table RFI #1) concentrates on providing the inspection team with information necessary to select appropriate components and cyber security program 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 cybersecurity IP. The first RFIs requested information is specified below in Table RFI #1.
Please provide the information requested in Table RFI #1 to the regional office by March 13, 2023, or sooner, to facilitate the selection of the specific items for review.
The inspection team will examine the documentation from the first RFI and select specific systems and equipment 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 April 7, 2023, which will be utilized to evaluate the equipment, defensive architecture, and the areas of the cyber security program for review during the inspection. Please provide the information requested by the second RFI to the regional office by May 1, 2023. All requests for information shall follow the guidance document referenced above. For information requests that have more than ten (10) documents, please provide a compressed (i.e., Zip) file of the documents.
Enclosure
RIVER BEND STATION CYBER-SECURITY INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST The required Table RFI #1 information shall be provided on digital media (CD/DVD)) or an online document repository to the lead inspector by March 13, 2023. Please provide four copies of each media submitted (i.e., one for each inspector/contactor). The preferred file format for all lists is a searchable Excel spreadsheet file. The media (CDs/DVDs) should be indexed and hyper-linked to facilitate ease of use. If you have any questions regarding this information, please contact the inspection team leader as soon as possible.
Table RFI #1 Section 3, Paragraph Number/Title: IP Ref. Items 1 A list of all Identified Critical Systems and Critical Digital Assets, - Overall highlight/note any additions, deletions, reclassifications due to new guidance 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 Overall 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) 6 Vulnerability screening/assessment and scan program documentation 03.01(c) 7 Cyber Security Incident response documentation, including incident 03.02(a) and detection, response, and recovery documentation as well as contingency 03.04(b) plan development, implementation and including any program documentation that requires testing of security boundary device functionality 8 Device Access and Key Control documentation 03.02(d) 9 Password/Authenticator documentation 03.02(d) 10 User Account/Credential documentation 03.02(d) 11 Portable Media and Mobile Device control documentation, including kiosk 03.02(e) security control assessment/documentation 12 Design change/modification program documentation and a list of all cyber- 03.03(a) related design changes completed since the last cyber security inspection, including either a summary describing the design change or the 50.59 documentation for the change.
13 Supply Chain Management documentation including any security impact 03.03(a), (b) analysis for new acquisitions and (c) 14 Configuration Management documentation including any security impact 03.03(a) and analysis performed due to configuration changes since the last inspection (b) 2
RIVER BEND STATION CYBER-SECURITY INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST 15 Cyber Security Plan and any 50.54(p) analysis to support changes to the 03.04(a) plan since the last inspection 16 Cyber Security Metrics tracked (if applicable) 03.06 (b) 17 Provide documentation describing any cyber security changes to the access Overall authorization program since the last cyber security inspection.
18 Provide a copy of all implementing program procedures and policies with Overall their descriptive name and associated number in a single folder.
19 Performance testing report (if applicable) 03.06 (a) 3
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 April 7, 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 April 7, 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 cybersecurity 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 on digital media (CD/DVD) or an online document repository to the lead inspector by May 1, 2023. The preferred file format for all lists is a searchable Excel spreadsheet file. The submitted information should be indexed and hyper-linked to facilitate ease of use. If you have any questions regarding this information, please contact the inspection team leader as soon as possible.
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RIVER BEND STATION CYBER-SECURITY INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST Table RFI #2 Section 3, IP Ref.
Paragraph Number/Title: Items For the system(s) chosen for inspection provide:
1 Ongoing Monitoring and Assessment activity performed on the system(s) 03.01(a) 2 All Security Control Assessments for the selected system(s) 03.01(a) 3 All vulnerability screenings/assessments associated with, or scans 03.01(c) performed on the selected system(s) since the last cyber security inspection 4 Documentation (including configuration files and rules sets) for Network- 03.02(b) based Intrusion Detection/Protection Systems (NIDS/NIPS), Host-based Intrusion Detection Systems (HIDS), and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems for system(s) chosen for inspection 5 Documentation (including configuration files and rule sets) for intra-security 03.02(c) level firewalls and boundary devices used to protect the selected system(s) 6 Copies of all periodic reviews of the access authorization list for the selected 03.02(d) systems since the last inspection 7 Baseline configuration data sheets for the selected CDAs 03.03(a) 8 Documentation on any changes, including Security Impact Analyses, 03.03(b) performed on the selected system(s) since the last inspection 9 Copies of the purchase order documentation for any new equipment 03.03(c) purchased for the selected systems since the last inspection 10 Copies of any reports/assessments for cyber security drills performed since 03.02(a) the last inspection.
03.04(b) 11 Copy of the individual recovery plan(s) for the selected system(s) including 03.02(a) documentation of the results the last time the backups were executed.
03.04(b) 12 Corrective actions taken as a result of cyber security incidents/issues to 03.05 include previous NRC violations and Licensee Identified Violations since the last cyber security inspection 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 Onsite Week) on digital media (CD/DVD) or an online document repository by 5
RIVER BEND STATION CYBER-SECURITY INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST May 15, 2023, the first day of the inspection. All requested information shall follow the guidance document referenced above. the preferred file format for all lists is a searchable Excel spreadsheet file. The information should be indexed and hyper-linked to facilitate ease of use. If you have any questions regarding this information, please contact the inspection team leader as soon as possible.
Table Onsite Week Section 3, Paragraph Number/Title: 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 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. Current FSAR Volume;
- c. SER and Supplements for Cybersecurity Program;
- d. FSAR Question and Answers related to Cybersecurity Program;
- e. Quality Assurance Plan for Cybersecurity;
- f. Technical Specifications, if not previously provided; (2) Vendor Manuals for the CDAs selected (3) Assessments 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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RIVER BEND STATION CYBER-SECURITY INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST 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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