ML23291A151
| ML23291A151 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vogtle  |
| Issue date: | 10/18/2023 |
| From: | Daniel Bacon NRC/RGN-II/DRS/EB2 |
| To: | Whitley B Southern Nuclear Operating Co |
| References | |
| IR 2024401 | |
| Download: ML23291A151 (7) | |
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October 18, 2023 Brian H. Whitley Nuclear Development Regulatory Affairs Director Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc 3535 Colonnade Parkway Birmingham, AL 35243
SUBJECT:
VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT, UNIT 4 - INFORMATION REQUEST FOR THE CYBER-SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION, NOTIFICATION TO PERFORM INSPECTION 0520026/2024401
Dear Brian Whitley:
On December 4th, 2023, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will begin a baseline inspection in accordance with Inspection Procedure (IP) 81000.09 Cyber Security Inspection for Construction, dated September 20, 2016, at your Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Unit 3.
The inspection will be performed to evaluate and assess the 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 during the weeks of December 4th , 2023 and December 18th, 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 October 20, 2023 (already been made available).
The inspection team will review this information and, by October 27, 2023, will request the specific items that should be provided for review. This 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. We request that the information provided from the second RFI be made available to the regional office prior to the inspection by November 27, 2023.
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, December 4, 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 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.
B. Whitley 2 The lead inspector for this inspection is Philipp Braaten. We understand that Dallas LeMaster of your organization is our contact for this inspection. If there are any questions about the inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector at (404) 997-4651 or via e-mail at Philipp.braaten@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 Bacon, Daniel on 10/18/23 Daniel Bacon, Chief Engineering Branch 2 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.52-026 License Nos. NPF-92
Enclosure:
Vogtle Electric Plant Cybersecurity Inspection Document Request cc w/encl: Distribution via LISTSERV
B. Whitley 3
SUBJECT:
VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT, UNIT 4 - INFORMATION REQUEST FOR THE CYBER-SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION, NOTIFICATION TO PERFORM INSPECTION - DATED: OCTOBER XX, 2023 DISTRIBUTION:
M. Brown, NSIR P. Braaten, RII ADAMS No: ML23291A151 OFFICE RII/DRS RII/DRS NAME P. Braaten D. Bacon DATE 10/18/2023 10/18/2023 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
VOGTLE ELECTRIC PLANT CYBERSECURITY INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST Inspection Report: 05200026/2024401 Inspection Dates: December 4 - 22, 2023 Inspection Procedure: IP 81000.09, Cyber-Security Inspection for Construction, Revision 0 (Effective: 09/30/2016)
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: Philipp Braaten, Lead Mike Brown, 404-997-4651 301-287-3679 Philipp.braaten@nrc.gov michael.brown@nrc.gov NRC Contractors: TBD TBD 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 October 20, 2023 (already been made available), 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 October 27, 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 November 27, 2023. All requests for information shall follow the guidance document U.S. NRC -
Guidance Document for Development of the Request for Information (RFI) and notification Letter for Full Implementation of the Cyber-Security Inspection, referenced above.
Enclosure
VOGTLE ELECTRIC PLANT CYBERSECURITY INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST The required Table RFI 1 information shall be provided electronically to the lead inspector by October 20, 2023 (already been made available). 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 call the inspection team leader as soon as possible.
Paragraph Number/Title:
1 A list of all Identified Critical Systems and Critical Digital Assets 2 A list of EP and Security onsite and offsite digital communication systems.
Network Topology Diagrams to include information and data flow for critical 3
systems in levels 2, 3, and 4 (If available).
4 Ongoing Monitoring and Assessment program documentation.
Copy of CDA assessment policy and procedure and EPRI TAM implementation 5
policy and procedure.
6 Vulnerability screening/assessment and scan program documentation.
Cyber Security Incident Response program documentation, including incident detection, response, and recovery documentation as well as contingency plan 7
development, implementation, and including any program documentation that requires testing of security boundary device functionality.
8 Device Access and Key Control program documentation.
9 Password/Authenticator program documentation.
10 User Account/Credential and Authentication program documentation.
Portable Media and Mobile Device control program documentation, including 11 kiosk security control assessment/documentation.
12 Cyber Security Plan Provide a list of all cyber security procedures and policies with their descriptive 13 name and associated number.
14 Electronic Copy of UFSAR and Technical Specifications 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 October 27, 2023, for the second RFI (i.e., RFI #2).
VOGTLE ELECTRIC PLANT CYBERSECURITY INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST 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 October 27, 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 to the lead inspector by November 27, 2023. The preferred file format for all lists is a searchable Excel spreadsheet. The information 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.
Paragraph Number/Title:
For the system(s) chosen for inspection provide:
Ongoing Monitoring and Assessment activity performed on the selected 1
system(s).
2 All Security Control Assessments for the selected system(s).*
All vulnerability screenings/assessments associated with or scans performed 3
on the selected system(s) since the last cyber security inspection.*
Documentation (including configuration files and rules sets) for Network-based Intrusion Detection/Protection Systems (NIDS/NIPS), Host-based Intrusion 4 Detection Systems (HIDS), and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems on the level 3 and level 4 safety network (i.e. non security network)
Documentation (including configuration files and rule sets) for intra-security 5
level firewalls and boundary devices used to protect the selected system(s).
Copies of all periodic reviews of the access authorization list for the selected 6
systems since the last cyber inspection.
7 Baseline configuration data sheets for the selected CDAs.
- Copy of the individual recovery plan(s) for the selected system(s) including 11 documentation of the results the last time the backups were executed.
List of Corrective actions associated with Unit 4 cyber security program 12 implementation and system enrollment.
Enclosure
VOGTLE ELECTRIC PLANT CYBERSECURITY INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST
- Some selected systems may have a large number of CDAs. For these systems reach out to 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 Week Onsite) to the team by December 4, 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 call the inspection team leader as soon as possible.
Paragraph Number/Title:
Any cyber security event reports submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 73.77 1
since the last cyber security inspection.
2 Updated list of corrective actions 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.
Enclosure