3150-AJ37 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 3150 Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC Part 73 Cyber Security Event Notifications [NRC-2014-0036]

The final rule amends the Commission's regulations to codify certain reporting activities associated with cyber security events contained in security advisories issued by the NRC. This rule establishes new cyber security event notification requirements that contribute to the NRC's analysis of the reliability and effectiveness of licensees cyber security programs and plays an important role in the continuing effort to provide high assurance that digital computer and communication systems and networks are adequately protected against cyber attacks up to and including the design basis threat.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 10 CFR 73 42 USC 2201 42 USC 5841 No Final Rule 09/00/2015 The cyber security event notification requirements were originally published for public comment as part of the "Proposed Rule: Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks and Security Event Notifications," in February 2011 (76 FR 6199). In December 2013, the NRC bifurcated the cyber security event notification requirements from the Enhanced Weapons rulemaking to speed up the issuance of these important cyber security requirements. No No None No No Robert Beall 3150 Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC 301 415-3874 robert.beall@nrc.gov Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington DC 20555-0001