ACD 470.6, Use of Mobile Devices Within National Nuclear Security Administration Secure Spaces
This Advance Change Directive (ACD) provides guidance on the implementation of Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) Directive (CNS SD) 510, Directive on the Use of Mobile Devices Within Secure Spaces, and specifies the minimum set of requirements to control the introduction and use of mobile devices in National Nuclear Security Administration
(NNSA) secure spaces.
This directive was canceled and incorporated into SD 470.6, dated 2-25-2022.
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National Nuclear Security Administration Advance Change Directive
NNSA ACD 470.6
Approved: 07-15-19
Expiration: 07-15-20
SUBJECT: USE OF MOBILE DEVICES WITHIN NATIONAL NUCLEAR
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SECURE SPACES
PURPOSE: This Advance Change Directive (ACD) provides guidance on the implementation
of Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) Directive (CNS SD) 510, Directive on the
Use o f Mobile Devices Within Secure Spaces, and specifies the minimum set of requirements to
control the introduction and use of mobile devices in National Nuclear Security Administration
(NNSA) secure spaces.
URGENCY: CNSSD 510, binding on all federal departments and agencies, became effective
November 20, 2017. The capabilities of mobile devices, their prevalence, and their usage in
unprotected environments pose significant risk to NNSA secure spaces and information systems
and require a vigilant security approach.
APPLICABILITY: This ACD applies to all NNSA employees, contractors, and visitors who
have access to secure spaces within which a national security system (NSS), as defined by CNSS
Instruction 4009, is physically present.' For the purposes of this ACD, mobile devices do not
include laptop computers. This ACD does not apply to Sensitive Compartmented Information
Facilities.
SUMMARY
1. The Chief, Defense Nuclear Security (CDNS) is the Cognizant Security Authority
(CSA) for NNSA and serves as the approval authority for the introduction and use of
mobile devices in secure spaces. This authority has been delegated to Field Office
Managers, NA-15, NA-30, and NA-84. Through this delegation, Field Office Managers
may delegate this authority to their respective Assistant Managers for Safeguards and
Security.
2. These instructions must ensure that, prior to approving the introduction or use of a mobile
device in a secure space, the approval authority:
a. Documents a justification based on mission need,
b. Documents a risk determination, in accordance with the criteria outlined in
CNS SD 510, associated with a given mobile device or class of mobile devices,
1 In accordance with the responsibilities and authorities assigned by Executive Order 12344, codified in 50 U.S. Code sections
2406 and 2511, and to ensure consistency throughout the joint Navy/DOE Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, the Deputy
Administrator for Naval Reactors (Director) will implement and oversee requirements and practices pertaining to this Directive
for activities under the Director's cognizance, as deemed appropriate.
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Obtains risk input and countermeasures guidance from the Authorizing Official,
Certified TEMPEST Technical Authority, local Technical Surveillance
Countermeasures (TSCM) team, and the CSA of any adjacent security area.
Accepts residual risk of compromise in writing for any recommended
countermeasure not implemented, and
Implements physical, technical, and supply-chain mitigations required by CONS,
NNSA, Department of Energy (DOE), and national policy.
3. The CDNS will establish detailed instructions regarding these requirements for the
approval, introduction, and use of mobile devices in secure spaces to establish a security
baseline for the enterprise within 60 days of publication of this ACD.
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4. NNSA secure spaces include all Material Access Areas, Protected Areas, Vault-Type
Rooms, special designated areas, and areas requiring recurring TSCM services. NNSA
secure spaces also include Limited Areas, or any portion thereof, to include an individual
room, within which, any NSS is physically present. Sufficient electromagnetic and
acoustical isolation can be used to segregate secure spaces within larger Limited Areas.
5. Mobile devices are prohibited within areas requiring recurring TSCM services, as defined
in DOE Order 470.6, Technical Security Program.
6. All camera functions must be disabled and all microphone functions must be restricted to
only the native telephone application while in secure spaces. Exceptions can be approved
only by the CDNS when supported by a critical mission need.
7. The NNSA Chieflnformation Officer (CIO) will document procedures for mobile
devices approved to connect to an NSS in secure spaces. The CIO will ensure processes
and procedures are in place to provide continuous monitoring of mobile devices for
unauthorized connection to the internet or NSS; microphone and camera usage; and
exfiltration of sensitive or classified information. Additionally, the CIO will ensure
authorized mobile devices are certified against the requirements of the National
Information Assurance Partnership Program in accordance with CNSS Policy
(CNS SP) 11, National Policy Governing the Acquisition o f Information Assurance (IA)
and IA-Enabled Technology Products.
8. Secure spaces operating for longer than 30 days, not restricted to ad-hoc classified
discussions by the Officially Designated Federal Security Authority (ODFSA), and
authorized for mobile devices, must be equipped to continuously monitor the facility for
unauthorized mobile devices. This monitoring must ensure the identification,
enumeration, logging, and locating of all authorized and unauthorized mobile devices.
Any discovery of an unauthorized device will be forwarded to the local TSCM element to
determine the appropriate response. Note: Ad-hoc classified discussions must be
unscheduled, irregular, infrequent, and not audible for longer than 9 hours in any one
calendar month.
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9. Secure spaces, within which the only authorized mobile devices are those assigned to
protective forces and internal emergency services personnel (e.g., fire, medical, nuclear)
whose primary responsibility requires the tactical response to emergencies within the
secure space, and who have no other secondary means of communication, are exempt
from this continuous facility monitoring requirement. Mobile devices assigned to
emergency personnel must remain powered off until required as a secondary means of
communication.
10. This ACD prohibits the introduction into secure spaces of personally owned and
contractor-owned mobile devices on which the hardware, operating system, and
applications are not fully managed by a DOE/NNSA enterprise mobility management
system.
11. Approved mobile devices that have traveled outside of the United States or into foreign
embassies and consulates may be reintroduced into secure spaces only after cyber
security and TSCM evaluations have ruled out the possibility of compromise.
12. The CDNS or ODFSA, along with the CIO, may terminate mobile device approvals in
response to an emergency, security breach, or receipt of threat information.
13. Nothing in this ACD alters or supersedes legal or policy requirements regarding
accommodation of employees' medical needs. The CDNS will separately document
procedures for determining whether such technologies may be permitted into secure
spaces.
For questions or comments concerning this ACD, please contact the Office of Defense Nuclear
Security at (202) 586-8900.
BY ORDER OF THE ADMINISTRATOR:
Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty
Administrator
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