SD 452.4-1, Nuclear Enterprise Assurance (NEA)
To support implementation of Department of Energy (DOE) Order (0) 452.1, Nuclear Explosive and Weapon Surety (NEWS) Program, and DOE O 452.4, Security and Use Control of Nuclear Explosives and Nuclear Weapons. Consistent with the parent directive requirements, Nuclear Enterprise Assurance (NEA) is a Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) countersubversion program established to prevent, detect, and/or mitigate potential consequences of subversion of nuclear weapons (NW s) and NW enabling capabilities, including Deliberate Unauthorized Acts (DUAs), that may lead to Denial of Authorized Use (DAU) or degradation of NW reliability or performance.
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Section 1
SUPPLEMENTAL DIRECTIVE
NNSA SD 452.4-1
Approved: 01-27-22
Certification Due: 10-29-29
NUCLEAR ENTERPRISE ASSURANCE
(NEA)
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National Nuclear Security Administration
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Office of Defense Programs
CONTROLLED DOCUMENT
AVAILABLE ONLINE AT:
http:/ /directives.nnsa.doe.gov
OFFICE OF PRIMARY INTEREST (OPI):
Office of Stockpile Production Integration
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NUCLEAR ENTERPRISE ASSURANCE (NEA)
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I. PURPOSE. To support implementation ofDepattment of Energy (DOE) Order (0) 452.1,
Nuclear Explosive and Weapon Surety (NEWS) Program, and DOE O 452.4, Security
and Use Control of Nuclear Explosives and Nuclear Weapons. Consistent with the
parent directive requirements, Nuclear Enterprise Assurance (NEA) is a Nuclear Security
Enterprise (NSE) countersubversion program established to prevent, detect, and/or
mitigate potential consequences of subversion of nuclear weapons (NW s) and NW
enabling capabilities, including Deliberate Unauthorized Acts (DUAs), that may lead to
Denial of Authorized Use (DAU) or degradation of NW reliability or performance.
Credible existing and emerging threats and technological advancements are evaluated,
and controls and measures are implemented by federal and contractor NSE organizations,
to manage NBA-related risks and provide assurance that NW s, NW-enabling capabilities,
and NW crosscutting functions and programs, have not been subvetted throughout the
NW lifecycle.
The primary objectives of this SD include:
a. Establishing concise NEA requirements to ensure consistent and coordinated
NSE-wide federal and Management and Operating (M&O) contractor application
ofNEA to:
(!) NW programs throughout the NW lifecycle (new development,
sustainment, modernization, and retirement);
(2) NW-enabling capabilities, which include the infrastructure (facilities,
utilities, and workforce), processes, equipment, materials and tools that
provide the NSE the ability to ensure reliability and perfotmance of the
NW Stockpile throughout its lifecycle, including those needed to support
procurement, management, research and development (R&D), design,
production, testing, surveillance, maintenance, transport, dismantlement,
and disposition ofNWs or NW components; and
(3) NW crosscutting functions and programs implemented across the NSE to
suppott NW programs and enabling capabilities, such as supply chain
risk management (SCRM), cybersecurity, information security,
verification and acceptance, information management, logistics, physical
security, and quality assurance.
b. Expanding upon the roles and responsibilities of the Nuclear Enterprise Assurance
Steering Group (NEASG) that was instituted by DOE O 452.4 to provide
leadership for NEA activities; and
c. Establishing the NEA Integration Wodcing Group (NIWG) as the principal M&O
entity for developing, integrating, and coordinating NEA initiatives and activities
across the NSE, including specifying the NIWG roles, responsibilities, and functions.
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2. AUTHORITY. This SD augments and aligns with DOE O 452.4, Security and Use
Control of Nuclear Explosives and Nuclear Weapons, and DOE O 452.1, Nuclear
Explosive and Weapon Surety (NEWS) Program.
3. CANCELLATIONS.
a. NNSA Policy (NAP-401.1 ), Weapon Quality Policy, Attachment 4, Nuclear
Enterprise Assurance (NEA), dated November 24, 2015.
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b. Memorandum, Donald Cook to NSE, Nuclear Ente1prise Assurance Program
Guidance, 08-4-14.
c. Memorandum, William S. Goodrnm to NSE, Nuclear Enterprise Assurance
Guidance, 10-21-14.
Cancellation of a directive does not, by itself, modify or otherwise affect any contractual
obligation to comply with the directive listed above. Contractor Requirements
Documents (CRDs) that have been incorporated into a contract remain in effect
throughout the tenn of the contract until the contract or regulatory commitment is
modified to either eliminate outdated requirements or substitute new requirements.
4. APPLICABILITY.
a. Federal. This SD applies to all NNSA Federal organizations responsible for
maintaining and enhancing the safety, reliability, and performance of the United
States (U.S.) NW stockpile, including the ability to design, produce, and test NWs
in order to meet national security requirements.
b. Contractors. The Contractor Requirements Document (CRD), provided as
Attachment 1, sets fmth requirements that apply to the M&O contractors. The
CRD must be included in the contracts ofNSE M&O contractors that support the
NNSA mission to maintain and enhance the safety, reliability, and perfmmance of
the U.S. NW stockpile, including the ability to design, produce, and test NWs in
order to meet national security requirements.
c. Eguivalencies/Exemptions.
(I) Equivalency. In accordance with the responsibilities and authorities
assigned by Executive Order 12344, codified at 50 United States 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.
(2) Exemption. None.
5. SUMMARY OF CHANGES. Not applicable
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6. BACKGROUND.
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The world threat environment is continuously changing, requiring the NSE national
laboratories and production facilities to respond accordingly. Government agencies have
mobilized under a variety of national-level directives to protect critical security elements
against a broad spectmm of adversarial threats. The U.S. Government is concerned about
the globalization of today's NW supply chains, especially when coupled with
increasingly sophisticated adversaries. Additional areas of concern include global
development and sourcing of microelectronics and software, as well as the supply chains
of other NW-related materials or products that could be maliciously altered. The
increasing complexity of NW inf01mation technology presents challenges for
organizations to assure the safety, reliability, and security of those technologies, due to
their vulnerability to subversion, corruption, denial of service, and other cyberattacks. It
is recognized that defensive measures must reflect an appreciation for the rapidly
evolving, persistent, and aggressive approaches an adversary may employ in order to
affect the NSE mission.
NEA is the NSE program established to prevent, detect, and/or mitigate potential
consequences of subversion, including DUA that may lead to DAU or degradation of
weapon reliability or performance. NEA is intended to reduce the risk of subversion by
advanced persistent threats and other adversaries that possess the expertise and resources
that enable them to create and exploit subversion opp01tunities. NEA includes the
systematic identification, assessment, and mitigation of subversion risks, based on
analysis of vulnerabilities and adversarial threats, to provide assurance that NW s, NW
enabling capabilities, and NW crosscutting functions and programs are not subverted or
compromised throughout the NW lifecycle.
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7. REQUIREMENTS.
When reviewing the following federal requirements, it is important to acknowledge, that
in the context ofDOE/NNSA Directives/Policies, "prevent" and "ensure" imply an
absolute assurance, which cannot be guaranteed. The objective is to evaluate credible
existing and emerging threats and technological advancements and implement controls
and measures to prevent, detect, and mitigate the consequences of subversion. This
enables management ofNEA-related risks and provides reasonable assurance that the
NW stockpile, enabling capabilities, and crosscutting functions and programs, including
NSE supply chains, have not been subverted and that the NW stockpile is protected
against DUA that may lead to DAU or loss of NW reliability or performance.
a. NNSA must ensure NWs, NW-enabling capabilities and NW crosscutting
functions and programs are secured from subversion throughout the NW lifecycle.
b. NNSA must establish and implement oversight and monitoring/measuring of
NEA assurance.
c. Enterprise-wide policies and procedures must be developed and executed to
ensure NEA implementation by federal organizations and M&O contractors
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throughout the NW lifecycle, including NW-enabling capabilities and
crosscutting functions and programs, to include the following:
(1) Common documented methodologies for implementing digital
assurance processes;
(2) Common documented methodologies for implementing NW
system assurance processes; and
(3) An NEA risk management methodology that:
(a) Assesses threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences from credible
existing and emerging adversarial subversion;
(b) Identifies potential controls and measures to prevent, detect, and
mitigate the consequences of subversion; and
( c) Is integrated with NNSA Defense Programs (DP) risk management
processes and protocols to infonn decisions regarding NBA-related
risks.
d. NNSA must evaluate, prioritize, and oversee the implementation ofNEA controls
and measures identified throughout the NW lifecycle by the M&O contractors for
NWs, NW-enabling capabilities, and NW crosscutting functions and programs.
e. Processes, controls, and measures must be established and implemented to protect
against adversarial subversion within NSE supply chains.
f. NW design must be innovated to enhance resiliency against threats and
vulnerabilities to provide increased system assurance.
g. NEA R&D activities must be conducted to develop and mature new methods,
techniques, tools, and expertise to prevent, detect, and mitigate the effects of
subversion.
h. NBA-related risks must be evaluated, and controls and measures implemented,
when designing, building, operating, or modifying NSE facilities for NW
enabling capabilities.
1. An NEA Steering Group (NEASG) must be fo1med and implemented, consistent
with DOE O 452.4, to perform the following functions:
(1) Make NBA-related decisions and recommendations to sustain NEA
implementation and drive uniformity and consistency within DP;
(2) Work with other governmental entities, including the Department
of Defense (DOD), to promote collaboration across acquisition;
research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT &E); production,
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operation; and sustainment efforts to facilitate effective planning,
coordination and execution ofNEA capabilities, protections, and
investments across the NSE throughout the NW lifecycle;
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(3) Promote coordination and sharing of info1mation between DOE,
NNSA, DOD, and the necessary subject matter experts in order to
enhance threat identification, supplier evaluation, and risk
management ofNEA-related issues; and
( 4) Integrate and coordinate NEA activities across the NSE and
address critical, high-priority NEA topics and areas, through the
NIWG.
J. An integrated approach to NEA activities must be established, including the
capability to respond to enterprise-wide and site-level NEA issues.
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k. NNSA must obtain intelligence and counterintelligence support for NEA
activities from the DOE Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (DOE-IN),
consistent with DOE O 452.4, to fulfill the requirements of this SD.
I. Evidentiary infmmation must be required to demonstrate that NEA
implementation is continually evaluated, managed, and documented throughout
the NW lifecycle.
m. NNSA must collaborate with the NIWG.
n. NNSA must develop NEA training standards and ensure that con-esponding NEA
training is developed and delivered to the NSE workforce to enable effective
execution ofNEA requirements.
8. RESPONSIBILITIES.
a. Assistant Deputy Administrator for Stockpile Management (ADASM/NA-12)
In addition to the NEA responsibilities in DOE O 452.1 and DOE O 452.4,
the ADASM is responsible for:
(1) Ensming that DP NEA processes are developed, maintained, and
managed to implement the requirements of this SD; and
(2) Accepting NBA-related risks on behalf of the Deputy Administrator for
Defense Programs throughout the NW lifecycle, e.g., sustainment of
stockpile systems and stockpile modernization (life extension programs
(LEPs), Alterations (Alts), and Modifications (Mods), unless othe1wise
delegated.
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Office of Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT &E/NA-11)
In addition to the NEA responsibilities in DOE O 452.1 and DOE O 452.4, the
Office of RDT &E is responsible for:
(1) Promoting development of innovative technologies for detecting, testing,
analyzing, and protecting against vulnerabilities associated with
adversarial subversion; and
(2) Supporting expanded development ofNEA resources, including
technology maturation, vulnerability analysis tools, and evidence-based
practices.
Office of Stockpile Production Integration (NA-121)
In addition to the NEA responsibilities in DOE O 452.4, the Office of Stockpile
Production Integration is responsible for:
(I) Establishing, maintaining, and supporting the DOE/NNSA Directives that
govern NEA implementation;
(2) Developing, maintaining, and managing DP NEA processes to implement
the requirements of this SD;
(3) Monitoring and evaluating NNSA and M&O contractor perfo1mance of
NEA requirements, in collaboration with the NNSA Field/Production
Offices (F/POs);
( 4) Providing communications and information to the NEASG, as requested,
and serving as the secretariat for the NEASG;
(5) Establishing and implementing a response capability for enterprise-wide
and site-level NEA issues;
(6) Developing NEA standards and processes for NSE-wide NEA awareness,
training, and skills development;
(7) Collaborating with the NIWG, including providing communications,
information, and other support;
(8) Serving as the NEA federal integrator in collaboration with the NSE sites,
the DOD, and other stakeholders; and
(9) Coordinating with DOE-IN, as needed, to support NEA Program needs.
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d. Federal Program Managers (FPMs)
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This SD applies to FPMs responsible for managing NW programs; NW-enabling
capabilities; and NW crosscutting functions and programs, throughout the NW
lifecycle.
(1) FPMsfor the NW-enabling capabilities and NW crosscutting
fimctions and programs are responsible for:
(a) Evaluating NEA threats and vulnerabilities for their respective
programs/projects/facilities against credible existing and emerging
adversarial subversion.
(b) Identifying NBA-related risks and implementing controls and
measures to prevent, detect, and mitigate the effects of subversion.
(2) FPMs for NW programs ( e.g., active stockpile, LEPs, Alts, Mods,
new development, etc.) are responsible for:
(a) Integrating innovated NEA concepts/components into the NW
design{new and modified NWs).
(b) Leveraging the NEA controls and measures being applied in the
NW-enabling capabilities and crosscutting functions and programs,
and evaluating their respective project/program in order to:
l Evaluate NW threats and vulnerabilities to identify risks
from credible existing and emerging adversarial
subversion;
::?, Determine if the controls and measures being applied in the
NW-enabling capabilities and crosscutting functions and
programs provide adequate assurance that their respective
NW program is secure from subversion; and
.:1 Implement additional NEA controls and measures, as
appropriate.
( c) Integrating and managing NEA subversion risks and associated
controls and measures within their respective project/program risk
management process( es).
(3) Additionally, all FPMs are responsible for:
(a) Including NEA requirements in program budgets and contracts;
(b) Managing NEA-related risks for their respective program,
capability or function throughout the NW lifecycle, including
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implementing NEA controls and measures to protect the NWs,
NW-enabling capabilities and NW crosscutting functions and
programs from subversion;
( c) Collaborating/partnering with other FPMs when there are common
or overlapping NBA-related risks;
( d) Supporting implementation of innovative technologies for
detecting, testing, analyzing, and protecting against
vulnerabilities associated with adversarial subversion;
where feasible; and
(e) Accepting project/program NBA-related risks, if delegated from
theADASM.
e. Field/Production Office (F/PO) Contracting Officers (COs)
Incorporate this SD into the "List of Applicable Directives" identified in the
"Laws, Regulations, and DOE Directives" clause of the M&O contracts for NSE
M&O Contractors that perfmm work in support of the NNSA mission to maintain
and enhance the safety, reliability, and perfmmance of the U.S. NW stockpile,
including the ability to design, produce, and test NW s in order to meet national
security requirements.
f. NEA Steering Group (NEASG)
The NEASG is a review and decision-making body, instituted by DOE O 452.4,
consisting of senior DOE and NNSA officials who provide leadership and
promote successful execution ofNEA. As established by DOE O 452.4, the
NEASG is overseen by the ADASM and consists of senior members from DOB
IN, the NNSA Office of Defense Nuclear Security (NA-70), the NNSA Office of
Information Management and Chiefinfmmation Officer (NA-IM), as well as the
NNSA Defense Programs Associate Deputy Administrators. Other NEASG
members can be added at the discretion of the ADASM.
The NEASG is responsible for:
(1) Decision-making for NBA-related initiatives or issues requiring
unifmmity or consistency across the NSE;
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(2) Facilitating collaboration across acquisition, RDT &E, operation,
and sustainment efforts to enable effective planning, coordination,
and execution ofNEA capabilities and investments across the
DOE/NNSA, DOD and, to the extent possible, with other U.S.
Government partners;
(3) Promoting coordination and sharing of information between DOE,
NNSA, DOD, and the necessary subject matter experts in order to
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enhance threat identification, supplier evaluation, and risk
management ofNEA-related issues; and
( 4) Resolving conflicts between NNSA organizations at the
appropriate management level.
9. DEFINITIONS. See Attachment 2.
10. ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS. See Attachment 3.
11. REFERENCES.
a. 50 U.S. Code 2401, Section 3202, The National Nuclear Security Administration
Act.
b. DOE O 452.lE, Nuclear Explosive and Weapon Surety Program, dated 01-26-15
c. DOE O 452.4C, Security and Use Control of Nuclear Explosives and Nuclear
Weapons, dated 08-28-15.
d. NAP 401.1, Weapon Quality Policy, Attachment 4, (Nuclear Enterprise
Assurance), dated 11-24-15.
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e. NAP 476.1, Atomic Energy Act Control of Import and Export Activities, dated 02-
09-15.
f. NNSA Redelegation Order No. NA-005.01-01, dated 03-25-19
12. CONTACT.
DOE/NNSA Nuclear Enterprise Assurance Division, NA-121.4, (505) 845-5750
BY ORDER OF THE ADMINISTRATOR:
Attachments:
1. Contractor Requirements Document (CRD)
2. Definitions
3. Acronyms/ Abbreviations
Jill Hruby
Administrator
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ATTACHMENT 1: CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT
This Management and Operating (M&O) Contractor Requirements Document (CRD) establishes
Nuclear Enterprise Assurance (NEA) requirements for M&O contractors within Nuclear Security
Enterprise (NSE) sites or facilities that suppmt the National Nuclear Security Administration
(NNSA) mission to maintain and enhance the safety, reliability, and performance of the U.S.
Nuclear Weapon (NW) stockpile, including the ability to design, produce, and test NWs in order
to meet national security requirements. The NSE M&O contractors with Supplemental Directive
(SD) 452.4-1 on their contract are responsible for complying with the requirements of this CRD
and for flowing down the requirements of this CRD to subcontractors, at any tier, to the extent
necessary to ensure compliance with the requirements.
When reviewing the following requirements, it is important to aclmowledge that in the context of
DOE/NNSA Directives/Policies, "prevent" and "ensure" imply an absolute assurance, which
cannot be guaranteed. The objective is to evaluate credible existing and emerging threats and
technological advancements and implement controls and measures to prevent, detect, and
mitigate the consequences of subversion in order to manage NEA-related risks and provide
reasonable assurance that the NW stockpile, NW-enabling capabilities, and NW crosscutting
functions and programs, are protected against Deliberate Unauthorized Acts (DUA) that may
lead to Denial of Authorized Use (DAU) or loss of weapon reliability and/or performance.
1. REQUIREMENTS.
a. M&O contractors must develop and implement common documented NSE
methodologies that address the applicable elements needed to protect NWs, NW
enabling capabilities, and NW crosscutting functions and programs, to include:
(1) NEA digital assurance processes;
(2) NW system assurance processes; and
(3) Management ofNEA-related risks, including:
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(a) Evaluating risks from credible existing and emerging threats and
technological advancements;
(b) Identifying potential controls and measures to prevent, detect, and
mitigate the consequences of subversion; and
( c) Integrating NEA-related risks with NSE risk management
processes to inform NNSA NEA risk handling decisions.
b. M&O contractors must establish self-governance processes and implement line
management accountability for ensuring the implementation of this CRD at their
respective sites, including their respective subcontractors.
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M&O contractors must innovate NW design to increase resiliency against
adversarial subversion threats and provide increased system assurance.
M&O contractors must establish and implement processes, controls, and measures
to protect against adversarial subversion within the NSE supply chains.
M&O contractors must develop and mature new technologies and capabilities for
preventing, detecting, and minimizing the impacts of adversarial subversion.
M&O contractors must evaluate NEA risk and implement controls and measures
when designing, building, operating, or modifying NW-enabling capabilities.
M&O contractors must support NEA Integration Working Group (NIWG)
activities, including:
(!) Appointing senior-level lmowledgeable personnel with decision-making
authority to participate in the NIWG;
(2) Providing NEA recommendations and guidance to NNSA;
(3) Addressing critical, high-priority NEA topics/areas;
( 4) Integrating and coordinating NEA activities, controls, and measures across
theNSE;
(5) Facilitating communication ofNEA information, including best practices;
and
(6) Performing routine reviews ofNEA implementation activities at the NSE
sites to identify best practices and areas for improvement.
h. M&O contractors must develop NEA-related training that implements the NNSA
developed NEA training standards, and train appropriate personnel, consistent
with their respective NEA responsibilities.
1. M&O contractors must establish and document a process for NEA records
management that complies with DOE Order (0) 243.1, Records Management
Program.
J. M&O contractors must coordinate, develop, and implement strategies for
collaborating with NNSA, DOE Office ofintelligence and Counterintelligence
(DOE-IN), and the intelligence community ( e.g., counterintelligence and the field
intelligence element) to conduct NEA analyses related to NWs and NW-enabling
capability requirements at their respective sites, consistent with DOE O 452.4C.
k. M&O contractors must establish and implement processes for NSE-wide
collaboration and infmmation sharing to facilitate threat identification, supplier
vetting, and risk management ofNEA-related issues.
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I. M&O contractors must conduct NEA vulnerability assessments that consider
credible existing and emerging threats and technological advancements to manage
NEA protections/controls for NWs, NW-enabling capabilities, and NW
crosscutting functions and programs.
m. M&O contractors must document NEA controls and measures for NWs that
leverage the vulnerability assessments of the NW-enabling capabilities and NW
crosscutting functions and programs.
n. M&O contractors must provide evidentiary info1mation to demonstrate that NEA
implementation is continually evaluated, measured, managed, and documented
throughout the NW lifecycle.
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o. M&O contractors must provide NEA support and personnel resources to the NSE
Product Realization Process to ensure implementation ofNEA during the NW
lifecycle, including the NW-enabling capabilities and NW crosscutting functions
and programs.
p. M&O contractors must implement a process to manage potential NBA-related
anomalies and non-conf01mances with the consideration that the non
conformance may have been the result of an intentional adversarial action,
ensuring appropriate classification requirements and controls are used while
evaluating and analyzing nonconforming conditions.
q. M&O contractors must supp01t the NNSA-directed response capability to respond
to enterprise and site-wide NEA issues, consistent with NNSA funding and
resources.
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ATTACHMENT 2: DEFINITIONS
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Note: This attachment applies to NNSA federal and M&O contractor personnel.
1. Digital Assurance. Practices, measures, and/or controls applied to digital technologies
that implement functions within a nuclear weapon (NW), or NW design, production,
or test capability, in order to ensure functional, performance, and security-related
requirements are met while protecting against potential compromise or subversion of
these same systems from internal or external sources. Examples of digital
technologies include software/fomware, processors, memory devices, application
specific integrated circuits, field programmable gate airnys, digital systems on a chip,
communication interfaces, communication buses, and transmission systems, etc.
2. Measures. The total spectrum of characteristics, devices, equipment, procedures, and
administrative processes used to:
a. Ensure timely authorized use only when directed by national authority, and
b. Increase the difficulty of, or add to the delay in, achieving the deliberate
unauthorized use of a nuclear explosive.
3. Nuclear Enterprise Assurance (NEA). A Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE)
countersubversion program established to prevent, detect, and/or mitigate potential
consequences of subversion of NW s or the enabling capabilities throughout the NW
lifecycle, including Deliberate Unauthorized Acts (DUA) that may lead to Denial of
Authorized Use (DAU) and/or degradation of weapon reliability or performance.
4. Nuclear Ente1prise Assurance (NEA) Integration Working Group (NIWG). A collection
of Management and Operating (M&O) contractor experts and leadership representing
each of the NSE sites, that is responsible for providing NEA recommendations and
guidance to NNSA, responding to NEA issues and challenges across the Nuclear
Security Enterprise, integrating NEA activities, facilitating communication ofNEA best
practices and information, and collaborating with a variety of organizations and groups
(e.g., intelligence, counterintelligence, security, technical communities, and NNSA
customers) in supp01t of protecting the nation's NW stockpile from subversion by
adversarial threats.
5. Nuclear Enterprise Assurance Steering Group (NEASG). A review and decision-making
body consisting of senior federal officials from NNSA and DOE Headquarters who
provide leadership regarding NEA activities, including facilitating collaboration with the
Department of Defense (DOD).
6. Nuclear Weapon (NW) crosscutting functions and programs. Functions and programs
implemented across the NSE to enable and support NW capabilities, that use controls and
measures to detect, prevent, and/or minimize the effects of subversion in supp01t ofNEA,
such as supply chain risk management (SCRM), cybersecurity, information security,
verification and acceptance, inf01mation management, logistics, physical security, and
quality assurance.
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7. Nuclear Weapon (NW)-enabling capabilities. The infrastrncture (facilities, utilities, and
workforce), processes, equipment, materials, and tools that provide the NSE the ability to
ensure reliability and performance of the NW Stockpile throughout its lifecycle,
including those needed to support procurement, management, research and development
(R&D), design, production, testing, surveillance, maintenance, transpmi, dismantlement,
and disposition ofNWs or NW components.
8. System Assurance. The justified confidence that the system functions as intended and is
free of exploitable vulnerabilities, either intentionally or unintentionally designed or
inserted as part of the system at any time during the lifecycle. (Source: NATO. 2010.
Engineering for system assurance in NATO programs. DOD 5220.22M-NISPOM
NATO-AEP-67. Febrnary 2010)
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ATTACHMENT 3: ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS
a. ADASM Assistant Deputy Administrator for Stockpile Management
b. AEP Allied Engineering Procedure
C. Alt Alteration
d. CRD Contractor Requirements Document
e. DAU Denial of Authorized Use
f. DOE Department of Energy
g. DP Defense Programs
h. DUA Deliberate Unauthorized Act
I. F/PO Field/Production Office
J. FPM Federal Program Manager
k. LEP Life Extension Program
1. M&O Management and Operating
m. Mod Modification
n. NA NNSA Office Designation
0. NAP NNSAPolicy
p. NATO N mih Atlantic Treaty Organization
q. NEA Nuclear Enterprise Assurance
r. NEASG Nuclear Enterprise Assurance Steering Group
s. NISPOM National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual
t. NIWG NEA Integration Working Group
u. NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration
V. NSE Nuclear Security Enterprise
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RDT&E
SCRM
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Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
Supply Chain Risk Management
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I. PURPOSE.
2. AUTHORITY.
3. CANCELLATIONS.
4. APPLICABILITY.
5. SUMMARY OF CHANGES.
6. BACKGROUND.
7. REQUIREMENTS.
8. RESPONSIBILITIES.
a. Assistant Deputy Administrator for Stockpile Management (ADASM/NA-12)
b. Office of Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT &E/NA-11)
c. Office of Stockpile Production Integration (NA-121)
d. Federal Program Managers (FPMs)
e. Field/Production Office (F/PO) Contracting Officers (COs)
f. NEA Steering Group (NEASG)
9. DEFINITIONS.
10. ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS.
11. REFERENCES.
12. CONTACT.
ATTACHMENT 1: CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT
1. REQUIREMENTS.
ATTACHMENT 2: DEFINITIONS
ATTACHMENT 3: ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS