NRC: Staff Requirements - SECY-07-0163 - Policy for Use of Peer-to-Peer Software and the Peer-to-Peer Threat to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information

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October 18, 2007

MEMORANDUM TO:	Luis A. Reyes Executive Director for Operations
FROM:	Annette L. Vietti-Cook, Secretary /RA/
SUBJECT:	STAFF REQUIREMENTS - SECY-07-0163 - POLICY FOR USE OF PEER-TO-PEER SOFTWARE AND THE PEER-TO-PEER THREAT TO SENSITIVE UNCLASSIFIED NON-SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION

The Commission has approved the staff’s recommendation to specifically prohibit peer-to-peer software on the NRC infrastructure unless approved by the NRC Designated Approving Authority. The Commission has approved Option 1 to prohibit the staff from downloading, storing or processing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information (SUNSI) on home computers unless connected to the NRC network via broadband CITRIX.

Offices should assure that staff needing to process SUNSI at home are provided with NRC laptops if they do not have broadband CITRIX.

The option of funding enterprise encryption and agency-wide laptop services and support programs (Option 4) should be revisited as informed by the experience gained from the implementation of Option 1.

cc:	Chairman Klein Commissioner Jaczko Commissioner Lyons OGC CFO OCA OPA Office Directors, Regions, ACRS, ACNW, ASLBP (via E-Mail) PDR