An Interpretation of Insider Protection Policy

This paper addresses the issue of providing acceptable protection against the insider threat at DOE nuclear facilities. DOE threat policy requires a multi-faceted insider protection program for SNM and allows mitigation of the insider threat based on the implementation of an approved human reliability program (HRP). We propose an approach for identifying the necessary elements of an acceptable insider protection program and in evaluating those elements. The method is performance based in that it utilizes an integrated approach that includes the selection of components, which may include elements of MC&A, physical security, and personnel security, based on the graded safeguards concept at the site level to provide maximum assurance that NM is protected against theft and diversion. The goal is to achieve protection effectiveness and to reduce the subjectivity in the evaluation. We anticipate that this approach will support the recent DOE initiative to develop MC&Z requirements based on acceptance criteria.