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CISSP Security Architecture And Design

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1. Which is an ISO standard product evaluation criteria that supersedes several different criteria






2. The Orange Book describes four hierarchical levels to categorize security systems. Which levels require mandatory protection?






3. The total(sum)combination of protection mechanisms within a computer system. The TCB includes hardware - software - and firmware.






4. Best defined as a mode of system termination that automatically leaves system processes and components in a secure state when a failure occurs or is detected in the system?






5. Applications and user activity






6. What does the simple integrity axiom mean in the Biba model?






7. If a system initializes in a secure state and all allowed state transitions are secure - the every subsequent state will be secure no matter what inputs occur.






8. The Simple Security rule is refered to as______________.






9. Bell-LaPadula model was proposed for enforcing access control in _____________________.






10. When the address location that is specified in the program instruction contains the address of the final desired location.






11. The reference monitor must mediate all access - _____________ - be verifiable as correct - and must always be invoked.






12. Based on the Bell-LaPadula Security model - and evidence of reference monitor enforcement must be available.






13. As per FDA data should be ______________________________.






14. Access control labels must be associated properly with objects.






15. A form of ROM(Read-Only Memory) that can be modified after it has been manufactured. It can only be programmed only one time.






16. The Reserved hard drive space used to to extend RAM capabilites.






17. THE (Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven) - VAX/VMS - Multics and Unix . THE and Multics are no longer in use






18. A is a form of EPROM - but its data storage can be erased and modified electrically by onboard programming circuitry and signals.






19. Remaining parts of the operating system






20. A nonvolatile storage media etc computer hard drive - floppy disks and CD-ROMs






21. Based on a known address with an offset value applied.






22. According to the Orange Book - trusted facility management is not required for which security levels?






23. B1 is the ___________________ of the Trusted Network Interpretation (TNI) or TCSEC that offers labeled security protection.






24. A channel within a computer system or network that is designed for the authorized transfer of information is identified as a(n)?






25. Requires more stringent authentication mechanisms and well-defined interfaces among layers.






26. What Orange Book security rating is reserved for systems that have been evaluated but fail to meet the criteria and requirements of the higher divisions?






27. Which is a straightforward approach that provides access rights to subjects for objects?






28. The omission of networks and network components in the TCSEC was recognized and addressed in the "Trusted Network Interpretation of the TCSEC" otherwise known as ___________.






29. This type of environment is highly secured environment that processes very sensitive information. It requires systems that are highly resistant to penetration.






30. Commonly referred to as The Big Mess Because of its lack of structure. MS-DOS is an example of a monolithic operation system






31. Contains the ending address






32. For a subject to have read access to an object in a Multi-Level Security Policy - it is necessary that the subject's sensitivity label must ____________________.

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33. The first mathematical model of a multi-level security policy used to define the concept of a secure state - the modes of access - and rules for granting access?






34. What are the components of an object's sensitivity label?






35. Ssoftware that is stored within ROM (Read-Only Memory) - (ROM is nonvolatile)






36. The subject must have Need to Know for ONLY the information they are trying to access.






37. The Security Model Incorporates the ____________ that should be enforced in the system.






38. In B2 Distinct address spaces must be provided to _________ - and a covert channel analysis is conducted. B2 adds assurance by adding requirements to the design of the system






39. What prevents a process from accessing another process' data?






40. The Biba model (introduced in 1977) - The Sutherland model (published in 1986) - The Brewer-Nash model (published in 1989)






41. In the Bell-LaPadula Model the Subject's Label contains ___________________.






42. Discretionary access control is based on individuals and/or groups. It requires a separation of users and information and identification and authentication of individual entities






43. Intended for environments that require systems to handle classified data.






44. Which in the Orange Book ratings represents the highest level of trust?






45. Accreditation is also defined as an ____________________ by a designated authority that an information system is approved to operate in a particular security configuration with a prescribed set of safeguards






46. The Bell-LaPadula Model is a _______________ that enforces Confidentiality aspect of access control. Formed by David Bell and Leonard LaPadula.






47. A process that resides in a privileged domain to be able to execute its instructions and process its data with the assurance that programs in a different domain can NOT negatively affect its environment.






48. In the Orange Book - functionality and assurance are NOT _____________ as they are in the ITSEC and the Common Criteria.






49. The group that oversees the processes of evaluation within TCSEC is?






50. When the RAM and secondary storage are combined the result is __________.