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CISSP Security Architecture And Design

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1. There is only only one class in Division D. Reserved for systems that have been evaluated but fail to meet the criteria and requirements of the higher divisions.






2. Certification is a Technical review that assesses the _____________ - where as Accreditation is management's Official acceptance of the information in the Certification process findings.






3. 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?






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






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






6. The Simple Security rule is refered to as______________.






7. A portion of a process. When the thread is generated - it shares the same domain(resources) as its process.






8. Developed after the Bell-LaPadula model. Its a state machine model and is very similar to the Bell-LaPadula Model.






9. Mediates all access and Functions between subjects and objects.






10. A system uses the Reference Monitor to ___________________ of a subject and an object?






11. The Biba Model - ______________: A subject cannot request service (invoke) to subjects of higher integrity






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






13. Individual subjects must be uniquely identified.






14. 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






15. To ensure that the Trusted Computing Base is not tampered with during shipment or installation.






16. The Orange book requires protection against two_____________ - which are these Timing and Storage






17. Users need to be Identified individually to provide more precise acces control and auditing functionality.






18. TCB contains The Security Kernel and all ______________.






19. n this class more granularity is provided in each protection mechanism - and the programming code that is not necessary to support the security policy is excluded.






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






21. 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?






22. Security Labels are not required until __________; thus C2 does not require security labels but B1 does






23. The Availability - Integrity and confidentiality requirements of multitasking operating systems






24. Used by Windows systems to reserve the "Swap Space"






25. 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.






26. An imaginary line that separates the trusted components of the TCB from those elements that are NOT trusted?






27. Software - hardware and firmware must be able to be tested individually to ensure that each enforces the security policy in an effective manner throughout their lifetimes.






28. What model use an access control triples and requires that the system maintain separation of duty ?






29. Which Orange Book evaluation level is described as "Discretionary Security Protection"?






30. Security Policies that prevent information from flowing from a higher security level to a lower security level are called ____________.






31. 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?






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






33. The Bell-LaPadula Model is a _______________.






34. Which describe a condition when RAM and Secondary storage are used together?






35. Applications and user activity






36. The centerpiece of the DoD Rainbow Series publications.Developed by the National Computer Security Center (NCSC)?






37. Permits a database to have two records that are identical except for Their classifications






38. Accreditation is the authorization by management to _____________________. This authorization may be either provisional or full.






39. Logical access control mechanisms are used to enforce authentication and the uniquenes of each individual's identification.






40. Operating System Kernel






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






42. Documentation must be provided - including test - design - and specification document - user guides and manuals






43. Can be erased - modified and upgraded.






44. The Red Book aka Trusted Network Interpretation (TNI) - provides _________________ for Trusted computer and communications network systems under the areas of assurance requirements






45. Happen because input data is not checked for appropriate length at time of input






46. Using TPs (Transformation Procedures) to modify CDIs (Constrained Data) items is refered to as Well-Formed transaction






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






48. The reference monitor - in accordance with the security policy - ____________ that are made in the access control database.






49. Which addresses a portion of the primary memory by specifying the actual address of the memory location?






50. Which can be used as a covert channel?






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