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CISSP Security Architecture And Design

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






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






3. TCB contains The Security Kernel and all ______________.






4. An organization within the National Security Agency (NSA) is responsible for Evaluating computer systems and products. The Trusted Product Evaluation program (TPEP) oversees the testing by approved entities of commercial products against a specific s






5. What does the simple security (ss) property mean in the Bell-LaPadula model?






6. Which Orange Book evaluation level is described as "Verified Design"?






7. 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.






8. 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






9. The Biba Model is not concerned with security levels and confidentiality. It uses _________________.






10. The Bell-LaPadula model Subjects and Objects are ___________.






11. For rhe type of environment that processes sensitive data that require a higher degree of security. It requires systems that are relatively resistant to peneration and compromise






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






13. A1 is also called "Verified Design" and requires formal verification of the design and specifications.






14. The combination of RAM - Cache and the Processor Registers






15. In ______________ the subject must have: Need to Know for ALL the information contained within the system.






16. Which would be designated as objects on a MAC system?






17. The *-Property rule is refered to as ____________.






18. System Architecture that separates system functionality into Hierarchical layers






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






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






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






22. In B1 the security policy is based on Informal statement and the design specifications are reviewed and verified where as in B2 the ___________________ - and the system design and implementation are subject to more thorough review and testing procedu






23. In both the Bell-LaPadula and Biba Models if the word "* or Star is used - _______________.






24. Discretionary protection






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






26. Can be erased - modified and upgraded.






27. The process of Evaluating the security stance of the software or system against a selected set of standards or policies. This may precede accreditation but is not a required precursor.






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






29. Involves sharing the processor amoung all ready processes






30. In both the Bell-LaPadula and Biba Models if the word "Simple is used ______________.






31. Which TCSEC level first addresses object reuse?






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






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






34. A logical form of separation used by secure computing systems - Processes are _____________ so that each cannot access objects outside its permitted domain






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






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






37. An abstract machine which must mediate all access to subjects to objects - be protected from modification - be verifiable as correct - and is always invoked






38. Succesfully Evaluated products are placed on?






39. Bell-LaPadula Model -______________: A subject in a given security level can NOT WRITE information to a LOWER security level.






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






41. In B2 Subjects and devices requre labels and the system must NOT allow ________. No Trapdoors exists.






42. B3 is also called "Security Domains" and imposes more granularity in each protection mechanism.






43. The Security Kernel is the Core of The TCB and is the _____________ to building trusted computing systems.






44. When the contents of the address defined in the program's instruction is added to that of an index register.






45. Bell-LaPadula - ______________: This rule is based on named subjects and objects. It specifies that specific permissions allow a subject to pass on permissions to pass on permissions at its own discretion. These permissions are stored in an access ma






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






47. Which computer design approaches is based on the fact that in earlier technologies - the instruction fetch was the longest part of the cycle






48. Data in Cache can be accessed much more quickly than Data






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






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