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CISSP Security Architecture And Design

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






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






3. The object reuse concept must also be invoked - meaning that any medium holding data must not contain any remnants of information after it is released for another subject to use. All data must be efficiently erased once the subject is doen with the m






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






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






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






7. Operating System Kernel






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






9. The Indexed memory addresses that software uses






10. 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.






11. Security is made up of: System administration - ________ - installation and configuration mechanisms within the environment - and other security issues.






12. Users are trusted but a certain level of accountability is required. C2 over is seen as the most reasonable class for commmercial applications - but the level of protection is still relatively weak.






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






14. Simpler instructions that require fewer clock cycles to execute.






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






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






17. Each data object must contain a classification label and each subject must have a clearance label.






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






19. Components considered as part of the Trusted Computing Base (from the Orange Book) are?






20. 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






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






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






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






24. Remaining parts of the operating system






25. A set of objects that a subject is able to access






26. 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






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






28. The type of environment that would require A1 systems is the most secure of secure environments. It deals with top-secret information and cannot adequately trust anyone using the systems without strict authentication - restrictions and auditing.






29. Which increases the performance in a computer by overlapping the steps of different instructions?






30. Which Orange Book evaluation level is described as "Controlled Access Protection"? - This class requires a more granular method of providing access control. The system must enforce strict logon procedures and provide decision-making capabilites when






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






32. 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.






33. Verification Protection






34. When a portion of primary memory is accessed by specifying the actual address of the memory location






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






36. 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






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






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






39. TCB contains The Security Kernel and all ______________.






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






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






42. This class ("Structured Protection") requires more stringent authentication mechanisms and well-defined interfaces between layers. Subjects and devices require labels and the system must not allow covert channels.






43. Has two individual assurace ratings. C1 and C2. The Higher the number of assurance rating the greater the protection






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






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






46. When a vendor submits a product for evaluation - it submits it to the ____________.






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






48. Discretionary protection






49. Buffer overflows occurs when a program or process tries to store more data in a _____________ than it was intended to hold.






50. The security mechanisms and the system as a whole must perform predictably and acceptably in different situations continuously.