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CISSP Security Architecture And Design

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1. 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.






2. The Simple Security rule is refered to as______________.






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






4. Bell-LaPadula Model - ____________ : A subject at a given security level can NOT READ data that reside at a higher security level.






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






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






7. 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






8. The security kernel is the mechanism that _____________ of the reference monitor concept.






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






10. Discretionary protection






11. 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






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






13. TCB contains The Security Kernel and all ______________.






14. Subjects and Objects cannot change their security levels once they have been instantiated (created)






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. Mandatory access control is enfored by the use of security labels.






21. The _________________ specified in the Orange Book are: System architecture - System integrity - Covert channel analysis - Trusted facility management and Trusted recovery.






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






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






24. Contains the beginning address






25. The assignment of a specific individual to administer the security-related functions of a system.






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






27. The Physical memory address that the CPU uses






28. 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






29. A ring protection system ________: User mode programs from direct access to peripherals and requires them to make use of services running at more privileged levels.






30. B1 is also called "Labeled Security" and each data object must have a classification label and each subject a clearance label. On each access attempt - the classification and clearance are checked to verify that the access is permissible.






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






32. 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 ___________.






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






34. The Indexed memory addresses that software uses






35. The Bell-LaPadula Model is a _______________.






36. 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






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






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






39. What access control technique is also known as multilevel security?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. The total combination of protection mechanisms within a computer system






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







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