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CISSP Security Architecture And Design

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






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






3. Audit data must be captured and protected to enforce accountability






4. Which evaluation class of the Trusted Network Interpretation (TNI) offers security domains?






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






6. The reference monitor is an access control concept - Referring to ________________ that mediates all accesses to objects by subjects based on information in an access control database.






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






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






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






10. Can be erased - modified and upgraded.






11. In the Bell-LaPadula Model the Object's Label contains ___________________.






12. Which integrity model defines a constrained data item - an integrity verification procedure and a transformation procedure?






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






14. The Policy must be explicit and well defined and enforced by the mechanisms within the system






15. Based on The Bell-LaPadula model - because it allows for multilevel security to be integrated into the code.






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






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






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






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






20. What does the * (star) property mean in the Bell-LaPadula model?






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






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






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






24. 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?






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






26. The biggest difference between System High Security Mode and Dedicated Security Mode is: ______.






27. Configuration management is also defined in the Orange Book BUT As a _____________________ and NOT an operational assurance requirement.






28. 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






29. What is defined as the hardware - firmware and software elements of a trusted computing base that implement the reference monitor concept?






30. 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.






31. When a computer spends more time moving data from one small portion of memory to another THAN Actually processing the data






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






33. A type of memory used for High-speed writing and reading activities.






34. Contains the ending address






35. Contains the beginning address






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. The Orange book does NOT Cover ________________ - And Database management systems






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






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






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






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






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






48. System Architecture that separates system functionality into Hierarchical layers






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






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