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CISSP Security Architecture And Design

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






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






3. Reference Monitor is responsible for ______________ it compares the security labels of a subject and an object






4. 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






5. The Orange Book describes four hierarchical levels to categorize security systems. Which levels require mandatory protection?






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






7. A domain of trust that shares a single security policy and single management






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






9. In an automated system ________________ could be achieved by: A computer system designed to identify individuals responsible for any input.






10. TCSEC provides a means to evaluate ______________________.






11. Verification Protection






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. The Simple Security rule is refered to as______________.






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. 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






34. All users have a clearance for and a formal need to know about - all data processed with the system.






35. The Reserved hard drive space used to to extend RAM capabilites.






36. Should always trace to individuals responsible for observing and recording the data






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






38. A subject at a given clearance may not read an object at a higher classification






39. Which TCSEC level first addresses object reuse?






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






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






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






43. What is called the formal acceptance of the adequacy of a system's overall security by management?






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






45. According to the Orange Book - trusted facility management is not required for which security levels?






46. 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






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






48. 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.






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






50. Ensuring thta information does not flow from a higher security lever to a lower level in the Bell-LaPadula Model is referred to as ___________________ - which would take place through a "write down" operation. (An actual compromise occurs if and when