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CISSP Security Architecture And Design

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1. Best defined as a mode of system termination that automatically leaves system processes and components in a secure state when a failure occurs or is detected in the system?






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






3. The Bell-LaPadula Model is a _______________.






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






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






6. Which uses Protection Profiles and Security Targets?






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. Which is an ISO standard product evaluation criteria that supersedes several different criteria






14. The Indexed memory addresses that software uses






15. 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.






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






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






18. The hardware - firmware and software elements of a trusted computing base that implement the reference monitor concept.






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






20. I/O drivers and utilities






21. Discretionary protection






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






23. In which users are processing information at the same sensitivity level; thus - strict access control and auditing measures are not required. It would be a trusted envirnment with low security concerns.






24. 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






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






26. A Policy based control. All objects and systems have a sensitivity level assigned to them






27. Which is a straightforward approach that provides access rights to subjects for objects?






28. A system uses the Reference Monitor to ___________________ of a subject and an object?






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






30. Individual subjects must be uniquely identified.






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






32. The TCB is the ________________ within a computer system that work together to enforce a security policy.






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






34. The first mathematical model of a multi-level security policy used to define the concept of a secure state - the modes of access - and rules for granting access?






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






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






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






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






39. Verification Protection






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






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






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






43. TCB contains The Security Kernel and all ______________.






44. 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






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






46. 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






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






48. Bell-LaPadula Model - ______________: A subject that has read and write capabilities can only perform those functions at the same security level - nothing higher and nothing lower.






49. Developed after the Bell-LaPadula model. Its a state machine model and is very similar to the Bell-LaPadula Model.






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