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CISSP Security Architecture And Design

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






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






3. 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?






4. 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






5. TCB contains The Security Kernel and all ______________.






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






7. Individual subjects must be uniquely identified.






8. 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.






9. Commonly referred to as The Big Mess Because of its lack of structure. MS-DOS is an example of a monolithic operation system






10. 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.






11. 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






12. The C2 evaluation class of the _________________ offers controlled access protection.






13. 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.






14. 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






15. When a computer uses more than one CPU in parallel to execute instructions is known as?






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. Contains the ending address






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






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






33. Trusted facility management is an assurance requirement only for ________________.






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






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






36. System Architecture that separates system functionality into Hierarchical layers






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






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






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






40. Succesfully Evaluated products are placed on?






41. The Red Book aka Trusted Network Interpretation (TNI) - provides _________________ for Trusted computer and communications network systems under the areas of assurance requirements






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






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






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






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






46. Execute one instruction at a time.






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






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






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






50. The Indexed memory addresses that software uses