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CISSP Security Architecture And Design

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






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






3. A is a form of EPROM - but its data storage can be erased and modified electrically by onboard programming circuitry and signals.






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






5. TCB contains The Security Kernel and all ______________.






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






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






8. 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






9. Can be erased - modified and upgraded.






10. Simpler instructions that require fewer clock cycles to execute.






11. The reserved hard drive space used to Extend RAM capabilities. Windows system use the pagefile.sys file to reserve this space






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






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






14. 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?






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






16. Remaining parts of the operating system






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






18. 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.






19. Bell-LaPadula Model -______________: A subject in a given security level can NOT WRITE information to a LOWER security level.






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






21. The group that oversees the processes of evaluation within TCSEC is?






22. Applications and user activity






23. 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.






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. TCSEC addresses Confidentiality - but _____________ . The TCSEC focuses mainly on one attribute of Security Confidentiality.






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






31. The Security Kernel is the Core of The TCB and is the _____________ to building trusted computing systems.






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Ssoftware that is stored within ROM (Read-Only Memory) - (ROM is nonvolatile)






40. Execute one instruction at a time.






41. According to the Orange Book - which security level is the first to require a system to protect against covert timing channels?






42. Minimal Security






43. Using TPs (Transformation Procedures) to modify CDIs (Constrained Data) items is refered to as Well-Formed transaction






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






45. The Bell-LaPadula Model is a _______________.






46. Verification Protection






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






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






49. System Architecture that separates system functionality into Hierarchical layers






50. Which uses Protection Profiles and Security Targets?