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CISSP Security Architecture And Design

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






2. The Bell-LaPadula Model is a _______________.






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






4. 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






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






6. The type of environment that would require A1 systems is the most secure of secure environments. It deals with top-secret information and cannot adequately trust anyone using the systems without strict authentication - restrictions and auditing.






7. I/O drivers and utilities






8. A process that resides in a privileged domain to be able to execute its instructions and process its data with the assurance that programs in a different domain can NOT negatively affect its environment.






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






10. Has two individual assurace ratings. C1 and C2. The Higher the number of assurance rating the greater the protection






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. Which would be designated as objects on a MAC system?






17. 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.






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






19. Can be erased - modified and upgraded.






20. Contains the beginning address






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






22. 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?






23. A logical form of separation used by secure computing systems - Processes are _____________ so that each cannot access objects outside its permitted domain






24. Remaining parts of the operating system






25. Accreditation is the authorization by management to _____________________. This authorization may be either provisional or full.






26. In B1 the security policy is based on Informal statement and the design specifications are reviewed and verified where as in B2 the ___________________ - and the system design and implementation are subject to more thorough review and testing procedu






27. 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






28. As per FDA data should be ______________________________.






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






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






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






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






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






34. Documentation must be provided - including test - design - and specification document - user guides and manuals






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






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






37. 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.






38. Which can be used as a covert channel?






39. Operating System Kernel






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






41. The Biba Model - _____________: A subject cannot read data from a lower Integrity level " No Read Down"






42. An organization within the National Security Agency (NSA) is responsible for Evaluating computer systems and products. The Trusted Product Evaluation program (TPEP) oversees the testing by approved entities of commercial products against a specific s






43. Intended for environments that require systems to handle classified data.






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






45. If a system initializes in a secure state and all allowed state transitions are secure - the every subsequent state will be secure no matter what inputs occur.






46. Logical access control mechanisms are used to enforce authentication and the uniquenes of each individual's identification.






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






48. If an operating system permits executable objects to be used sequentially by multiple users without a refresh of the objects - what security problem is most likely to exist?






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






50. In access control terms - the word "dominate" refers to ___________.