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CISSP Security Architecture And Design

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






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






3. Discretionary protection






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. Which can be used as a covert channel?






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






11. Mandatory Protection






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






13. 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?






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






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






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






17. Verification Protection






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






19. The Indexed memory addresses that software uses






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






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






22. 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






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






24. Execute one instruction at a time.






25. In B2 Subjects and devices requre labels and the system must NOT allow ________. No Trapdoors exists.






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. When the contents of the address defined in the program's instruction is added to that of an index register.






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






34. A1 is also called "Verified Design" and requires formal verification of the design and specifications.






35. Access control labels must be associated properly with objects.






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






37. Individual subjects must be uniquely identified.






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






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






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






41. Involves sharing the processor amoung all ready processes






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






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






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






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






46. The Biba Model - ______________: A Subject cannot write data to an object at a higher integrity level (No write Up)






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






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






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






50. What does the Clark-Wilson security model focus on