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CISSP Security Architecture And Design

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






2. 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






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






4. Security Labels are not required until __________; thus C2 does not require security labels but B1 does






5. Remaining parts of the operating system






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






7. The Simple Security rule is refered to as______________.






8. Which uses Protection Profiles and Security Targets?






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






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






11. The Availability - Integrity and confidentiality requirements of multitasking operating systems






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






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






14. Mandatory Access requires that _____________ be attached to all objects.






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






16. In both the Bell-LaPadula and Biba Models if the word "* or Star is used - _______________.






17. The *-Property rule is refered to as ____________.






18. Individual subjects must be uniquely identified.






19. What does the simple security (ss) property mean in the Bell-LaPadula model?






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






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






22. 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






23. Bell-LaPadula model was proposed for enforcing access control in _____________________.






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






25. Bell-LaPadula Model - ____________ : A subject at a given security level can NOT READ data that reside at a higher security level.






26. The biggest difference between System High Security Mode and Dedicated Security Mode is: ______.






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






28. Another word for Primary storage and distinguishes physical memory from virtual memory.






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






30. TCB contains The Security Kernel and all ______________.






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






32. 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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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?






39. The security mechanisms and the system as a whole must perform predictably and acceptably in different situations continuously.






40. Which can be used as a covert channel?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Discretionary protection






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






50. For a subject to have read access to an object in a Multi-Level Security Policy - it is necessary that the subject's sensitivity label must ____________________.