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






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






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






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






6. The centerpiece of the DoD Rainbow Series publications.Developed by the National Computer Security Center (NCSC)?






7. An abstract machine which must mediate all access to subjects to objects - be protected from modification - be verifiable as correct - and is always invoked






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






15. Which uses Protection Profiles and Security Targets?






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






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






18. 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






19. As per FDA data should be ______________________________.






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






21. Applications and user activity






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






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






24. In Access Control terms it means to be higher than or equal to. In the Bell-Lapadula Model - this is refered to as the dominance relation - which is the relationship of the subject's clearance to the object's classification

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






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






27. Involves sharing the processor amoung all ready processes






28. 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.






29. The Biba Model is not concerned with security levels and confidentiality. It uses _________________.






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






31. Levels of Security and Levels of Trust Lower Letters of the alphabet represent higher levels of security. Higher numbers indicate a greater level of trust.






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






33. 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.






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






35. Contains the beginning address






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






37. 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.






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






39. The Policy must be explicit and well defined and enforced by the mechanisms within the system






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






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






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






43. The total(sum)combination of protection mechanisms within a computer system. The TCB includes hardware - software - and firmware.






44. In both the Bell-LaPadula and Biba Models if the word "Simple is used ______________.






45. When a portion of primary memory is accessed by specifying the actual address of the memory location






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






47. TCSEC provides a means to evaluate ______________________.






48. 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.






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






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