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CISSP Security Architecture And Design

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1. 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






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






3. Which uses Protection Profiles and Security Targets?






4. Can be erased - modified and upgraded.






5. 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?






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






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






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






9. The Biba Model adresses _____________________.






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






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






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






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






14. A portion of a process. When the thread is generated - it shares the same domain(resources) as its process.






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






16. 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.






17. All users have a clearance for and a formal need to know about - all data processed with the system.






18. Bell-LaPadula Model - ______________: A subject that has read and write capabilities can only perform those functions at the same security level - nothing higher and nothing lower.






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






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






21. The TCB is the ________________ within a computer system that work together to enforce a security policy.






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






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






24. A form of ROM(Read-Only Memory) that can be modified after it has been manufactured. It can only be programmed only one time.






25. Applications and user activity






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






27. The subject must have Need to Know for ONLY the information they are trying to access.






28. Mediates all access and Functions between subjects and objects.






29. Subjects and Objects cannot change their security levels once they have been instantiated (created)






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






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






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






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






34. Succesfully Evaluated products are placed on?






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. When the address location that is specified in the program instruction contains the address of the final desired location.






42. B1 is the ___________________ of the Trusted Network Interpretation (TNI) or TCSEC that offers labeled security protection.






43. Audit data must be captured and protected to enforce accountability






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






45. A ring protection system ________: User mode programs from direct access to peripherals and requires them to make use of services running at more privileged levels.






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






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






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






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






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