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CISSP Security Architecture And Design

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1. Which integrity model defines a constrained data item - an integrity verification procedure and a transformation procedure?






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






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






4. What are the components of an object's sensitivity label?






5. 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.






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






7. Contains the ending address






8. What is defined as the hardware - firmware and software elements of a trusted computing base that implement the reference monitor concept?






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






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






11. Bell-LaPadula Model -______________: A subject in a given security level can NOT WRITE information to a LOWER security level.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. B3 is also called "Security Domains" and imposes more granularity in each protection mechanism.






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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






31. Users are trusted but a certain level of accountability is required. C2 over is seen as the most reasonable class for commmercial applications - but the level of protection is still relatively weak.






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






33. Should always trace to individuals responsible for observing and recording the data






34. Commonly referred to as The Big Mess Because of its lack of structure. MS-DOS is an example of a monolithic operation system






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






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






37. TCSEC provides a means to evaluate ______________________.






38. A channel within a computer system or network that is designed for the authorized transfer of information is identified as a(n)?






39. A system uses the Reference Monitor to ___________________ of a subject and an object?






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






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






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






43. I/O drivers and utilities






44. Verification Protection






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






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






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






48. This class ("Structured Protection") requires more stringent authentication mechanisms and well-defined interfaces between layers. Subjects and devices require labels and the system must not allow covert channels.






49. The Bell-LaPadula model Subjects and Objects are ___________.






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