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CISSP Security Architecture And Design

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






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






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






4. The Biba Model adresses _____________________.






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






6. Security is made up of: System administration - ________ - installation and configuration mechanisms within the environment - and other security issues.






7. Users need to be Identified individually to provide more precise acces control and auditing functionality.






8. 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 ____________________.

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9. When a vendor submits a product for evaluation - it submits it to the ____________.






10. Mandatory Protection






11. The omission of networks and network components in the TCSEC was recognized and addressed in the "Trusted Network Interpretation of the TCSEC" otherwise known as ___________.






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






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






14. The Reserved hard drive space used to to extend RAM capabilites.






15. The Indexed memory addresses that software uses






16. Operating System Kernel






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






18. I/O drivers and utilities






19. When the RAM and secondary storage are combined the result is __________.






20. Contains the beginning address






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






22. TCB contains The Security Kernel and all ______________.






23. Discretionary protection






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






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






26. The object reuse concept must also be invoked - meaning that any medium holding data must not contain any remnants of information after it is released for another subject to use. All data must be efficiently erased once the subject is doen with the m






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






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






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






30. Applications and user activity






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






32. The reference monitor - in accordance with the security policy - ____________ that are made in the access control database.






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Includes the security kernel as well as other security-related system functions that are within the boundary of the trusted computing base. System elements that are outside of the security perimeter need not be trusted.






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






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






47. As per FDA data should be ______________________________.






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






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






50. Individual subjects must be uniquely identified.