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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. The Orange book requires protection against two_____________ - which are these Timing and Storage






3. Succesfully Evaluated products are placed on?






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






5. If an operating system permits executable objects to be used sequentially by multiple users without a refresh of the objects - what security problem is most likely to exist?






6. Happen because input data is not checked for appropriate length at time of input






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






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






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






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






11. In the Bell-LaPadula Model the Object's Label contains ___________________.






12. The Bell-LaPadula Model is a _______________.






13. 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 ___________.






14. Data in Cache can be accessed much more quickly than Data






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






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






17. Mandatory Protection






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. 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?






27. The Biba Model adresses _____________________.






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






29. I/O drivers and utilities






30. 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






31. Applications and user activity






32. 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






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






34. Discretionary protection






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






36. Used by Windows systems to reserve the "Swap Space"






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






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






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






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






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






43. The first mathematical model of a multi-level security policy used to define the concept of a secure state - the modes of access - and rules for granting access?






44. The Simple Security rule is refered to as______________.






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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