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CISSP Security Architecture And Design

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1. Which in the Orange Book ratings represents the highest level of trust?






2. Requires more stringent authentication mechanisms and well-defined interfaces among layers.






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






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






5. Ssoftware that is stored within ROM (Read-Only Memory) - (ROM is nonvolatile)






6. The Security Kernel is the Core of The TCB and is the _____________ to building trusted computing systems.






7. Security Policies that prevent information from flowing from a higher security level to a lower security level are called ____________.






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






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






10. In B2 Subjects and devices requre labels and the system must NOT allow ________. No Trapdoors exists.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. The Simple Security rule is refered to as______________.






20. 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






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






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






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






24. This type of environment is highly secured environment that processes very sensitive information. It requires systems that are highly resistant to penetration.






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






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






27. Using TPs (Transformation Procedures) to modify CDIs (Constrained Data) items is refered to as Well-Formed transaction






28. 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?






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






30. As per FDA data should be ______________________________.






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






32. Accreditation is also defined as an ____________________ by a designated authority that an information system is approved to operate in a particular security configuration with a prescribed set of safeguards






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






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






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






36. Verification Protection






37. Contains an Address of where the instruction and dara reside that need to be processed.






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






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






40. In B2 Distinct address spaces must be provided to _________ - and a covert channel analysis is conducted. B2 adds assurance by adding requirements to the design of the system






41. In ______________ the subject must have: Need to Know for ALL the information contained within the system.






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






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






44. Contains the ending address






45. Which TCSEC level first addresses object reuse?






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






47. What access control technique is also known as multilevel security?






48. Discretionary access control is based on individuals and/or groups. It requires a separation of users and information and identification and authentication of individual entities






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






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