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CISSP Security Architecture And Design

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






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






3. Which Orange Book evaluation level is described as "Controlled Access Protection"? - This class requires a more granular method of providing access control. The system must enforce strict logon procedures and provide decision-making capabilites when






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






5. The Bell-LaPadula Model is a _______________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. Mandatory Protection






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






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






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






18. The Indexed memory addresses that software uses






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






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






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






22. TCSEC addresses Confidentiality - but _____________ . The TCSEC focuses mainly on one attribute of Security Confidentiality.






23. 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






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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






28. According to the Orange Book - trusted facility management is not required for which security levels?






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






30. The Bell-LaPaula Model's main goal was to ___________________ in an unauthorized manner. (Developed by the US gov)






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






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






33. 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?






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






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






36. n this class more granularity is provided in each protection mechanism - and the programming code that is not necessary to support the security policy is excluded.






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. To ensure that the Trusted Computing Base is not tampered with during shipment or installation.






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






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






48. System Architecture that separates system functionality into Hierarchical layers






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






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







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