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CISSP Security Architecture And Design

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






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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






6. In B1 the security policy is based on Informal statement and the design specifications are reviewed and verified where as in B2 the ___________________ - and the system design and implementation are subject to more thorough review and testing procedu






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






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






9. Which TCSEC level first addresses object reuse?






10. In the Bell-LaPadula Model the Subject's Label contains ___________________.






11. Access control labels must be associated properly with objects.






12. 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.






13. Which computer design approaches is based on the fact that in earlier technologies - the instruction fetch was the longest part of the cycle






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






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






16. Which uses Protection Profiles and Security Targets?






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






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






19. The Indexed memory addresses that software uses






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






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






22. Documentation must be provided - including test - design - and specification document - user guides and manuals






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






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






25. The biggest difference between System High Security Mode and Dedicated Security Mode is: ______.






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






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






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






29. A form of ROM(Read-Only Memory) that can be modified after it has been manufactured. It can only be programmed only one time.






30. Can be erased - modified and upgraded.






31. 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






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






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






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






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






36. The Policy must be explicit and well defined and enforced by the mechanisms within the system






37. A type of memory used for High-speed writing and reading activities.






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






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






40. When a portion of primary memory is accessed by specifying the actual address of the memory location






41. Logical access control mechanisms are used to enforce authentication and the uniquenes of each individual's identification.






42. Which increases the performance in a computer by overlapping the steps of different instructions?






43. The Orange Book describes four hierarchical levels to categorize security systems. Which levels require mandatory protection?






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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