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CISSP
CISSP Security Security Architecture
Architecture and guide
and Design study Designwith exam questions and answers
Study this set o nline at: https://www.cram.co m/flashcards/cissp-security-architecture-
and-design-2197620



Speci f y how to control access to system resources Securi ty archi tecture




H ardware, f i remware, and sof tware component of a computer system that i s
T rusted Computi ng Base
responsi bl e f or ensuri ng the securi ty pol i cy i s i mpl ement and the system i s secure.




T rusted Computi ng Base H W - processor F i rmware - OS protecti on SW - D ri ver




I magi nary l i ne around the T CB that separates the trusted (i nteri or) and untrusted
Securi ty peri meter
(appl i cati ons and other el ements on the exteri or) parts of a computer system




1. H ardware desi gn i nti i ti ates system protecti on 2. F i remware or sof tware
Computer Archi tecture Securi ty and D esi gn devel opment i s i mpl emented (control s el ementary hardware) 3. Sof tware protecti on
i s dei gned




I f the ? i s not adequatel y desi gned, devel oped, and i mpl emented, the RM wi l l
T CB
be unabl e to control access.




Process of bui l di ng securi ty i nto the vari ous components i s cal l ed l ayered protecti on




1. CPU 2. Pri mary Storage 3. Secondary Storage 4. Vi rtual memory 5. I /O devi ces 6.
H ardware archi tecture components
Computer bus 7. D ri vers




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, CISSP
CISSP Security Security Architecture
Architecture and guide
and Design study Designwith exam questions and answers
Study this set o nline at: https://www.cram.co m/flashcards/cissp-security-architecture-
and-design-2197620



Sof tware Archi tecture 1. OS 2. Appl i cati on




Mul ti taski ng OS di vi des ti me among the programs - si ngl e processor




computi ng techni que that enabl es a program to spl i t i tsel f i nto 2 or more
Mul ti threadi ng
concurrentl y runni ng tasks *paral l el executi on of mul ti pl e treads




Mul ti threadi ng exampl e word doc - enteri ng text and spel l check




mul ti pl e processors, control l i ng al l of te processors i n such a way that the systems
Mul ti processi ng
opti mum perf ormance i s reached




F i rmware sof tware used on a hardware devi ce to control thei r el ementary f uncti ons BI OS




D i stri buted system archi tecture # of computers are networked together and share appl i cati on processes and data




Latti ce model Non-i nterf ace model I nf ormati on f l ow model BLP Model Bi ba
Securi ty model categori es
Model Cl ark-Wi l son Grahm-D enni ng H arri son-Ruzzo-Ul l man Model Brewer-nash




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