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What does the principle of separation of privilege suggest?

  • Security mechanisms should be compared with the resources of an attacker during design.
  • Users should have separate channels to access resources to prevent security problems. (correct)
  • Intrusions should be recorded rather than adopting sophisticated prevention measures.
  • Security settings should adhere to what an ordinary user might expect.
  • What principle states that every access to a resource must be checked for compliance with a protection scheme?

  • Complete mediation (correct)
  • Work factor
  • Least privilege
  • Psychological acceptability
  • According to the principle of least privilege, a system protecting military secrets should have what type of security measures?

  • Ease of circumventing security mechanisms.
  • Less sophisticated security measures compared to a system protecting student grades. (correct)
  • Reinforcing doors and windows against physical attacks.
  • Sophisticated intrusion recording mechanisms.
  • Which principle suggests that a system should require users to sign on again after a certain period of time to enhance security?

    <p>Least common mechanism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main concept behind the principle of least common mechanism?

    <p>Avoiding shared mechanisms to reduce the impact of security breaches.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which principle advocates that the security architecture and design of a system should be publicly available?

    <p>Open design</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is the work factor principle related to the design of security schemes?

    <p>Comparing the cost of circumventing security mechanisms with attacker resources.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which security principle stresses simplicity in the design and implementation of security measures?

    <p>Least common mechanism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the principle of psychological acceptability emphasize in user interfaces?

    <p>Ensuring interfaces are well designed and intuitive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which concept states that performance improvement techniques should not save the results of previous authorization checks?

    <p>Complete mediation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which system would likely require more sophisticated security measures: one protecting student grades or one protecting military secrets?

    <p>One protecting military secrets</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which principle allows for the scrutiny of a system by multiple parties?

    <p>Open design</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which principle emphasizes that security should rely on keeping cryptographic keys secret?

    <p>Work factor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which security principle states that the default configuration of a system should have a conservative protection scheme?

    <p>Least privilege</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In security, which principle involves integrating multiple data sources to determine the source of specific information?

    <p>Work factor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which security principle emphasizes limiting users' access rights to only what is necessary for their tasks?

    <p>Separation of privilege</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which security principle focuses on ensuring that system designs are comprehensible by developers and users?

    <p>Least common mechanism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which security principle relates to the efficiency in the development and verification of enforcement methods?

    <p>Least privilege</p> Signup and view all the answers

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