Week 6 Access Control Models

Question 1

________ is a class of policies that permits users to allow or disallow other users’ access to objects placed under their control.

Answer 1

Discretionary access control (DAC)

Question 2

_______ policies require access decisions regulated by a central authority, not an individual user.

Answer 2

Mandatory access control (MAC)

Question 3

In what access control policy model are subjects and objects classified or labeled with distinct categories?

Answer 3

Mandatory access control (MAC)

Question 4

What access control policy model uses ACLs?

Answer 4

Discretionary access control (DAC)

Question 5

The enforcement of access control policies is done using a software module called ________.

Answer 5

Access Control Mechanism

Question 6

Access control mechanisms are based on the concept of a _______.

Answer 6

reference monitor

Question 7

The 3 fundamental implementation principles of a reference monitor are:

Answer 7

Completeness
Isolation
Verifiability