Chapter 5. Security Architecture and Design

Chapter Objectives

After reading this chapter and completing the exercises, you will be able to do the following:

Image Summarize the concept of a trusted computing base (TCB)

Image Illustrate the concept of rings of trust

Image Distinguish among the protection mechanisms used in a TCB

Image Defend the purposes of security assurance ...

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