DTIC ADA484370: Analysis of Three Multilevel Security pdf

DTIC ADA484370: Analysis of Three Multilevel Security

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Various system architectures have been proposed for high assurance enforcement of multilevel security. This paper provides an analysis of the relative merits of three architectural types one based on a security kernel, another based on a traditional separation kernel, and a third based on a least-privilege separation kernel. We introduce the Least Privilege architecture, which incorporates security features from the recent Separation Kernel Protection Profile and show how it can provide several unique aspects of security and assurance, although each architecture has advantages

• Creator/s: Defense Technical Information Center
• Date: 11/1/2007
• Year: 2007
• Book Topics/Themes: DTIC Archive, Levin, Timothy E, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA CENTER FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY STUDIES AND RESEARCH, *ARCHITECTURE, *OPERATING SYSTEMS(COMPUTERS), VERIFICATION, SECURITY, KERNEL FUNCTIONS, RELIABILITY, WORKSHOPS, QUALITY ASSURANCE, DESIGN CRITERIA, AVOIDANCE, MEASUREMENT, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, PROTECTION

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