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  • 1Computer security model — A computer security model is a scheme for specifying and enforcing security policies. A security model may be founded upon a formal model of access rights, a model of computation, a model of distributed computing, or no particular theoretical… …

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  • 2Security of tenure — is a term used in political science to describe a constitutional or legal guarantee that an office holder cannot be removed from office except in exceptional and specified circumstances. Without security of tenure, an office holder may find his… …

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  • 3Security protocol notation — Security (engineering) protocol notation is a way of expressing a protocol of correspondence between entities of a dynamic system, such as a computer network. In the context of a formal model, it allows reasoning about the properties of such a… …

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  • 4Security modes — Generally, Security modes refer to information systems security modes of operations used in mandatory access control (MAC) systems. Often, these systems contain information at various levels of security classification. The mode of operation is… …

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  • 5Formal methods — In computer science and software engineering, formal methods are particular kind of mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems.cite web|author=R. W. Butler|title=What is… …

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  • 6Security through obscurity — In cryptography and computer security, security through obscurity (sometimes security by obscurity) is a controversial principle in security engineering, which attempts to use secrecy (of design, implementation, etc.) to provide security. A… …

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  • 7Security-Enhanced Linux — The SELinux administrator in Fedora 8 Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is a Linux feature that provides a mechanism for supporting access control security policies, including United States Department of Defense style mandatory access controls,… …

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  • 8security — /si kyoor i tee/, n., pl. securities, adj. n. 1. freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety. 2. freedom from care, anxiety, or doubt; well founded confidence. 3. something that secures or makes safe; protection; defense. 4. freedom from financial… …

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  • 9Bell-LaPadula model — The Bell LaPadula Model is a state machine model used for enforcing access control in government and military applications. [cite book|last=Hansche|first=Susan|coauthors=John Berti, Chris Hare|title=Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP… …

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  • 10Bell–LaPadula model — The Bell LaPadula Model (abbreviated BLP) is a state machine model used for enforcing access control in government and military applications.[1] It was developed by David Elliott Bell and Leonard J. LaPadula, subsequent to strong guidance from… …

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