FT Cyber Security Resources - G. Porter

1.5.1 Topics(s)

Separation (of domains)

Isolation

Encapsulation

Least Privilege

Simplicity (of design)

Minimization (of implementation)

Fail Safe Defaults / Fail Secure

Modularity

Layering

Least Astonishment

Open Design

Usability

1.5.2 Outcome(s): Students will be able to:

____ List the first principles of security
____ Describe why each principle is important to security and how it enables the development of security mechanisms that can implement desired security policies
____ Analyze common security failures and identify specific design principles that have been violated
____ Identify the needed design principle when given a specific scenario
____ Describe why good human machine interfaces are important to system use
____ Understand the interaction between security and system usability and the importance for minimizing the affects of security mechanisms