CISSP Training Guide

Apply Your Knowledge

Exercises

6.1. Real-World Security Architecture Evaluation

Estimated Time: 30 minutes

1. Find a real-world example of a security architecture system that is in place and describe it.

2. Compare your assessment to the Windows 2000 assessment provided here.

The Windows 2000 security architecture is composed of the following components:

• Local Security Authority— A protected sub-system which maintains information about local security for a system. It also provides translation between names and identifiers, provides inter-active authentication services, generates access tokens, and manages the audit policy and settings.

• Net Logon Service— Passes user credentials to the domain controller through a secure channel and returns domain SIDs ...