Security Compartment (Dictionary Entry)

Security Compartment

Alternative Forms

  • Security Category Set

  • Security Class

Definitions

Definition 1

A possibly ordered finite set of mutually exclusive security categories or labels.

Examples

Provide here several examples, secret, top-secret, etc. departmental, binary, etc.

Related Terms

Quotes

In this model [Multilevel Security Pattern - Ed.] users and data are assigned classifications or clearances. Classifications include levels (top secret, secret,…), and compartments (engDept, marketingDept,…). For confidentiality access of users to data is based on rules defined by the Bell- LaPadula model, while for integrity the rules are defined by Biba’s model [Sum97]. Figure 5 shows its basic structure.

(Fernandez and Pan, 2001, p. 8)

In the military and government sectors, the individual set elements (that is A and B) are known as categories; the security classes (that is, sets of categories) are known as compartments.

(Sandhu, 1993, p. 12)

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