A Guide to Understanding Covert Channel Analysis of Trusted Systems

Abstract

This document provides a set of good practices related to covert channel analysis of systems employed for processing classified and other sensitive information. It's written to help vendors and evaluators understand covert channel analysis requirements. It contains suggestions and recommendations derived from Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC) objectives but which aren't required by the TCSEC.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA477651

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Central Processing Units
  • Coding
  • Communication Channels
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Program Documentation
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Cybersecurity
  • Information Security
  • Information Systems
  • Information Theory
  • Operating Systems
  • Resource Management
  • Trojan Horse

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
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