AP® Cybersecurity glossary

Simple Security Property

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Course: AP® Cybersecurity Shows up in: Unit 5: Securing Applications and Data

The Bell-LaPadula rule that a subject may not read objects above its own security level.

Appears in the course and exam description (CED): 5.2.C.6

Why it matters in Unit 5

Together with the Star Security Property it gives the summary “write up, read down”.

Example

A user cleared for Confidential cannot open a Secret file.

Learn it properly, with a checkpoint 5.2 Protecting Applications and Data: Managerial Controls and Access Controls

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