Question: Type-1 certification (TOP SECRET) focuses on Development Methodology. Discuss how would you address this certification issue with your hypothetical firm (any company) for your system (for example: operating system) that you are trying to certify at the TOP SECRET level? This certification issue focuses on two areas: (a) Software Development Process and (b) Life Cycle Model.

Suggestion: Remember; you are focusing on security as your top priority for this case and not necessarily performance. (All the external information (outside of your textbook) you need to answer this question is on the Internet (you can also use other textbooks and hard copy documentation as well as the Internet) and you don't need a security background on this subject. This is a capstone question to get you thinking as a computer security system designer for information assurance.