Sandboxing

Practise applying your understanding of sandboxing to a secure system design scenario — with support for planning and a model answer for comparison.

Organise your ideas

Complete the table below to help plan your response. Use dot points to describe how sandboxing might support each of the following security goals in the design stage of the secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC).

Security concept	How sandboxing helps
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Authorisation
Accountability

Tip: Think about how isolating risky components protects sensitive data, prevents corruption, and limits unauthorised access.

Exam-style question

Question (5 marks)

Explain how sandboxing supports the system design stage of the secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC). In your response, refer to at least two security concepts such as confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, authorisation, or accountability.