Writing Secure Code - Java (J2EE) - lectures and labs

Software insecurity has become one of the biggest security concerns facing organizations today. As hackers turn their attention to the software and applications that make up an organization's IT infrastructure, people are realizing that the best way to protect that infrastructure is by building secure software and writing secure code.

Understand the key security features of the J2EE platform, the common web security pitfalls developers make and how to build secure and reliable web applications using Java. Students are lead through hands on code examples that highlight issues and prescribe solutions.

All students are challenged with real world examples which are reinforced by practical and realistic code level lab exercises. The course uses Hacme Bookstore, a web security training application written by Foundstone and the sister application to Hacme Bank. Students are required to fix known issues during the first three days during labs and then renovate the entire bookstore's code during the final workshop day.

All instruction is taught around JDK 1.4+. Where appropriate older version features are described for completeness.