Secure Java/J2EE Web Application Development (SJWAD)

This course explores well beyond basic programming skills, teaching you sound processes and practices to apply to the entire software-development life cycle. Perhaps just as significantly, you will learn about current, real examples that illustrate the potential consequences of not following these best practices. This course is short on theory and long on application, providing you with in-depth, code-level demonstrations and walkthroughs.

This course quickly introduces you to the most common security vulnerabilities faced by web applications today. Each vulnerability is examined from a Java/JEE perspective through a process of describing the threat and attack mechanisms, recognizing associated vulnerabilities, and, finally, designing, implementing and testing effective defenses. In many cases, there are labs that reinforce these concepts with real vulnerabilities and attacks. You are then challenged to design and implement the layered defenses you will need in defending your own applications.

In this course, you are shown best practices for defensively coding JEE web applications, including XML processing and web services. Demonstrations repeatedly attack and then defend various assets associated with a fully-functional web application. This approach illustrates the mechanics of how to secure JEE web applications in the most practical of terms. After attending the Secure JEE Web Application Development course, you will be armed with the skills required to recognize actual and potential software vulnerabilities, implement defenses for those vulnerabilities and test those defenses for sufficiency.

The Secure JEE Web Application Development Seminar is an intense JEE security training workshop/seminar essential for:

• Intermediate-level web developers who need to produce secure, well-defended web applications

• Familiarity with Java and JEE is required (approximately 6 months to a year of Java and JEE working knowledge)
• Real-world programming experience is highly recommended

Working in a dynamic learning environment, you will learn to:

• Understand potential sources for untrusted data
• Understand the consequences for not properly handling untrusted data such as denial of service, cross-site scripting, and injections
• Be able to test web applications with various attack techniques to determine the existence of and effectiveness of layered defenses
• Prevent and defend the many potential vulnerabilities associated with untrusted data
• Understand the vulnerabilities of associated with authentication and authorization
• Be able to detect, attack, and implement defenses for authentication and authorization functionality and services
• Understand the dangers and mechanisms behind Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and Injection attacks
• Be able to detect, attack, and implement defenses against XSS and Injection attacks
• Understand the concepts and terminology behind defensive, secure coding
• Understand the use of Threat Modeling as a tool in identifying software vulnerabilities based on realistic threats against meaningful assets
• Perform both static code reviews and dynamic application testing to uncover vulnerabilities in Java-based web applications
• Design and develop strong, robust authentication and authorization implementations within the context of JEE
• Understand the fundamentals of Java Cryptography (JCA) and Encryption (JCE) and where they fit in the overall security picture
• Understand the fundamentals of XML Digital Signature and XML Encryption as well as how they are used within the web services arena
• Be able to detect, attack and implement defenses for XML-based services and functionality
• Understand techniques and measures that can used to harden web and application servers as well as other components in your infrastructure
• Understand and implement the processes and measures associated with the Secure Software Development (SSD)
• Acquire the skills, tools, and best practices for design and code reviews as well as testing initiatives
• Understand the basics of security testing and planning
• Work through a comprehensive testing plan for recognized vulnerabilities and weaknesses

What’s included?

Our robust course materials include much more than a simple slideshow presentation handout. Student materials include a comprehensive hard-copy course manual, complete with detailed course notes, code samples, diagrams and current reference materials, all directly related to the course at hand, indexed for ease of use. Step-by-step lab instructions and project descriptions are clearly illustrated and commented for maximum learning and ease of use. This course also includes:

• Basic course pre-testing and/or post-course assessments
• Ability to customize the courseware, adapting it to your companies policies, procedures and plans