Securing Java Web Applications (3 days)

Securing Java Web Applications Course Overview

This advanced course shows experienced developers of Java web applications how to secure those applications and to apply best practices with regard to secure enterprise coding. Authentication, authorization, and input validation are major themes, and students get good exposure to basic Java cryptography for specific development scenarios, as well as thorough discussions of HTTPS configuration and certificate management, error handling, logging, and auditing.

Securing Java Web Applications Course Goals

• Generally, be prepared to develop secure Java web applications, or to secure existing applications by refactoring as necessary.
• Define security constraints and login configurations that instruct the web container to enforce authentication and authorization policies.
• Validate user input aggressively, for general application health and specifically to foil injection and XSS attacks.
• Configure a server and/or application to use one-way or two-way HTTPS.
• Apply application-level cryptography where necessary.
• Secure log files and establish audit trails for especially sensitive information or actions.

Securing Java Web Applications Course Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas is required:

• Java programming experience is essential
• Servlets programming experience is required
• JSP page-authoring experience is recommended but not required

Securing Java Web Applications Course Outline

1. Secure Web Applications
   1. Threats and Attack Vectors
   2. Server, Network, and Browser Vulnerabilities
   3. Secure Design Principles
   4. GET vs. POST
   5. Container Authentication and Authorization
   6. HTML Forms
   7. Privacy Under /WEB-INF
   8. HTTP and HTTPS
   9. Other Cryptographic Practices
   10. SOA and Web Services
   11. The OWASP Top 10
2. Authentication and Authorization
   1. HTTP BASIC and DIGEST Authentication Schemes
   2. Declaring Security Constraints
   3. User Accounts
   4. Safeguarding Credentials in Transit
   5. Replay Attacks
   6. Authorization Over URL Patterns
   7. Roles
   8. FORM Authentication
   9. Login Form Design
   10. EJB Authorization
   11. Programmatic Security
   12. Programmatic Security in JSF
3. Secure Application Design
   1. Single Points of Decision
   2. Cross-Site Scripting
   3. Validation vs. Output Escaping
   4. Forceful Browsing
   5. Cross-Site Request Forgery
   6. Request Tokens
   7. Injection Attacks
   8. Protections in JDBC and JPA
   9. Session Management
   10. Taking Care of Cookies
   11. Validating User Input
   12. Validation Practices
   13. Regular Expressions
   14. JSF Validation
4. HTTPS and Certificates
   1. Digital Cryptography
   2. Encryption
   3. SSL and Secure Key Exchange
   4. Hashing
   5. Signature
   6. Keystores
   7. keytool
   8. Why Keys Aren't Enough
   9. X.509 Certificates
   10. Certificate Authorities
   11. Obtaining a Signed Certificate
   12. Configuring HTTPS
   13. Client-Side Certificates and Two-Way SSL
   14. PKCS #12 and Trust Stores
   15. CLIENT-CERT Authentication
5. Application-Level Cryptography
   1. The Java Cryptography Architecture
   2. Secure Random Number Generation
   3. The KeyStore API
   4. The Signature Class
   5. The SignedObject Class
   6. The MessageDigest Class
   7. The Java Cryptography Extensions
   8. The SecretKey and KeyGenerator Types
   9. The Cipher Class
   10. Choosing Algorithms and Key Sizes
   11. Dangerous Practices
6. Secure Development Practices
   1. Secure Development Cycle
   2. Error Handling and Information Leakage
   3. Failing to a Secure Mode
   4. Logging Practices
   5. Appropriate Content for Logs
   6. Auditing
   7. Strategies: Filters, Interceptors, and Command Chains
   8. Penetration Testing
   9. Back Doors

Securing Java Web Applications Course Materials

In addition to a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the programming examples, each student will also receive a one-year subscription to Webucator's online reference library, which contains hundreds of the most current electronic technology books - a $149.95 per student value.

Securing Java Web Applications Course Technical Requirements and Setup Instructions

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