A free web-based course Overview of Java Application Security (WJO-1113) offers users a description of basic security concepts, services and technologies. The course explains the security challenges in the application, transport and message layers of applications. It also instructs students in the use of the security features provided by JavaTM technologies, as well as how these features can be used in the web-tier, in tiers based on Enterprise JavaBeansTM (EJBTM) technology* and in web services.

The course is designed to be of interest to application developers, system engineers, architects and other technical personnel, all of whom should be able to do the following in order to benefit from its completion:

• Demonstrate proficiency with the SolarisTM Operating System (Solaris OS)
• Demonstrate familiarity with the use of web browsers
• Demonstrate proficiency programming using the Java language

Students who complete the course should be able to:

• Describe the basic concepts of security
• Describe security in the application, transport and message layers of applications
• Describe the security features of Java technology
• Describe security in the web-tier, in tiers based on EJB technology, and in web services of Java EE applications (JavaTM 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EETM))

The Overview of Java Application Security course, which requires two hours to complete, does not include hands-on implementation of Java technologies to secure applications.

*Note: EJB is a Sun trademark, and not just an abbreviation for Enterprise JavaBeans. [...read more...]

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