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Secure JEE Web Application Development Seminar Training
(FW1096)
2 Day Course
The Secure JEE Web Application Development Seminar is an intense JEE security training workshop/seminar essential for web developers who need to produce secure web applications, integrating security measures into the development process from requirements to deployment and maintenance. This course explores well beyond basic programming skills, teaching developers sound processes and practices to apply to the entire software development lifecycle. Perhaps just as significantly, students 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 students with in-depth, code-level demonstrations and walkthroughs.
In this course, students 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.
Security experts agree that the least effective approach to security is "penetrate and patch". It is far more effective to "bake" security into an application throughout its lifecycle. After spending significant time examining a poorly designed (from a security perspective) web application, developers are ready to learn how to build secure web applications starting at project inception. The final portion of this course builds on the previously learned mechanics for building defenses by exploring how design and analysis can be used to build stronger applications from the beginning of the software lifecycle.
A key component to our Best Defense IT Security Training Series, this workshop is a companion course with several developer-oriented courses and seminars. Although this edition of the course is Java-specific, it may also be presented using .Net or other programming languages.
Students who attend Secure JEE Web Application Development will leave the course armed with the skills required to recognize actual and potential software vulnerabilities, implement defenses for those vulnerabilities, and test those defenses for sufficiency.
This course quickly introduces developers 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. Students are then challenged to design and implement the layered defenses they will need in defending their own applications.
Working in a dynamic learning environment attendees 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
Session: Foundation
Misconceptions
- Thriving Industry of Identify Theft
- Dishonor Roll of Data Breaches
- TJX: Anatomy of a Disaster
- Heartland: What? Again?
Security Concepts
- Terminology and Players
- Assets, Threats, and Attacks
- OWASP
- CWE/SANS Top 25 Programming Errors
- Categories
- What they mean to your web applications
Defensive Coding Principles
- Security Is A Lifecycle Issue
- Minimize Attack Surface
- Manage Resources
- Application States
- Compartmentalize
- Defense In Depth - Layered Defense
- Consider All Application States
- Not Trusting The Untrusted
- Security Defect Mitigation
- Leverage Experience
Reality
- Recent, Relevant Incidents
- Find Security Defects In Web Application
Session: Top Security Vulnerabilities
Unvalidated Input
- Description With Working Example
- Defenses
- Identifying Trust Boundaries
- Qualifying Untrusted Data
- Implementing An Effect, Layered Defense
- Designing An Appropriate Response
- Testing Defenses And Responses
Overview Of Regular Expressions
- Regular Expressions
- Working with Regular Expressions in Java
Broken Access Control
- Description With Working Example
- Defenses
- Authorization Security Overview
- Defending Special Privileges Such As Administrative Functions
- Application Authorization Best Practices
Broken Authentication And Session Management
- Description With Working Example
- Defenses
- Multi-Layered Defenses Of Authentication Services
- Password Management Strategies
- Password Handling With Hashing Using JCE/JCA
- Mitigating Password Caching
- Testing Defenses And Responses For Weaknesses
- Alternative Authentication Mechanisms
- Best Practices For Session Management in JEE
- Defending Session Hijacking Attacks
- Best Practices For Single Sign-On (SSO)
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Flaws
- Description With Working Example
- Defenses
- Character Encoding Complications
- Blacklisting
- Whitelisting
- HTML/XML Entity Encoding
- Trust Boundary Definition
- Implementing An Effective Layered Defense
- Designing An Appropriate Response
- Cross-Site Request Forgeries (CSRF)
- Understanding CSRF
- Defending Against CSRF
- Output Encoding - Why
- Output Encoding - How
- Output Encoding - Best Practices
Injection Flaws
- Description With Working Example
- Defenses
- Qualifying Untrusted Data
- JDBC, PreparedStatements, and StoredProcedures
- Hibernate Best Practices
- XML Best Practices
- Third Party APIs
- Implementing An Effective Layered Defense
- Designing An Appropriate Response
Error Handling And Information Leakage
- Description With Working Example
- Defenses
- JEE Application Exception Handling
- Error Response Best Practices
- Error, Auditing, And Logging Content Management
- Error, Auditing, And Logging Service Management
- Best Practices For Supporting Web Attack Forensics
Insecure Storage
- Description With Working Example
- Defenses
- Data Leakage
- Risk Minimization
- Cryptography Overview
- JCS/JCE
- Data Encryption
- Partial/Complete
- Property/Deployment/Configuration Files
Insecure Management of Configuration
- Description with working example
- Defenses
- System hardening
- JEE application server configuration "Gotchas!"
- Hardening software installation
Direct Object Access
- Description With Working Example
- Defenses
- Java Byte Code Verifier
- XML/DTD/Schema/XSLT Best Practices
Spoofing
- Description With Working Example
- Defenses
- Protecting Your Clients
- Defending Against Cross Site Request Forgeries
- Phishing Defenses
Session: Best Practices
Defensive Coding Principles Revisited
Java Best Practices
- Code Obfuscation
- JAAS Usage
- Java 2 Security and Policy Files
- Signing JAR Files
Session: Defending XML Processing
Defending XML
- Understanding Common Attacks And How To Defend
- Operating In Safe Mode
- Using Standards-Based Security
- XML-Aware Security Infrastructure
- JAXP Safe Mode
Defending Web Services
- Security Exposures
- Transport-Level Security
- Message-Level Security
- WS-Security
- Attacks And Defenses
Defending Ajax
- Ajax Security Exposures
- Attack Surface Changes
- Injection Threats And Concerns
- Effective Defenses And Practices
Session: Secure Software Development (SSD)
- SSD Process Overview
- CLASP Defined
- CLASP Applied
- Asset, Boundary, and Vulnerability Identification
- Vulnerability Response
- Design and Code Reviews
- Applying Processes and Practices
- Risk Analysis
Session: Security Testing
- Testing as Lifecycle Process
- Testing Planning and Documentation
- Testing Tools And Processes
- Principles
- Reviews
- Testing
- Tools
- Static and Dynamic Code Analysis
- Testing Practices
- Authentication Testing
- Session: Management Testing
- Data Validation Testing
- Denial Of Service Testing
- Web Services Testing
- Ajax Testing
Session: Appendix: Security Design Patterns
Design patterns introduction
JEE Web Application Security Design Patterns
- Authentication Enforcer
- Authorization Enforcer
- Intercepting Validator
- Secure Base Action
- Secure Logger
- Secure Pipe
- Secure Service Proxy
- Intercepting Web Agent
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Pre-Class
- Verify your learning Objectives
During-Class
- Capture Tools, Q&A, demos and white boards
- Screen Sharing
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- Feedback on Lab work
- On-the-fly Adjustments to meet your needs
After-Class
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| Onsite Setup Instructions
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PC Requirements:
In order to participate in the class you must meet the minimum PC requirements listed below.
- Hardware: Intel-based machine (Pentium III or better) with at least 10G free disk space
- O/S: Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista
- RAM / Disk Space: 800MHz processor; 2 GB RAM
- Internet: High speed internet access
- Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later versions, Firefox V1.5 or later versions.
- Monitor: Minimum 800 X 600 resolution; High color (16 bit) display definition
- Audio: Headset, or microphone and earphones (Headset is provided in Student Kit)
- Course Software:
- Installing AT&T Connect - Approximately 4-5 days before the start date of the class you will receive an email with instructions for installing the AT&T Connect client.
- Using the LoadNGo - All course software (except AT&T Connect) and labs are included on the LoadNGo DVD (see above for more information on the LoadNGo)
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Secure JEE Web Application Development Seminar Training is now available as a remote access course.
You can now take open enrollment courses in our Los Angeles and Boston facilities without traveling. Remote Access to our ongoing schedule of instructor-led courses will allow you to fully participate real-time in expert-level lectures, demos and labs that have made DevelopMentor a leader in software development training. We've added new collaboration tools and prepared our instructors for remote students in class so you will be fully engaged in the learning process.
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Quickly assimilate what you learn in Secure JEE Web Application Development Seminar Training and apply it to your project by taking advantage of our Mentoring services.
Our dedicated mentors facilitate your team's development. We add value to your business by enhancing the talent of your employees and maximizing their productivity. Mentors integrate the methodologies, technologies and practical experiences of the classroom through an on-the-job and on-the-project experience that produces real-world results.
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Secure JEE Web Application Development Seminar Training is also available as an onsite course.
If you have a group of people to train, an on-site course, delivered at your facility may be the most cost-effective solution for you. Our staff will work with your team to plan and produce the best possible result based on your team's size, experience levels, project needs and longer-term goals. We can structure a training course, or broader program, tailored to meet the specific needs of your organization. We'll make sure that any lab exercises run on the platform you use and we can tailor the lab exercises to be appropriate to your business. If you prefer to focus on just the pure technological principles, we can also deliver courses at your facility following the same format as our public curriculum.
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