New Course in Java Security from Object Innovations

October 5, 2006. Object Innovations today released Course 107, "Java Development for Secure Systems", a new offering in Java security topics. As the title implies, the course takes a holistic approach to the problem of security for Java applications, offering in-depth coverage and also placing each of the following topics in the broader picture:

• J2SE security policies
• Key and certificate management
• Secure Java code design
• Cryptography
• JAAS
• J2EE security

The course comes with the usual bounty of example code, demos, and lab exercises, but with a fun twist. Taking advantage of the nature of the topic, the author has developed most of the exercises as hypothetical "spy vs. spy" scenarios in which a Java application is somehow compromised by dint of a security breach. Students then work through the exercise to firm up the security features of the application, and thereby foil the attack.

The lab code also includes a number of utility classes that students will find useful after class time. Like most of our Java courses, the new course offer an optional "Eclipse overlay" of files that support the use of the Eclipse IDE in the classroom.

The course is tuned to the Java 5.0 JDK. If you need a version of the course that runs with the Java 1.4 JDK, please contact Object Innovations.

Shipments of the new courseware begin immediately.