SECURING JEE WEB SERVICES (TT8500-J)

1. Introduction: Misconceptions

• Security: The Complete Picture
• TJX: Anatomy of a Disaster?
• Causes of Data Breaches
• Heartland - Slipping Past PCI Compliance
• Target's Painful Christmas
• Meaning of Being Compliant
• Verizon's 2013 Data Breach Report

2. Session: Foundation

• Security Concepts
  • Motivations: Costs and Standards
  • Open Web Application Security Project
  • Web Application Security Consortium
  • CERT Secure Coding Standards
  • Assets are the Targets
  • Security Activities Cost Resources
  • Threat Modeling
  • System/Trust Boundaries
• Principles of Information Security
  • Security Is a Lifecycle Issue
  • Minimize Attack Surface Area
  • Layers of Defense: Tenacious D
  • Compartmentalize
  • Consider All Application States
  • Do Not Trust the Untrusted

3. Applying Security to SOA

• SOA Challenges
  • SOA Overview
  • Identity and Propagation
  • Real-time Transactions
  • Diverse Environments
  • Information Protection
  • Standards compliance
• Services and Security
  • Security Policies
  • Applicable OASIS Standards
  • SAML
  • SAML Usage Scenarios

4. Defending XML Processing

• Defending XML
  • XML Signature
  • XML Encryption
  • XML Attacks: Structure
  • XML Attacks: Injection
  • Safe XML Processing
• Defending Web Services
  • Web Service Security Exposures
  • When Transport-Level Alone is NOT Enough
  • Message-Level Security
  • WS-Security Roadmap
  • XWSS Provides Many Functions
  • Web Service Attacks
  • Web Service Appliance/Gateways

5. Vulnerabilities

• Unvalidated Input
  • Buffer Overflows
  • Integer Arithmetic Vulnerabilities
  • Unvalidated Input: From the Web
  • Defending Trust Boundaries
  • Whitelisting vs Blacklisting
• Overview of Regular Expressions
  • Regular Expressions
  • Working With Regexes in Java
  • Applying Regular Expressions
• Broken Access Control
  • Access Control Issues
  • Excessive Privileges
  • Insufficient Flow Control
  • Unprotected URL/Resource Access
  • Examples of Shabby Access Control
  • Session and Session Management
• Broken Authentication
  • Broken Quality/DoS
  • Authentication Data
  • Username/Password Protection
  • Exploits Magnify Importance
  • Handling Passwords on Server Side
  • Single Sign-On (SSO)
• Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
  • Persistent XSS
  • Reflective XSS
  • Best Practices for Untrusted Data
• Injection
  • Injection Flaws
  • SQL Injection Attacks Evolve
  • Drill Down on Stored Procedures
  • Other Forms of Injection
  • Minimizing Injection Flaws
• Error Handling and Information Leakage
  • Fingerprinting a Web Site
  • Error-Handling Issues
  • Logging In Support of Forensics
  • Solving DLP Challenges
• Insecure Data Handling
  • Protecting Data Can Mitigate Impact
  • In-Memory Data Handling
  • Secure Pipes
  • Failures in the SSL Framework Are Appearing
• Insecure Configuration Management
  • System Hardening: IA Mitigation
  • Application Whitelisting
  • Least Privileges
  • Anti-Exploitation
  • Secure Baseline
• Direct Object Access
  • Dynamic Loading
  • Race Conditions
  • Direct Object References
• Spoofing and Redirects
  • Name Resolution Vulnerabilities
  • Fake Certs and Mobile Apps
  • Targeted Spoofing Attacks
  • Cross Site Request Forgeries (CSRF)
  • CSRF Defenses are Entirely Server-Side
  • Safe Redirects and Forwards
• Understanding What's Important
  • Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
  • OWASP Top Ten for 2013
  • CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous SW Errors
  • Monster Mitigations
  • Strength Training: Project Teams/Developers
  • Strength Training: IT Organizations

6. Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL)

• SDL Process Overview
  • Software Security Axioms
  • Security Lifecycle - Phases
• Applying Processes and Practices
  • Awareness
  • Application Assessments
  • Security Requirements
  • Secure Development Practices
  • Security Architecture/Design Review
  • Security Code Review
  • Configuration Management and Deployment
  • Vulnerability Remediation Procedures
• Risk Analysis
  • Threat Modeling Process
    1. Identify Security Objectives
    2. Describe the System
    3. List Assets
    4. Define System/Trust Boundaries
    5. List and Rank Threats
    6. List Defenses and Countermeasures

7. Security Testing

• Testing Tools and Processes
  • Security Testing Principles
  • Black Box Analyzers
  • Static Code Analyzers
  • Criteria for Selecting Static Analyzers
• Testing Practices
  • OWASP Web App Penetration Testing
  • Authentication Testing
  • Session Management Testing
  • Data Validation Testing
  • Denial of Service Testing
  • Web Services Testing
  • Ajax Testing

• Consequences for not properly handling untrusted data such as denial of service, cross-site scripting, and injections
• 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
• Concepts and terminology behind supporting, designing, and deploying secure services
• Problems associated with service security and the potential risks associated with those problems
• Best practices for supporting the many security needs of services.
• Vulnerabilities associated with authentication and authorization within the context of web services
• Detect, attack, and implement defenses for authentication and authorization functionality
• Dangers and mechanisms behind Cross-Site
• Scripting (XSS) and Injection attacks
• Detect, attack, and implement defenses against XSS and Injection attacks
• Concepts and terminology behind defensive, secure, coding
• Threat Modeling as a tool in identifying software vulnerabilities based on realistic threats against assets
• Static code reviews and dynamic application testing for uncovering vulnerabilities in Java-based web services
• Design and develop strong, robust authentication and authorization implementations within the context of JEE
• Fundamentals of XML Digital Signature as well as how it can be used as part of the defensive infrastructure for web services
• Fundamentals of XML Encryption as well as how it can be used as part of the defensive infrastructure for web services
• Vulnerabilities that are specific to XML and XML parsers

Hands-On Learning: As a programming class, this course provides multiple challenges labs for students to work through during the class. This workshop is about 50% hands-on lab and 50% lecture. Throughout the course students will be led through a series of progressively advanced topics, where each topic consists of lecture, group discussion, comprehensive hands-on lab exercises, and lab review. Multiple detailed lab exercises are laced throughout the course, designed to reinforce fundamental skills and concepts learned in the lessons. At the end of each lesson, developers will be tested with a set of review questions to ensure that he/she has fully understands that topic.

• Familiarity with Java and JEE is required
• Programming experience is highly recommended
• At least six months of Java and JEE working knowledge recommended
• You should have a working knowledge in the following topics or attend these courses as a prerequisite:

Developers who wish to develop secure applications