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Enterprise Security API – OWASP AppSec NYC 2008

This presentation was by Jeff Williams, OWASP Chair, on the Enterprise Security API. Vulnerabilities and Security Controls Missing – 35% Broken – 30% Ignored – 20% Misused – 15% Goal is to enable developers.  Need to give them hands-on training, a secure coding guideline, and an Enterprise Security API. The problem with Security Libraries: overpowerful, […]

Oracle + BEA = ?

We use Oracle Application Server as our Java app server at NI. Yeah, yeah, I’ll wait till you stop laughing. Why not JBoss or WebLogic or WebSphere? Well, a couple reasons. We made the decision five years ago, and JBoss wasn’t solid then, and we needed J2EE support so plain Tomcat wasn’t enough. And we’re […]