Core Security Patterns: Best Practices and Strategies for J2EE™, Web Services, and Identity Management

Chapter 1. Security by Default

Topics in This Chapter

• Business Challenges Around Security

• What Are the Weakest Links?

• The Impact of Application Security

• The Four W’s

• Strategies for Building Robust Security

• Proactive and Reactive Security

• The Importance of Security Compliance

• The Importance of Identity Management

• Secure Personal Identification

• The Importance of Java Technology

• Making Security a “Business Enabler”

In today’s world, everyone relies on information from a variety of sources and tends to depend on its accuracy and reliability in making their own business decisions. The rapid adoption of computing systems and network technologies in critical businesses and industry sectors has brought newer threats and risks such as service interruptions, unauthorized ...