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EC-COUNCILEC-Council Certified Application Security Engineer (Java)
The EC-Council Certified Application Security Engineer (Java) certification validates your ability to build secure Java applications across the entire software development lifecycle. Designed for Java developers and application security professionals, it goes beyond secure coding to cover secure requirements, design, testing, and deployment. Earning CASE Java proves you can embed security into every phase of development and defend applications against today's threats.
Exam formatMultiple Choice
Duration120 minutes
DeliveryEC-Council Exam Portal
Passing score70%
Free questions790
Content last reviewed 30 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What EC-Council Certified Application Security Engineer (Java) proves, and what it asks of you
What this certification covers, who it is written for, and what the exam itself looks like on the day.
8domains
19objectives
131concepts
USD 100 application fee (if applicable)exam fee
What it is
What this certification is
What it validates, who it is written for, and the experience it assumes.
About this certification
The Certified Application Security Engineer (CASE) Java credential tests the critical security skills and knowledge required throughout a typical software development life cycle (SDLC), with a strong focus on implementing secure methodologies and practices in today's insecure operating environment. The program is designed to be a hands-on, comprehensive application security course that helps software professionals create secure applications.
Unlike other application security trainings, CASE goes beyond just secure coding guidelines. It includes secure requirement gathering, robust application design, and handling security issues in post-development phases. The curriculum covers input validation, defensive coding practices, authentication and authorization, cryptographic attacks, error handling techniques, session management, and more. When you achieve CASE Java certification, you are equipped with every skill needed to build a secure application throughout all phases of the SDLC.
Who it’s for
This certification is for Java developers with a minimum of two years of experience and individuals who want to become application security engineers, analysts, or testers. It is also suited for professionals involved in developing, testing, managing, or protecting a wide range of applications. If you are a Java developer looking to formalize your application security expertise, or an IT professional seeking to move into the application security domain, CASE Java provides the comprehensive, hands-on training and validation you need.
Recommended experience
A minimum of two years of experience as a Java developer or in the InfoSec/software domain is recommended. At least two years of experience in Java development or information security; Familiarity with the software development lifecycle (SDLC); Basic understanding of application security concepts
The syllabus
What you’ll learn
Every domain and objective EC-Council measures, with the weight they carry on the exam.
The official EC-Council exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
Application Security Foundations
- Understanding Application Security, Threats, and Attacks
- Most Common Application-Level Attacks
- Software Security Standards, Models, and Frameworks
Security Requirements and Secure Design
- Security Requirements Gathering
- Secure Application Design and Architecture
- Threat Modeling
Secure Coding: Input Validation
- Input Validation Approaches and Filtering
- Secure Coding Practices for Input Validation in Java
Secure Coding: Authentication and Authorization
- Common Threats on Authentication and Authorization
- Authentication and Authorization Defensive Techniques in Java
Secure Coding: Cryptography
- Symmetric and Asymmetric Encryption
- Hashing, Digital Signatures, and Certificates
- Cryptographic Attacks and Defensive Coding
Secure Coding: Session Management
- Session Management Techniques
- Defensive Coding against Broken Session Management
Secure Coding: Error Handling and Logging
- Secure Exception/Error Handling
- Secure Auditing and Logging
Security Testing and Secure Deployment
- Static and Dynamic Application Security Testing (SAST and DAST)
- Secure Deployment and Maintenance
On the day
The exam itself
Everything EC-Council publishes about sitting it, and nothing we inferred.
Prerequisites
Attend the official EC-Council CASE training through an accredited EC-Council Partner (Accredited Training Centre, iWeek, or iLearn). A USD 100 application fee applies unless included in training fees.
CertificationEC-Council Certified Application Security Engineer (Java)
Exam formatMultiple Choice
Duration120 minutes
Questions50 questions
Passing score70%
DeliveryEC-Council Exam Portal
LanguagesEnglish
PricingUSD 100 application fee (if applicable)
After you pass
Where this credential goes next
The path EC-Council lays out, how the credential is kept, and where to book.
Step-by-step path to EC-Council Certified Application Security Engineer (Java)
PrerequisiteAttend the official EC-Council CASE training through an accredited EC-Council Partner (Accredited Training Centre, iWeek, or iLearn). A USD 100 application fee applies unless included in training fees.
Credential earnedEC-Council Certified Application Security Engineer (Java) Certification Renewal and maintenance
EC-Council certifications require renewal through continuing education credits. Members are expected to adhere to the policies of EC-Council's Continuing Education Requirements. Stay current with the latest technologies and maintain your certification.
Learn more about renewal requirements Lifecycle status
This certification is currently active and available. EC-Council maintains this certification to validate current skills and industry relevance.
Exam status: ActiveMaintained by EC-Council
Exam registration
Register for the exam through EC-Council Exam Portal, EC-Council’s authorized testing partner.
Schedule your examVisit the official EC-Council certification page for exam policies and requirements.
View the official pageYour coach
And when you are serious, your coach Pip takes over
Your coach in the app reads what you have answered with the book closed and tells you one thing to do tonight. It will not count an answer you gave with the page open, and it will tell you when you are not ready.
See how the coach worksBefore you book
Questions people ask
How does the CASE Java exam relate to the CASE .NET exam?
CASE Java and CASE .NET are two separate certifications under the CASE program, each focusing on secure application development for their respective platforms. They share a common curriculum structure but are tailored to the security challenges and coding practices specific to Java and .NET.
Is attending official EC-Council training mandatory to take the CASE Java exam?
No, attending official training is one of several eligibility paths. You can also qualify by being an ECSP member in good standing, having two years of InfoSec/software experience, or holding an equivalent industry certification such as GSSP .NET/Java.
What is the application fee for the CASE Java exam?
A USD 100 application fee applies unless your training fee already includes it. ECSP members in good standing do not need to pay a duplicate application fee.
How is the CASE Java exam delivered?
The exam is delivered through the EC-Council Exam Portal, which supports online proctored testing. Onsite testing may also be available through authorized third-party training partners.
What job roles does the CASE Java certification map to?
The certification is designed for Java developers, application security engineers, analysts, and testers, as well as professionals involved in developing, testing, managing, or protecting a wide range of applications.
Can I recertify by passing a different EC-Council exam?
EC-Council certifications require renewal through continuing education credits. Passing a higher-level or different EC-Council exam may contribute to your continuing education requirements, but specific policies are detailed on the EC-Council certification website.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-30 Up to date
Practice free questions 790 questions, free, no account needed.
The curriculum
The whole exam, mapped and written
Every domain, every objective, and every concept EC-Council measures — each one written out.
8domains
19objectives
131concepts
164free pages
The domains, and what sits inside them
Every objective below is a page you can open and practise now, without an account.
The official EC-Council exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
1Application Security Foundations109 questions
2Security Requirements and Secure Design147 questions
3Secure Coding: Input Validation74 questions
4Secure Coding: Authentication and Authorization86 questions
5Secure Coding: Cryptography103 questions
6Secure Coding: Session Management92 questions
7Secure Coding: Error Handling and Logging88 questions
8Security Testing and Secure Deployment91 questions
Not a table of contents
Every line on this map already opens
In front of every objective the practice pages are already there, free and without an account. This is one objective, opened.
Understanding Application Security, Threats, and Attacks9 pagesOpen →
Free in front of it
42 questions on this objective, five to a page. Every range above is a real page, open now, with no account.
Reading the map is not the same as knowing the ground
The curriculum tells you what is on the exam. Proving you know it is a different job — and it is the one the closed-book run does.
Free questions
790 questions. No account, no card.
The whole bank is open. 5 questions to a page, every answer explained, and a discussion thread on each one.
790questions
164pages
19objectives
Freealways
Browse by domain
Every objective, and every page range, is a link — so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
1Application Security Foundations109 questions
2Security Requirements and Secure Design147 questions
3Secure Coding: Input Validation74 questions
4Secure Coding: Authentication and Authorization86 questions
5Secure Coding: Cryptography103 questions
6Secure Coding: Session Management92 questions
7Secure Coding: Error Handling and Logging88 questions
What a practice page gives you
1Five to a page
Short enough to finish, long enough to matter.
2Every answer explained
Not only which one is right — why the others are wrong.
3A discussion on each
Ask, answer, and vote. Every question has its own thread.
A question, and the idea behind it
Every question comes from a concept
These are not trivia. Each one is written against a concept in the book, so when you get one wrong there is somewhere to go and find out why.
The visual book
See it once. Carry it into the exam.
The pages shown here come from our AI-900 book — an example of how each concept is written in plain language and, where the idea needs one, drawn as a full page you can take in at a glance.
131concepts
790free questions
Why a picture, and not another paragraph
Three reasons, and each one is a real finding rather than a slogan.
You can see it againThe whole idea at onceWhere it starts, what happens in the middle, what comes out, and the mistake to avoid.
Multimedia principle · MayerThe look-alikes sit togetherThe pairs the exam tests are drawn side by side, so the difference is seen, not told.
Dual coding · PaivioWhat one page is made of
You are never asked to read a poster here — only to see how one is built. After that, every other page is legible at a glance.
1A numbered strip on top
The idea as a sequence, followed with a finger before a word is read.
2Panels for the parts
What it is, how the machine learns it, when it is the right tool.
3The trap, framed
The distinction the exam tests, given its own box instead of buried in prose.
4One line at the bottom
The sentence to carry into the exam room.
Open book, on purpose
Answer it with the picture beside you
This is the part that teaches. The illustration and the written explanation stay where they are while you work, so a scenario stops being a memory test and becomes something you can simply look at.
It teaches · it does not count
A smartphone uses AI to unlock when the owner looks at the camera. Which AI capability is being used?
AImage classification
BFacial recognition
COptical character recognition
DObject detection
Look at the five steps. Detect finds a face, align straightens it, encode turns it into numbers, search compares it with a stored face, and decide answers one question: is this the same person? Classification would only say “a face”. Detection would only draw a box. Neither decides whose.
Then the page shuts, and it starts counting
The same questions come back with the book closed — that run is the one that counts. After it, your coach picks one thing for tonight, sized to the time you have, and brings pages back before you lose them.
Testing effect · Roediger & Karpicke 2006 · spacing effect · Cepeda et al. 2006
Official resources
Straight from EC-Council
Where the exam is defined, scheduled and scored.
3official links
131concepts mapped
The source
EC-Council’s own pages
We link to them rather than repeat them, so nothing here goes stale behind them.
Checked against the source
Every objective on the official EC-Council outline already has questions here
We build from the official skills outline, not from a summary of it — 19 objectives, 131 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When EC-Council changes the outline, this page changes with it.
19objectives on the outline→131concepts written→790free questions
An official page tells you what will be asked. It cannot tell you what you will get right.
That is the only question worth answering the night before, and no link answers it. You answer it by taking the questions with the book closed, and seeing what comes back.