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.
790 practice questions · Updated 2026-07-30
8Domains
19Objectives
131Concepts
790Questions
CASEJAVA Curriculum
Every domain, objective, and concept the CASEJAVA exam measures.
- Application Security Fundamentals
- Threat Modeling Basics
- Common Attack Vectors
- Attack Surface Analysis
- Security Principles
- Risk Assessment in Applications
- Identify common application-level attacks
- Describe attack mechanisms
- Assess attack impact
- Categorize attacks by vulnerability class
- Apply mitigation strategies
- Software Security Standards
- Security Models
- Security Frameworks
- Identify security requirements sources
- Elicit security requirements
- Analyze and prioritize security requirements
- Document security requirements
- Validate security requirements
- Secure Design Principles
- Threat Modeling
- Secure Architecture Patterns
- Security Requirements Elicitation
- Design Review for Security
- Secure Component Integration
- Data Protection in Design
- Secure Authentication and Authorization Design
- Error Handling and Logging Design
- Secure Deployment and Operational Design
- Threat Modeling Fundamentals
- Threat Modeling Methodologies
- Identifying Assets and Entry Points
- Decomposing the Application
- Applying STRIDE
- Modeling Threats with Data Flow Diagrams
- Prioritizing Threats
- Mitigation Strategies
- Documenting and Communicating Threat Models
- Input Validation Approaches
- Filtering Techniques
- Whitelist vs Blacklist Validation
- Canonicalization
- Validation on Multiple Layers
- Input Validation Fundamentals
- Validation Strategies
- Java Validation APIs
- Handling Malformed Input
- Context-Specific Validation
- Secure Coding Integration
- Authentication Threats
- Authorization Threats
- Impact of Authentication and Authorization Flaws
- Authentication Mechanisms in Java
- Implementing Authentication in Java
- Session Management for Authentication
- Authorization Models
- Implementing Authorization in Java
- Secure Password Storage
- Handling Authentication Errors
- Defensive Techniques Against Common Attacks
- Symmetric Encryption Fundamentals
- Asymmetric Encryption Fundamentals
- Key Exchange Mechanisms
- Comparison of Symmetric and Asymmetric Encryption
- Common Algorithms
- Hash Functions
- Common Hash Algorithms
- Salting and Keyed Hashing
- Digital Signature Fundamentals
- Digital Signature Algorithms
- Digital Signature Process
- X.509 Certificates
- Certificate Authorities and Chains
- Certificate Lifecycle Management
- Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA)
- Secure Key Management
- Identify common cryptographic attacks
- Understand attack implications
- Apply defensive coding practices
- Use secure cryptographic libraries
- Validate and sanitize inputs
- Implement error handling without leakage
- Conduct security testing for cryptography
- Session Management Fundamentals
- Session ID Generation and Security
- Session ID Transmission and Storage
- Session Lifecycle Management
- Session Fixation Prevention
- Session Hijacking Prevention
- Session Management in Java
- Session Management in Frameworks
- Session Management Testing and Auditing
- Session Management Fundamentals
- Secure Session ID Generation
- Session ID Transmission Protection
- Session ID Storage and Handling
- Session Expiration and Timeout
- Session Fixation Defense
- Session Hijacking Mitigation
- Logout and Session Termination
- Session Management in Java Web Applications
- Secure exception handling principles
- Avoiding sensitive information leakage
- Centralized error handling
- Logging security events
- Proper exception flow control
- User-friendly error responses
- Audit Logging Fundamentals
- Logging Sensitive Data Risks
- Log Injection Prevention
- Secure Log Storage and Integrity
- Log Monitoring and Alerting
- Compliance and Retention Policies
- SAST Fundamentals
- DAST Fundamentals
- SAST vs DAST Comparison
- SAST Tools and Techniques
- DAST Tools and Techniques
- Integrating SAST into SDLC
- Integrating DAST into SDLC
- Interpreting SAST Results
- Interpreting DAST Results
- SAST and DAST Limitations
- Best Practices for SAST and DAST
- Secure Deployment Planning
- Secure Configuration Management
- Security Patching and Updates
- Secure Maintenance Procedures
- Monitoring and Logging for Security
- Incident Response and Recovery
- Secure Decommissioning
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