Citation:

Tirumala Ashish Kumar Manne, 2023. "Enhancing Web Security in Java Applications: A Deep Dive into Spring Security Framework ESP Journal of Engineering & Technology Advancements" 3(2): 179-185.

Abstract:

Also, for Java based applications, various kind of enterprise operations can be provided. The aim of this paper is to review the Spring Security, a scalable, customizable, Java security framework that is used for authentication and access-control features, which is added to the Web application with the Java Platform. I consider its structure, components and capabilities, like session management, role based access models, protection against CSRF, OAuth2 and/or JWT integration. I show a concrete way you can ward off the attacks of the common threats found in the OWASP Top 10 using Spring Security via example cases. I illustrate some of the implementation details and practical perfomance considerations of Spring Security when comparing it to Java security implementations like Apache Shiro, Java Security and JAAS. The last section of the paper will wrap up by providing you with and sharing best practice principles of a secure configuration, coupled with a summary of recent things you can explore, such as cloud-native security improvements as well as how you can support embedding Zero Trust into your estate. The main goal of this work is to provide theoretical knowledge and practical guidelines for developers, architects and security practitioners so that they could employ Spring Security for secure Java applications.

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Keywords:

Web Application Security, OAuth2, JWT, Spring Security, JAAS.