Java with it's Write Once Run Anywhere philosophy is fast becoming a de facto platform of choice for development and deployment of enterprise solutions. With Java being available from Smart Card to Super Computers, it lends itself for implementing portable security solutions. Security, which is a critical need in today's networked economy has been one of the overriding requirements in the design of the language.

This tutorial will discuss the basics of network security, the variety of infrastructural support and the choice of ready solutions in Java towards building secure products. The mission of this session is to drive home the point that developers need to understand security, and surprisingly, the concepts are quite simple. Web Services security concepts will also be introduced. The following topics will be covered with some very simple code samples.