• You will be able to create a secured web application with the Java EE 8 new Security API.
• You will understand the underlying concepts of the new Security API and create custom implementations.

The presentation gives an overview of the current status of the Java EE Security API work, part of the upcoming Java EE 8 specification.

By starting why there is a need for such a new specification, we will cover the main concepts related to security.

Soteria is the reference implementation of the specification. Although the spec is targetted to Java EE8, we can use it in several Application servers already. Various common use cases will be presented in a demo.

Developers feedback is important to reach a good specification which can please the developers. At the end, there will be room for questions, remarks, feedback, etc...