• Online, Self-Paced

This secure coding course presents scenarios that lead to race conditions and the issues introduced by this type of concurrency bug. With the risk of raced conditions higher in JAVA as a multi-threaded programming language, this course provides a clear understanding on how to avoid them, including inspecting classes, disassembling JAVA, decompiling JAVA, error messages, and exception handling to prevent information disclosure.

Learning Objectives

On successful completion of this course, learners should have the knowledge and skills to prevent race conditions in your Java application, including:

  • Identify common Java race condition issues and the corresponding security risks they introduce into applications
  • Protect and secure temp files from race condition vulnerabilities
  • Understand best practices for preventing race condition issues

 

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Software Development

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

Feedback

If you would like to provide feedback for this course, please e-mail the NICCS SO at NICCS@hq.dhs.gov.