San Diego Java User's Group

Speaker: Bryon Gloden, Security Architect, Arxan Technologies

Title: Protecting Java Code – Going Beyond Simple Obfuscation

Abstract:
While Java offers an efficient framework for developing and deploying enterprise and Web 2.0 server or client-side applications, it also presents many risks. Perhaps chief among those risks with Java, being an interpreted language, is that its bytecode contains highly detailed metadata making compiled applications easy to reverse engineer, tamper and pirate. In our discussion we will consider and demonstrate some of the vulnerabilities and risks along with protection tools to pack when assessing or implementing Java application security.

Bio:
Bryon Gloden is a Security Architect with Arxan Technologies, Inc and spends much of his time helping customers implement software protection solutions. His past experience includes contribution in a variety of functional areas— Technical Pre-Sales, Support, Rapid Prototyping, Security Forensics, and Threat Modeling. Previously, Mr. Gloden performed application security research and development throughout all stages of the application security lifecycle (Requirements, Risk Assessment, Protection Design, Implementation, and Verification). Mr. Gloden holds a Masters of Science in Computer Science from Purdue University, with emphasis in Information Assurance and Security.

Company Bio:
Arxan Technologies Inc. is a leading provider of application hardening solutions designed to protect software applications from tampering to minimize risk and maximize profitability. Our advanced software protection solutions secure enterprises, ISVs and digital media providers against unauthorized use, malware insertion, piracy, and reverse engineering of intellectual property. Our products defend, detect, alert and react to attacks through a threat-based, customizable approach that is proven, easy to use and non-disruptive. Arxan supports a full range of application protection needs, from commercial software to military grade assurance. The government relies on ADS Systems to deliver a best-of-breed anti-tamper platform to protect critical program information. Founded in 2001, Arxan Technologies has offices in Bethesda, MD, San Francisco, CA and West Lafayette, IN. For more information, please visit www.arxan.com.

Arxan protects Intellectual Property from software piracy, tampering, reverse engineering and any manner of theft. We protect software, and fortify License Management and DRM applications.

Arxan makes intellectual property (IP) theft virtually impossible, so developers of software applications,including multi-media and DRM applications, can safeguard their revenues. For the past 5 years, Arxan's IP fortification technology has been protecting America's critical military infrastructure. Today, defense agencies as well as Global 500 companies, trust Arxan to protect their IP.