Java Security Solutions

In This Chapter

This chapter is intended to provide a basic introduction to security concepts that I call the pillars of security: authentication, authorization, confidentiality, and integrity. These concepts are used throughout the book. I do not intend to present a complete discussion on all the details of security in this chapter; instead, my intention is to establish the basic terminology to be built on and to be addressed in detail later. Security is a complicated topic and having a common understanding of the terminology and concepts is a good starting point. If you are already familiar with authentication, authorization, confidentiality, and integrity, you can skip this chapter entirely.