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The CERT Oracle Secure Coding Standard for Java The Java Coding Guidelines is primarily intended for developers of Java language programs. Although this standard focuses these guidelines focus on the Java SE 6 7 Platform environment, it they should also be informative (although incomplete) for Java developers working with Java ME or Java EE and other Java language versions.

While primarily designed for secure systems, this standard is these guidelines are also useful for achieving other quality attributes such as safety, reliability, dependability, robustness, availability, and maintainability.

This standard These guidelines may also be used by

  • developers of analyzer tools that wish to diagnose insecure or nonconforming Java language programs.
  • software development managers, software acquirers, or other software development and acquisition specialists to establish a proscriptive set of secure coding standards.
  • educators as a primary or secondary text for software security courses that teach secure coding in Java.