**Wargames – Java vulnerabilities and why you should care**
Java is great and we all spend time on making it more performant, more scalable and maintainable. But we better should also spend some time on making it more secure. With all that new Java releases and features also come new vulnerabilities and exploits. Because Java is everywhere, it has a huge attack surface which makes it interesting for hackers to search for vulnerabilities in Java and foremost in Java based applications. I’m not a Java security specialist and if you are like me wonder what all these mystique acronyms like NVD, CVE, CVSS, CPU, PSU etc. mean and how they are related to Java security, come to this session and I will explain it to you. It will also be shown what tools are available to you to check whether your Java application is vulnerable to known issues.
**About our speaker**
Gerrit Grunwald is a software engineer that loves coding for around 40 years already. He is a true believer in open source and has participated in popular projects like [JFXtras.org](https://jfxtras.org/) as well as his own projects (TilesFX, Medusa, Enzo, SteelSeries Swing, SteelSeries Canvas, JDKMon).
Gerrit blogs regularly at [harmonic-code.org](http://harmonic-code.org/), he is an active member of the Java community, where he founded and leads the Java User Group Münster (Germany), he is a JavaOne rockstar and a Java Champion. He is a speaker at conferences and user groups internationally and writes for several magazines.
**Agenda**
5:30pm – 6:00pm: Networking, food and drinks
6:00pm – 7:00pm: Talk session
7:00pm – 7:30pm: More networking
**Parking**
There are 2 entrances for The Railyard parking deck – 1 on Bland Street and 1 on Winona Street. There are other public parking spaces around the area.
**Venue directions**
Take the stairs or elevator down to the 1st floor.
Come in through the lobby and take the elevator banks on the South Tower to the 6th floor.
The South Tower elevators are located on the STIR side of The RailYard, opposed to the side with North Italia and Rhino Market & Deli
When you arrive on the 6th floor, it will take you straight to our reception area.
If there is no one to assist you, please ring the Amazon doorbell located on the reception desk.
