The last few years have seen new computing trends like increased use of mobile devices, big data and a world connected with internet. This has made Java applications vulnerable to threats and attacks. With time, holes get exposed in cryptographic algorithms and security protocols. They then need to be replaced with stronger alternatives. This session will show how safety mechanisms have been built into JDK to automatically protect applications from weak algorithms and protocols such as MD2, MD5, RC4, weak RSA/DSA keys and SSLv3. A wide variety of security controls have been made available which range from automatic defenses to user friendly APIs. Several new security controls have been introduced in Java 8 and Java 9 platforms like SHA-3 hash algorithms, OCSP stapling for TLS and DRBG SecureRandom implementation. This session will benefit Java developers by introducing them of the many defenses present and available in the Java ecosystem.

Java 8 was released quite a while ago and we are now close to release of Java 9. There are discussions of Java 10 features also. There are many who are still stuck with older versions for various reasons. Many people claim that their code supports Java 8 but they aren't really using the powerful features of Java 8 like lambda expressions, Streams API and the new Date / Time API. This session does a quick recap of the powerful and unique features of Java 8. Tips and techniques to identify areas of code fit for refactoring to Java 8, will be shown. Eclipse can be leveraged to refactor code to use features like lambdas and streams. Pros and Cons of these features would be covered so that an informed decision can be taken whether to refactor or not.

Java 8 was released in March 2014 with lambda expressions as its flagship feature. Many people have used them to write more concise and flexible code. Lambda expressions can be combined with the Streams API to express rich data processing queries. Many popular programming languages already had support for "lambdas" aka "closures". Interestingly, many of these languages run on the JVM and Java as the most prominent language running on the JVM did not want to be left behind. Java has provided support for lambdas using an elegant mechanism of "invokedynamics". In addition to this the streams API provided support for concurrent execution of instructions to suit new age parallel pipelined microprocessors. This session does a recap of Lambdas and Streams and their benefits with some practical examples. It then goes on to see how the community has taken these concepts. The excellent support provided by Eclipse for Lambdas will also be covered.