Authors

Brian Buege

Brian Buege is an information systems professional with over a decade of software development experience. An application developer and architect at heart, one of his dreams is to make Java application security accessible and understandable enough that it can be used by every developer, not just “security” specialists. Through his work on over 15 software projects, he’s discovered that application security techniques need to be not just useful and effective, but also easy to implement.

In the five years he’s worked with Java, he has architected and developed systems across a wide variety of business domains and with varying technologies that range from financial services to health care and from standalone to N-tier.

In addition to his work with Fortune 500 clients as an independent consultant and application security analyst, he is a Sun Microsystems Certified Java Instructor, Developer and Programmer. He has taught computer science and mathematics at the college level, and has also taught Java-related topics to business clients nationwide. He holds an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota and a B.S. in Computer Science from Texas Christian University.

He used to have a life and some pretty interesting hobbies until he agreed to help write a book on J2EE application security.

Randy Layman

Randy Layman is a software engineer with over five years of development experience. He has been involved in the design, development, and deployment of mission-critical financial and web publishing systems. Always concerned with developing the best possible system, he has worked diligently to secure computer systems from outside attack while still providing usable, responsive, and effective systems. Randy holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Art Taylor

Art Taylor has over 17 years experience in the computer industry and can remember when a green screen character terminal with a 1200 baud connection was considered state-of-the-art. He spent some time in the database side of the industry working for a number of years at Informix Software, a relational database company, before making the switch to Java technologies in 1996.

Art has written several books on Java APIs and technologies and has taught Java courses for Sun Microsystems. He has performed a variety of project roles, including technical architect, project manager, database designer, and general Java guru.

Art likes to write (maybe even a little too much) and has published a number of technical books and articles over the years. He is currently focused on writing, teaching computer courses as an assistant professor at Rider University, consulting, and writing (some more).