Securing applications and their environment

Secure the application serving environment. This information applies generally to all types of applications deployed in the environment.

Note: This section focuses on securing the WebSphere® Application Server full profile application serving environment. If you are using WebSphere Application Server Liberty, see the Liberty documentation. The Liberty documentation is unversioned and its content applies to Version 8.5.5 and later Liberty releases.

Part of your security framework WebSphere Application Server plays an integral part of the multiple-tier enterprise computing framework. Based on open architecture, WebSphere Application Server provides many plug-in points to integrate with enterprise software components to provide end-to-end security.

Product security Security infrastructure and mechanisms protect Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) resources and administrative resources, addressing your enterprise security requirements.