Sean Mullan - Consulting Member of Technical Staff

Sean Mullan is Technical Lead of the Java Security Libraries Team and Lead of the OpenJDK Security Group.

Posts

• JDK 26 Security Enhancements on March 19, 2026 Security JDK 26
• JDK 25 Security Enhancements on September 24, 2025 Security JDK 25
• JDK 24 Security Enhancements on April 8, 2025 Security JDK 24
• JEP targeted to JDK 24: 486: Permanently Disable the Security Manager on November 12, 2024 JDK 24 Security
• JDK 23 Security Enhancements on September 23, 2024 Security JDK 23
• JDK 22 Security Enhancements on March 20, 2024 Security JDK 22
• JDK 21 Security Enhancements on September 22, 2023 Security JDK 21
• JDK 20 Security Enhancements on March 22, 2023 Security JDK 20
• JDK 19 Security Enhancements on September 22, 2022 JDK 19 Security
• JDK 18 Security Enhancements on March 22, 2022 JDK 18 Security
• JDK 17 Security Enhancements on September 15, 2021 JDK 17 Security
• A few updates to JEP 411: Deprecate the Security Manager for Removal on July 16, 2021 Security JDK 17 JDK 18
• Updates to JEP 411: Deprecate the Security Manager for Removal on May 29, 2021 Security JDK 17
• Updates to JEP 411: Deprecate the Security Manager for Removal on May 19, 2021 Security
• JDK 16 Security Enhancements on March 18, 2021 JDK 16 Security
• JDK 15 Security Enhancements on October 13, 2020 Security JDK 15
• JDK 14 Security Enhancements on March 19, 2020 Security JDK 14
• JDK 13 Security Enhancements on August 5, 2019 Security JDK 13
• JDK 12 Security Enhancements on March 19, 2019 Security JDK 12

Videos

• Java Security Evolution - Out with the Old, In with the New on July 20, 2025 Security
• Keeping Your Java Applications Secure - Cryptographic Improvements and Best Practices on September 17, 2020 Security