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Security of the Java software platform
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<p> The <a href="/facts/Java_(software_platform)/fpn6x8WL">Java software platform</a> provides a number of features designed for improving the <a href="/facts/Application_security/L2DWzCfG">security</a> of Java applications. This includes enforcing runtime constraints through the use of the <a href="/facts/Java_virtual_machine/l9Nzrsun">Java Virtual Machine</a> (JVM), a security manager that <a href="/facts/Sandbox_(computer_security)/WEm2u7oG">sandboxes</a> untrusted code from the rest of the operating system, and a suite of security <a href="/facts/API/GMlN4vUr">APIs</a> that Java developers can utilise. Despite this, criticism has been directed at the programming language, and Oracle, due to an increase in malicious programs that revealed security vulnerabilities in the JVM, which were subsequently not properly addressed by Oracle in a timely manner. </p>