If you are using Maven, you need to add the taglibs library to your pom.xml. org.springframework.security spring-security-taglibs 3.1.3.RELEASE Then in jsp added: And: Spring Security: var USER_CD = ''; http://static.springsource.org/spring-security/site/docs/3.0.x/reference/taglibs.html 19. JSP Tag Libraries Spring Security has its own taglib which provides basic support for accessing security ..
