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Hands-On Cybersecurity with Blockchain

By : Rajneesh Gupta
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Hands-On Cybersecurity with Blockchain

By: Rajneesh Gupta

Overview of this book

Blockchain technology is being welcomed as one of the most revolutionary and impactful innovations of today. Blockchain technology was first identified in the world’s most popular digital currency, Bitcoin, but has now changed the outlook of several organizations and empowered them to use it even for storage and transfer of value. This book will start by introducing you to the common cyberthreat landscape and common attacks such as malware, phishing, insider threats, and DDoS. The next set of chapters will help you to understand the workings of Blockchain technology, Ethereum and Hyperledger architecture and how they fit into the cybersecurity ecosystem. These chapters will also help you to write your first distributed application on Ethereum Blockchain and the Hyperledger Fabric framework. Later, you will learn about the security triad and its adaptation with Blockchain. The last set of chapters will take you through the core concepts of cybersecurity, such as DDoS protection, PKI-based identity, 2FA, and DNS security. You will learn how Blockchain plays a crucial role in transforming cybersecurity solutions. Toward the end of the book, you will also encounter some real-world deployment examples of Blockchain in security cases, and also understand the short-term challenges and future of cybersecurity with Blockchain.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Title Page
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Leader's checklist


Blockchain is creating some great technologies and business opportunities, and it is facilitating collaboration between organizations. Organization leaders are currently in the situation of sensing and identifying the use cases of blockchain technology for their business operations so that they can keep pace with ever-changing market needs. Let's focus on the important questions for your go-to-blockchain plan:

  • Who is the most trusted leader in my industry in blockchain technology?
  • What are my competitors saying about blockchain?
  • Which business units are likely to be most disrupted?
  • Who will be most affected by our blockchain deployment and what could their possible reaction be?

     

     

     

  • What could the possible business cases of blockchain be and how can we achieve a better and sustainable business model?
  • What is the overall cost factor involved in the deployment?
  • What would be the impact of current rules and regulations for blockchain applications?
  • How do we achieve a win-win situation...