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Hands-On Cybersecurity with Blockchain

By : Rajneesh Gupta
Book Image

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

Architecture and core components


Hyperledger is an open source framework that allows businesses to build enterprise-grade solutions based on distributed ledger technology. This framework consists of the following building blocks:

  • Shared ledger: It is an append-only ledger, and it stores the blocks in chronological order
  • Consensus algorithm: It's a method to achieve a common agreement over a change in the distributed ledger
  • Privacy: The main purpose of building the Hyperledger was to achieve a permissioned network for secure and reliable transactions in mission-critical business environments
  • Smart contract: This is a granular method to plan and process transaction requests

Let's understand the Hyperledger architecture:

  • Consensus layer: This is mainly responsible for generating an agreement on each order and validating transactions based on a predefined set of rules
  • Smart contract layer: This takes care of transaction requests and applying business logic
  • Communication layer: This facilitates a platform...