Blockchain technology is being hailed as one of the most revolutionary and disruptive innovations of today. Blockchain technology was first identified in the world's most popular digital currency, Bitcoin, but now has changed the perception of many organizations and empowered them to use it, even for storage and the 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 understand the workings of blockchain technology, Ethereum, and Hyperledger architecture, and how they fit into the cybersecurity ecosystem. These chapters will also help you 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 fundamentally transforming cybersecurity solutions.Â
Toward the end of the book, you will learn about real-world deployment examples of blockchain in security cases, and also understand the short-term challenges and the future of cybersecurity with blockchain.
