Chapter 1, Cyber Threat Landscape and Security Challenges, covers the emerging global cyber threat landscape, what is making threats stronger and more sophisticated, and the defender's perspective, including governments; International Security Alliance (ISA); and industry alliances, corporations, executives, Chief Security Officers (CSOs), and security analysts.Â
Chapter 2, Security Must Evolve, describes some serious and urgent changes in the security mindset, such as the zero-trust approach, breach acceptance, and changes in the security foundation.
Chapter 3, Introducing Blockchain and Ethereum, describes blockchain from its birth and its continuous adoption in various industries and verticals. We will also get to know how organizations are using blockchain to solve their problems.
Chapter 4, Hyperledger – Blockchain for Businesses, introduces you to the Hyperledger project, with its open source collaboration, and develops a cross-industry blockchain technologies. It also provides a demonstration of the deployment of dApps with Hyperledger peers.
Chapter 5, Blockchain on the CIA Security Triad, explains that any security measures are designed to protect one or more facets of the CIA triad, and therefore it's a smart way to adapt blockchain in the underlying security foundation, such as enterprise key and certificate management, encryption, and access control.
Chapter 6, Deploying PKI-Based Identity with Blockchain, covers the real-world deployment of Blockchain in security cases with current state review, protocol implementation, architecture, structure, and API client integration.
Chapter 7, Two-Factor Authentication with Blockchain, contains insights into the components and workings of two-factor authentication. At the end, we will get to see how a decentralized two-factor authentication system can be built with an Ethereum blockchain.
Chapter 8, Blockchain-Based DNS Security Platform, discusses existing DNS infrastructure, challenges, and how blockchain helps to build a more robust and secure decentralized DNS infrastructure.
Chapter 9, Deploying Blockchain-Based DDoS Protection, covers the impact of a DDoS attack, its anatomy, challenges with existing DDoS protection solutions, and how an Ethereum blockchain can transform your DDoS protection platform.
Chapter 10, Facts about Blockchain and Cyber Security, covers some potential challenges with the blockchain system, such as node theft, the availability of distributed nodes, malicious code injection into a distributed ledger, reputation risk, target reconnaissance, and bypassing the offboarding and onboarding procedure.
