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Hands-on cybersecurity with Blockchain : implement DDoS protection, PKI-based identity, 2FA, and DNS security using Blockchain /
Despite the growing investment in cybersecurity, modern attackers manage to bypass advanced security systems. Blockchain and Hyperledger architecture provide a safer way of avoiding such attacks. This book will help you build blockchain-based apps for DDoS protection, PKI-based identity platform, Tw...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Birmingham, UK :
Packt Publishing,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright and Credits; Packt Upsell; Contributors; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Cyber Threat Landscape and Security Challenges; Current threat landscape; Ransomware; The monetization of hacking ; WannaCry; NotPetya; SimpleLocker; TeslaCrypt; CryptoLocker; PC Cyborg; Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks; From script kiddies to geo-political; Ease of launching a DDoS; Top targeted countries; Insider threats; Some more ways to define insider threats; Insider threat profile; Data breaches; Notable recent data breaches; Impact of data breaches.
- Advanced persistence threat (APT)What makes APT so different?; Defender perspectives; Government; The United States (US); The United Kingdom (UK); Europe; India; Corporate; Endpoint detection and response (EDR); Deception technology; Cyber threat intelligence (CTI); Live attack execution; Emerging security challenges; Summary; Questions; Further reading; Chapter 2: Security Must Evolve; The security ecosystem ; The zero-trust approach; The assume breach approach; Evolution at the foundation layer; Summary; Questions ; Further reading ; Chapter 3: Introducing Blockchain and Ethereum.
- What is blockchain?A brief history; Fundamentals of the blockchain; Who is using blockchain and how?; Internet versus blockchain; IP packet versus block; Web app versus dApp; How it works?; The building blocks of blockchain; Block; Cryptography
- digital signature and hashing algorithm; Consensus
- the core of blockchain; Ethereum; History; What is Ethereum?; Smart contract; EVM; Gas; dApp; Private versus public blockchain; Public blockchain; Private blockchain; Business adaptation; Summary; Questions; Further reading; Chapter 4: Hyperledger
- Blockchain for Businesses; Technical requirements.
- Hyperledger overviewBlockchain-as-a-service (BaaS); Program goal; Architecture and core components; Hyperledger Fabric model; Hyperledeger Fabric core components; Working of Hyperledger and transaction processing; Bitcoin versus Ethereum versus Hyperledger; Hyperledger Fabric capabilities; Lab; Tuna application; Summary; Questions; Chapter 5: Blockchain on the CIA Security Triad; What is the CIA security triad?; Confidentiality; Integrity; Availability; Understanding blockchain on confidentiality; Confidentiality in the existing model; Businesses, blockchain, and confidentiality.
- Achieving confidentiality with Hyperledger FabricBlockchain on integrity; Integrity in the current blockchain network; Block arrangement and immutability; Achieving integrity with Hyperledger; Verifying chain integrity; Understanding blockchain on availability; Availability in the current blockchain network; No single point of failure; Business and availability; Summary; Questions; Further reading; Chapter 6: Deploying PKI-Based Identity with Blockchain; PKI; PKI in a nutshell; The evolution of PKI; Components; Asymmetric key encryption; Certificate; Certificate authority (CA).