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Hands-On Cybersecurity with Blockchain.

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Product type Book
Published in Jun 2018
Publisher
ISBN-13 9781788990189
Pages 236 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Author (1):
Rajneesh Gupta Rajneesh Gupta
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Rajneesh Gupta is a seasoned cybersecurity professional with over 11 years of industry experience. With a remarkable career focused on incident response, penetration testing, security compliance, and risk management, Rajneesh has established himself as a leading expert in the field. He is also an accomplished author, having penned the book "Hands-on with Blockchain and Cybersecurity." As a dedicated educator, Rajneesh has made a significant impact on the cybersecurity community by training over 60,000 students globally.
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Title Page
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
1. Cyber Threat Landscape and Security Challenges 2. Security Must Evolve 3. Introducing Blockchain and Ethereum 4. Hyperledger – Blockchain for Businesses 5. Blockchain on the CIA Security Triad 6. Deploying PKI-Based Identity with Blockchain 7. Two-Factor Authentication with Blockchain 8. Blockchain-Based DNS Security Platform 9. Deploying Blockchain-Based DDoS Protection 10. Facts about Blockchain and Cyber Security 1. Assessment 2. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Ethereum

Ethereum is one of the oldest blockchain flavors and has provided platforms with a way to customize a system. Bitcoin aims to disrupt the current payment system and online banking with its own consensus mechanism, whereas Ethereum is in the midst of decentralizing the existing computer system since it works heavily on the client-server model.  

History

In 2013, Vitalik Buterin, a 22-year-old programmer involved in Bitcoin, first described Ethereum in a whitepaper. In early 2014, a Swiss company called Ethereum Switzerland GmbH developed the first Ethereum software. In June 2016, decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) was hacked by an anonymous group, sparking significant debate in the crypto-community and resulting in the network being split into two groups: Ethereum (ETH) and Ethereum Classic (ETC).

What is Ethereum?

Ethereum is a decentralized network that has the capability of running applications in a distributed environment. The idea is simply to avoid complete dependency...

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Profile icon Rajneesh Gupta
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Rajneesh Gupta is a seasoned cybersecurity professional with over 11 years of industry experience. With a remarkable career focused on incident response, penetration testing, security compliance, and risk management, Rajneesh has established himself as a leading expert in the field. He is also an accomplished author, having penned the book "Hands-on with Blockchain and Cybersecurity." As a dedicated educator, Rajneesh has made a significant impact on the cybersecurity community by training over 60,000 students globally.
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