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Published inJun 2018
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Rajneesh Gupta
Rajneesh Gupta
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Rajneesh Gupta

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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How can blockchain help?


PKI has major vulnerability because of its centralized management system. Blockchain, however, is fundamentally decentralized and allow communication between several parties without any third-party involvement. The approach of going decentralized can be a paradigm shift in the PKI; therefore, it needs a systematic approach to deploy it.

Decentralized infrastructure

Blockchain is about achieving a decentralized network of multiple participants without third-party involvement. A decentralized public key infrastructure (DPKI) is an innovative concept that creates authentication systems over public systems without depending on a single third party that can compromise the integrity and security of the system. As we already know, blockchain is built with a trustless approach that allows both trusted and untrusted parties to communicate with each other. However, trust is usually established among geographically and politically disparate participants with several consensus...

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Rajneesh Gupta

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.
Read more about Rajneesh Gupta