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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
Languages
Concepts
Author (1):
Rajneesh Gupta Rajneesh Gupta
Profile icon Rajneesh Gupta

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

PKI


Organizations may have hundreds of cloud-based applications to manage and maintain. Managing individual access control and authentication is a difficult daily task. When it comes to internet users and enormous web applications, it becomes difficult to trust individual websites, and users tend to lose their private and confidential information through them. A PKI provides a secure means of authenticating an individual's identity.

Businesses can reduce the number of deployment and management issues that are encountered with applications by employing a PKI. As businesses are moving more toward cloud-based applications, it is critical to protect security-sensitive applications from emerging threats. There are many security threats when communicating online such as identity theft, man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks, and data leaks.

PKI in a nutshell

The internet allows anyone to connect to anyone else and, unlike the real world, geographical/physical barriers don't exist. This makes it difficult...

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