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Published inMar 2023
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Imran Bashir
Imran Bashir
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Imran Bashir

Imran Bashir has an M.Sc. in Information Security from Royal Holloway, University of London, and has a background in software development, solution architecture, infrastructure management, and IT service management. He is also a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the British Computer Society (BCS). Imran has extensive experience in both the public and financial sectors, having worked on large-scale IT projects in the public sector before moving to the financial services industry. Since then, he has worked in various technical roles for different financial companies in Europe's financial capital, London.
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Regulation and compliance

Regulatory compliance is another dimension of blockchain security. How do we ensure that the blockchain platform is GDPR-compliant? How do we ensure that the blockchain platform is compliant with the enterprise security policy? Such questions fall into the category of regulatory compliance-related security requirements. There are certain requirements around data localization, e.g., customer data may not leave a specific geographic location. In such scenarios, a globally replicated blockchain may not be the best solution. In those cases, restricted private transactions (introduced in Chapter 16, Enterprise Blockchain) could be a useful construct to follow. In other situations, the use of off-chain transaction managers located in specific geographic locations could be helpful. In certain cases, specific cryptographic protocols are mandated by organizations such as NIST. For example, specific curves are mandated in SP 800-186 by NIST for federal agencies, which...

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Published in: Mar 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803241067

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Imran Bashir

Imran Bashir has an M.Sc. in Information Security from Royal Holloway, University of London, and has a background in software development, solution architecture, infrastructure management, and IT service management. He is also a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the British Computer Society (BCS). Imran has extensive experience in both the public and financial sectors, having worked on large-scale IT projects in the public sector before moving to the financial services industry. Since then, he has worked in various technical roles for different financial companies in Europe's financial capital, London.
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