Blockchain Security and Privacy
Description
Comprehensive coverage of blockchain security threats, mitigation strategies, and privacy-enhancing technologies.
Learning Objectives
Learners will identify and analyze common blockchain security threats, implement security best practices and mitigation strategies, understand privacy-enhancing technologies like zero-knowledge proofs, evaluate regulatory and compliance requirements, and develop secure blockchain solutions that protect user privacy and system integrity.
Topics (8)
Comprehensive overview of blockchain-specific attacks including 51% attacks, double spending, Sybil attacks, eclipse attacks, and smart contract vulnerabilities.
Detailed analysis of smart contract security issues, including reentrancy attacks, integer overflow/underflow, improper access control, and gas limit vulnerabilities with mitigation strategies.
Advanced cryptographic security including quantum resistance, key management, secure random number generation, and cryptographic protocol security in blockchain contexts.
Comprehensive coverage of privacy technologies including zk-SNARKs, zk-STARKs, ring signatures, stealth addresses, and mixing protocols for enhanced blockchain privacy.
Comprehensive coverage of global regulatory landscape including GDPR, AML/KYC requirements, securities regulations, and emerging blockchain-specific legislation.
Advanced security auditing techniques including automated analysis tools, manual code review, formal verification methods, and security assessment frameworks for blockchain applications.
Comprehensive incident response planning including breach detection, damage assessment, recovery procedures, post-incident analysis, and improving security posture after attacks.
Network security including DDoS protection, secure peer-to-peer communication, node isolation prevention, and infrastructure hardening for blockchain networks.