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Blockchain and Smart Contracts Security

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Learn about security concerns, risk mitigation techniques, and how to configure and implement security controls to protect Blockchain from a breach or attack.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Security concerns with blockchain
  • What you should know
1. Demystifying Blockchain
  • What is blockchain?
  • Smart contracts and dApps
  • How blockchain works
2. Security Properties of Blockchain
  • Consensus
  • Immutability
  • Cryptography: Keys and addresses
  • Cryptography: Validation
3. Security Model for the Blockchain Ecosystem
  • Overall technology architecture
  • Attack surface and vectors
  • Security model
4. Blockchain Platform Security
  • Proof-of-work protocol attacks
  • Proof-of-stake protocol attacks
5. Distributed Apps and Smart Contracts Security
  • Smart contracts and EVM
  • Anatomy of a smart contract
  • Deploying a smart contract
  • Smart contracts threats: Part one
  • Smart contracts threats: Part two
  • Secure design
6. Non-distributed Apps and Enabler Services
  • Blockchain ecosystem threats: Part one
  • Blockchain ecosystem threats: Part two
  • Blockchain ecosystem threats: Part three
7. End User Security
  • Wallet and keys security
  • Web session security
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Sam Sehgal

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