systems & data security
Topics
Blockchain
- Bitcoin, Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, Indy.
- Permissioned vs permissionless, private vs public blockchains.
- Consensus mechanisms, smart contracts, non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
- Performance issues related to speed and data size.
Information Security
IT security plans, cybersecurity, attacks and defenses.
Distributed Cooperative Systems
- Elementary transaction issues.
- Conceptual and logical models for elementary and complex transactions.
- Cooperation agreements, Validation Authorities, transaction observation and tracking.
- Validation rules and access rules.
Cryptography
- Random number generators.
- Symmetric and asymmetric cryptographic algorithms.
- Blum numbers and ciphering.
- Modular arithmetic, secure key exchange.
- SSL and HTTPS protocols.
Identity Management
- The AAAA model and its evolutions.
- Authentication vs authorization.
- Multilevel and multi-organization access management.
- Identity token architectures and related issues.
- Identity chain management and construction.
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