Blockchain And The Future Of IT Security: A Quick Primer
Solutions Review, January 30th, 2023
Solutions Review's Expert Insights Series is a collection of contributed articles written by industry experts in enterprise software categories. Nelson Cicchitto of Avatier offers up a quick primer on blockchain, and how it will be used as a cybersecurity tool in the near future.
Anyone involved in IT has almost certainly been asked, over the last few years, about blockchain security. It's a buzzworthy term, and you can understand why: cybersecurity attacks are rising at an unprecedented rate, and people want to make sure they're doing everything possible to protect their valuable assets.
Blockchain security, as a concept, is still in its infancy. We have a way to go before corporations can rely solely on the blockchain to safeguard their information. That said, the fundamentals of the blockchain - cryptography, distributed networks, etc. - warrant a close look. It's important to understand some basic principles of the blockchain and how these principles might be used to create what hopefully be tamper-proof and immutable records. But how secure is it?