Thinking about building a blockchain project? What are the top areas of concern to ensure a successful ICO? Learn from founders and investors, lawyers, engineers, and marketing experts. From a talk given at Team Block Society.
Slides from my recent talk about Smart Contracts at the SVIA (Silicon Valley Insurance Accelerator) Blockchain Bootcamp (http://sviaccelerator.com/insurtech-bootcamp-block-chain-01/). Professional edited video to come but not available yet. More about blockchain available at www.blockchaing.org and @audsinthecity (Twitter)
A short 101 on blockchain and cryptocurrencies - What is blockchain? How to get started investing in crypto? Tactical tips for keeping your investment secure. Presentation for Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Meetup at WeWork San Francisco, Oct 23 2017.
Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies Intro - July 2017🔗Audrey Chaing
An overview of blockchain, cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, Ethereum, ICOs. Meant to be introductory level but provide a slightly higher level of detail. Includes some companies to watch in the blockchain space. Prepared before the August 1 fork, which did occur.
The Quest for Enterprise Blockchain Solutions.Fran Strajnar
This presentation was delivered to the sold-out Ethereum.nz events on the 17th & 19th May 2016.
Blockchain for Enterprise:
•Exponential Tech & Macro
•5 Pillars / 3 Layers
•Solution Designs Examples
•Standards & Protocols
•Conclusion
Starting off by identifying the behavior of 'Exponential' technology and digging into the Macro-view of Blockchain's evolving out of it's early 'infrastructure building' days.
We take a look at the '5 Pillars & 3 Layers to Enterprise Blockchain Solution Design', breaking down what goes where and how to start.
Followed by examples of solutions design in Banking, Cross-Border Payments & Supply Chain.
Concluding with a comparison to the early internet days, where protocols and standards are continually evolving and what this means for Blockchain design considerations today.
If Blockchain Technology Interest you - please see BraveNewCoin.com for News, Analysis, charts, research and much more resources.
Bitcoin and other distributed virtual currencies are revolutionizing how monetary value is stored and exchanged on the Internet. Key opportunities and risks will be described. The two main objectives of this talk will be to explain the underlying blockchain and cryptology technologies that make them work, and to demonstrate PHP recipes for using the web services that enable payment processing, identity validation, and smart contract execution.
Building decentralized apps: Battle of the tech stacksBlockStars.io
A talk given at Bitcoin Meetup Berlage Meet & Workspace, Amsterdam, Netherlands, on June 18th, 2015, Aron van Ammers.
Like Bitcoin is "decentralized money", decentralized applications or ÐApps promise to enable "decentralized everything".
Developing those applications requires technology stacks to build on. A great amount of projects have taken on the task to build those stacks in part or in full, approaching the problems to be solved from different angles. These projects include Ethereum, the Eris platform, Counterparty, Colored Coins, Maidsafe, Codius, Tendermint and others.
In the the, Aron gave a broad overview of the technology landscape for decentralized applications as it stands today. He compared some prominent technology stacks and described some of the challenges and strategies with decentralized development.
Slides from my recent talk about Smart Contracts at the SVIA (Silicon Valley Insurance Accelerator) Blockchain Bootcamp (http://sviaccelerator.com/insurtech-bootcamp-block-chain-01/). Professional edited video to come but not available yet. More about blockchain available at www.blockchaing.org and @audsinthecity (Twitter)
A short 101 on blockchain and cryptocurrencies - What is blockchain? How to get started investing in crypto? Tactical tips for keeping your investment secure. Presentation for Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Meetup at WeWork San Francisco, Oct 23 2017.
Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies Intro - July 2017🔗Audrey Chaing
An overview of blockchain, cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, Ethereum, ICOs. Meant to be introductory level but provide a slightly higher level of detail. Includes some companies to watch in the blockchain space. Prepared before the August 1 fork, which did occur.
The Quest for Enterprise Blockchain Solutions.Fran Strajnar
This presentation was delivered to the sold-out Ethereum.nz events on the 17th & 19th May 2016.
Blockchain for Enterprise:
•Exponential Tech & Macro
•5 Pillars / 3 Layers
•Solution Designs Examples
•Standards & Protocols
•Conclusion
Starting off by identifying the behavior of 'Exponential' technology and digging into the Macro-view of Blockchain's evolving out of it's early 'infrastructure building' days.
We take a look at the '5 Pillars & 3 Layers to Enterprise Blockchain Solution Design', breaking down what goes where and how to start.
Followed by examples of solutions design in Banking, Cross-Border Payments & Supply Chain.
Concluding with a comparison to the early internet days, where protocols and standards are continually evolving and what this means for Blockchain design considerations today.
If Blockchain Technology Interest you - please see BraveNewCoin.com for News, Analysis, charts, research and much more resources.
Bitcoin and other distributed virtual currencies are revolutionizing how monetary value is stored and exchanged on the Internet. Key opportunities and risks will be described. The two main objectives of this talk will be to explain the underlying blockchain and cryptology technologies that make them work, and to demonstrate PHP recipes for using the web services that enable payment processing, identity validation, and smart contract execution.
Building decentralized apps: Battle of the tech stacksBlockStars.io
A talk given at Bitcoin Meetup Berlage Meet & Workspace, Amsterdam, Netherlands, on June 18th, 2015, Aron van Ammers.
Like Bitcoin is "decentralized money", decentralized applications or ÐApps promise to enable "decentralized everything".
Developing those applications requires technology stacks to build on. A great amount of projects have taken on the task to build those stacks in part or in full, approaching the problems to be solved from different angles. These projects include Ethereum, the Eris platform, Counterparty, Colored Coins, Maidsafe, Codius, Tendermint and others.
In the the, Aron gave a broad overview of the technology landscape for decentralized applications as it stands today. He compared some prominent technology stacks and described some of the challenges and strategies with decentralized development.
Ta del av presentationen från Centigos Blockchainfrukost. Vår expert Ludvig Öberg delar med sig av hur blockkedjetekniken kan skapa värde i ditt företag.
Blockchain and Smart Contracts (Series: Blockchain Basics)Financial Poise
Blockchain is a tool. Samson Williams likens blockchain to a group text message, in which each participant receives a distributed, time-stamped, tamper-resistant (and encrypted) record of data transactions. Each group text has these characteristics. Everyone in the group “sees” the data, and none can change or gainsay any group message. Smart contracts are computer code put on the blockchain (how, exactly?) that establishes self-executing terms and conditions of a transaction. Are smart contracts smart? If certain data comes in and fulfills a pre-set term or condition, then rights and responsibilities are formed, terminated, modified, or shifted among the parties. Ah certainty and transparency, but also ah garbage in and garbage out. Are some contractual terms not amenable to smart contracting? And are smart contracts necessarily contracts? If not, can they still be useful? If a smart contract is a contract, what is the governing document? Is it the words business people and lawyers use, or is it the code that is supposed to reflect the words?
To view the accompanying webinar, go to: https://www.financialpoise.com/financial-poise-webinars/blockchain-and-smart-contracts-2021/
This presentation takes the viewer through the basics of block chain concepts, its evolution and why it is a paradigm shift.
It also explores the ways in which the block chain concept can be put to use and how it has the potential to revolutionize the way businesses are conducted today.
Key takeaways
Idea of Blockchain.
The technology behind Blockchain.
Why it is a paradigm shift.
How it may be put to use in different industries.
Block chains and crypto currencies - introductionInitio
Objectives and knowledge sharing
• What is blockchain? Why should we care?
• Cryptography: Shared secrets and the Blockchain
• Protocols: What’s in those blocks ?!
• Ethereum
• Bitcoin
• Hyperledger
Blockchain’s implications for the financial industryInitio
Purpose and meaning of Blockchain : “kill the middle man”
What is Blockchain for a financeer ?
Discussing the field’s potential
Introduction
Cryptocurrency Case Study: economic & utilitarian perspective
Valuing a Bitcoin
What are the features of a “good” currency ?
Transaction fees per cryptocurrency
Transaction fees non-normalized evolution
Transaction fees normalized evolution
Transaction speed
Scalability : can the infrastructure and the model support the load ?
Functions of money
VCs have for the most part retreated from investing in Bitcoin and Blockchain. The appetite for blockchain products however has only increased. Corporations have formed consortiums such as R3 and the Hyperledger Project to learn more about the technology. Numerous enterprises have rolled out internal pilots to test and explore the applications of blockchain.
At Thomvest, we believe blockchain adoption is about to take off - making it a prime time for VCs to begin making early stage bets.
Take a look at our most recent research report which delves into the current state of blockchain.
Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology Explained: Not just Cryptocurrencies, Econo...Melanie Swan
The blockchain concept may be one of the most transformative ideas to impact the world since the Internet. It represents a new organizing paradigm for all activity and integrates humans and technology. Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are merely one application of the blockchain concept. The blockchain is a public transaction ledger built in a network structure based on cryptographic principles so there does not need to be a centralized intermediary. Any kind of asset (art, car, home, financial contract) may be encoded into the blockchain and transacted, validated, or preserved in a much more efficient manner than at present including ideas, health data, financial assets, automobiles, and government documents. Blockchain technology applies well beyond cryptocurrencies, economics, and markets to all venues of human information processing, collaboration, and interaction including art, health, and literacy.
Blockchain Technology and Its Application in LibrariesNabi Hasan
Background
Blockchain: Conceptual Understanding
What is Blockchain Technology?
The Three Pillars of Blockchain Technology
Why is Blockchain Popular?
What is Distributed Ledger?
Blockchain for Enterprise Application Developer
Possible Areas of Implimention of Blockchain Technology in Libraries
Blockchain 101 talks about blockchain from a very basic perspective (non-technical). This presentation gives you an idea of what blockchain really is beyond cryptocurrency, different types of the blockchain, components of a blockchain, essentials of the blockchain, and myths about blockchain. this presentation also throws light on major applications of the blockchain , its advantages and limitations, major consortiums and startups in this space and the timeline of development. we also tried to include how a use case for blockchain can be identified and how startups need to go about building a blockchain product or services
This presentation was developed by Jithin Babu and Sakshi Manthanwar. Both of them are blockchain researchers and consultants.
For more info regarding presentation kindly contact
jithinbabu555@yahoo.com
9 BUILDING BLOCKS FOR A SUCCESSFUL BLOCKCHAIN INDUSTRY | BLOCKSTARS.IOBlockStars.io
Want to go beyond Bitcoins? We outline what is needed for a successful blockchain industry in 9 simple building blocks.
We view each one as critical infrastructure to enable sustainable commercial businesses to operate on a blockchain.
Bitcoin is a well-known technological achievement in the digital age. More individuals recognise its benefits as it becomes more widely available and utilised.
Basic introduction in blockchain, smart contracts, permissioned ledgersKoen Vingerhoets
Presented during Blockchain Vlaanderen #7 on 20/04/2017, organised by Kunstmaan and Antwerp Management School.
The assignment: host a basic introduction into blockchain, share some insights on smart contracts and explain why financial institutions choose other ledgers than bitcoin.
Exploring the tech and legal side of Blockchain. A peek behind the curtain of how it works. Presented by Susan Goldsmith and Ash Yadav at whartonclubnj event.
Ta del av presentationen från Centigos Blockchainfrukost. Vår expert Ludvig Öberg delar med sig av hur blockkedjetekniken kan skapa värde i ditt företag.
Blockchain and Smart Contracts (Series: Blockchain Basics)Financial Poise
Blockchain is a tool. Samson Williams likens blockchain to a group text message, in which each participant receives a distributed, time-stamped, tamper-resistant (and encrypted) record of data transactions. Each group text has these characteristics. Everyone in the group “sees” the data, and none can change or gainsay any group message. Smart contracts are computer code put on the blockchain (how, exactly?) that establishes self-executing terms and conditions of a transaction. Are smart contracts smart? If certain data comes in and fulfills a pre-set term or condition, then rights and responsibilities are formed, terminated, modified, or shifted among the parties. Ah certainty and transparency, but also ah garbage in and garbage out. Are some contractual terms not amenable to smart contracting? And are smart contracts necessarily contracts? If not, can they still be useful? If a smart contract is a contract, what is the governing document? Is it the words business people and lawyers use, or is it the code that is supposed to reflect the words?
To view the accompanying webinar, go to: https://www.financialpoise.com/financial-poise-webinars/blockchain-and-smart-contracts-2021/
This presentation takes the viewer through the basics of block chain concepts, its evolution and why it is a paradigm shift.
It also explores the ways in which the block chain concept can be put to use and how it has the potential to revolutionize the way businesses are conducted today.
Key takeaways
Idea of Blockchain.
The technology behind Blockchain.
Why it is a paradigm shift.
How it may be put to use in different industries.
Block chains and crypto currencies - introductionInitio
Objectives and knowledge sharing
• What is blockchain? Why should we care?
• Cryptography: Shared secrets and the Blockchain
• Protocols: What’s in those blocks ?!
• Ethereum
• Bitcoin
• Hyperledger
Blockchain’s implications for the financial industryInitio
Purpose and meaning of Blockchain : “kill the middle man”
What is Blockchain for a financeer ?
Discussing the field’s potential
Introduction
Cryptocurrency Case Study: economic & utilitarian perspective
Valuing a Bitcoin
What are the features of a “good” currency ?
Transaction fees per cryptocurrency
Transaction fees non-normalized evolution
Transaction fees normalized evolution
Transaction speed
Scalability : can the infrastructure and the model support the load ?
Functions of money
VCs have for the most part retreated from investing in Bitcoin and Blockchain. The appetite for blockchain products however has only increased. Corporations have formed consortiums such as R3 and the Hyperledger Project to learn more about the technology. Numerous enterprises have rolled out internal pilots to test and explore the applications of blockchain.
At Thomvest, we believe blockchain adoption is about to take off - making it a prime time for VCs to begin making early stage bets.
Take a look at our most recent research report which delves into the current state of blockchain.
Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology Explained: Not just Cryptocurrencies, Econo...Melanie Swan
The blockchain concept may be one of the most transformative ideas to impact the world since the Internet. It represents a new organizing paradigm for all activity and integrates humans and technology. Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are merely one application of the blockchain concept. The blockchain is a public transaction ledger built in a network structure based on cryptographic principles so there does not need to be a centralized intermediary. Any kind of asset (art, car, home, financial contract) may be encoded into the blockchain and transacted, validated, or preserved in a much more efficient manner than at present including ideas, health data, financial assets, automobiles, and government documents. Blockchain technology applies well beyond cryptocurrencies, economics, and markets to all venues of human information processing, collaboration, and interaction including art, health, and literacy.
Blockchain Technology and Its Application in LibrariesNabi Hasan
Background
Blockchain: Conceptual Understanding
What is Blockchain Technology?
The Three Pillars of Blockchain Technology
Why is Blockchain Popular?
What is Distributed Ledger?
Blockchain for Enterprise Application Developer
Possible Areas of Implimention of Blockchain Technology in Libraries
Blockchain 101 talks about blockchain from a very basic perspective (non-technical). This presentation gives you an idea of what blockchain really is beyond cryptocurrency, different types of the blockchain, components of a blockchain, essentials of the blockchain, and myths about blockchain. this presentation also throws light on major applications of the blockchain , its advantages and limitations, major consortiums and startups in this space and the timeline of development. we also tried to include how a use case for blockchain can be identified and how startups need to go about building a blockchain product or services
This presentation was developed by Jithin Babu and Sakshi Manthanwar. Both of them are blockchain researchers and consultants.
For more info regarding presentation kindly contact
jithinbabu555@yahoo.com
9 BUILDING BLOCKS FOR A SUCCESSFUL BLOCKCHAIN INDUSTRY | BLOCKSTARS.IOBlockStars.io
Want to go beyond Bitcoins? We outline what is needed for a successful blockchain industry in 9 simple building blocks.
We view each one as critical infrastructure to enable sustainable commercial businesses to operate on a blockchain.
Bitcoin is a well-known technological achievement in the digital age. More individuals recognise its benefits as it becomes more widely available and utilised.
Basic introduction in blockchain, smart contracts, permissioned ledgersKoen Vingerhoets
Presented during Blockchain Vlaanderen #7 on 20/04/2017, organised by Kunstmaan and Antwerp Management School.
The assignment: host a basic introduction into blockchain, share some insights on smart contracts and explain why financial institutions choose other ledgers than bitcoin.
Exploring the tech and legal side of Blockchain. A peek behind the curtain of how it works. Presented by Susan Goldsmith and Ash Yadav at whartonclubnj event.
ICO Pitchnight #1 by Catena Capital & Herdius and friendsBalazs Deme
The first ICO Pitchnight organized by Catena Capital and Herdius. Advice and learnings on already having done an ICO by Bricklock, on having already done an ICO in Germany by Herdius and planning on one by KYC solution Fractal.
How to raise $100M for your healthcare startup via ICO: Breaking the myths of...VSee
Telehealth Failures & Secrets to Success Conference 2017 by VSee
Speaker: Danny Yang & Tim Swanson
CEO of BlockSeer & Director of Post Oak Labs
More info at: vsee.com/conference
An introductory presentation discussing the basics of technology behind blockchain, cryptocurrency mining, and an attempt to value a cryptocurrency. Further discussion on altcoins, and a preview on ICOs.
First presented on June 27, 2015 for Blockchain University hosted at PricewaterhouseCoopers in San Francisco. [Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-OxnJip-bA ] Additional notes, references and citations are in the comments of each slide. I would like to thank Arthur Breitman, Richard Brown, Alexandre Callea, Pinar Emirdag, Andrew Geyl, Dave Hudson, Hyder Jaffrey, Yakov Kofner, Antony Lewis, Todd McDonald, Piotr Piasecki, Robert Sams and John Whelan for their feedback.
This provides a deep intro to the blockchain technology, and explores several use-cases within healthcare where it could lead to disruption and add value
Getting Started with Blockchain Development: The Complete GuideBpointerTechnologies
According to its official definition, blockchain is a distributed, decentralised public ledger. As a result, Blockchain is fundamentally a tool for keeping records. You can keep track of assets and record transactions using Blockchain.
A guest lecture delivered by Dr Farrukh Habib at INCEIF, Kuala Lumpur, on 22nd March, 2018.
Dr Farrukh Habib is an expert in sharia and Islamic finance. He is a adviser, researcher and trainer. He is keen interest in FinTech.
Buckets of Permissioned, Permissionless, and Permissioned Permissionlessness ...Tim Swanson
This was first presented on July 20, 2015 at Infosys in Mysore, India with the Blockchain University team. It is a heavily modified version of a previous presentation covering the distributed ledger landscape. All citations and references can be found in the notes.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
4. The Big Questions
Source: MIT Applied Blockchain Series
• Do you need a token?
– Why not use an existing one like BTC or ETH?
• Why is blockchain better than a traditional centralized database?
• Why do you care about the project?
• Do you have expertise?
• Why now?
– And not 5 years ago and not 5 years in the future?
• Who is your team?
– Have you covered all your bases like tech, marketing, etc?
5. The Details
Source: MIT Applied Blockchain Series
• Tokenomics design
– How to manage supply/demand?
– Burn or freeze tokens?
– How to manage raise? VC/Pre-ICO, public token sale? What percentage discounts and
timing of rounds?
– Incentives/punishments
• Detailed Use of Proceeds
– What will you do with the raise? What is the target? Hard cap?
– What percentage kept with team, what percentage distributed, etc
– Plan for conversion to fiat, storage considerations
• Tech
– Do you have a working prototype? If not now, when?
– Do you have developers? How to build developer community?
• Marketing Plan
– Do you have a whitepaper? Technical and marketing?
– Plans for community management – like Telgram, etc
– Airdrops? Developer discounts? Partner angel/VCs/PR firms? Paid ads & media?
7. Assume You Have to Obey All Laws
Source: MIT Applied Blockchain Series
• When deciding how to structure (foundations in Switzerland, etc) and
where to domicile
– Some locations do have tax benefits
– Unless you take very specific (and hard to execute) actions to prevent US residents
from ever getting a hold of your tokens, you will likely have to abide by US law as
well as the laws for wherever your holders are located
• SEC has been fairly lenient to date
– However they will make an example out of someone
– Enforcement is absolutely going to happen
• How do the different agencies work together?
– Still figuring it out
• Utility vs Security Tokens
– Many will be classified as securities
– However it may not be bad to be a security – there is certainty around that
9. Scalability is the Top Issue
Source: Blockgeeks, Slock.it
• State Channel = two-way communication channel between participants which enable
them to conduct interactions, which would normally occur on the blockchain, off the
blockchain
– Requirements for state channel
– A segment of the blockchain state is locked via multi-signature or some sort of smart
contract, which is agreed upon by a set of participants
– The participants interact with each other by signing transactions among each other without
submitting anything to the miners
– The entire transaction set is then added to the blockchain.
10. DAG = Direct Acyclic Graph
Source: Steemit, Getacryp
• DAG, a Tangle (IOTA) is a DAG
– Web, consisting of nodes connected to each other with edges
– An edge is basically a connection between nodes with a specific direction. It is not possible to
traverse it in the opposite direction
– Acyclic means that it’s not possible to encounter the same node for the second time when moving
from node to node by following the edges. In other words, it is non-circular.
• Characteristics
– Every node consists of multiple layers of transactions, not blocks
– When a transaction is registered in a node, it first has to verify two other transactions before his transaction will
be verified. Those two transactions are chosen according to an algorithm.
– The node has to check if the two transactions are not conflicting. For a node to issue a valid transaction, it must
solve a cryptographic puzzle similar to those in the Bitcoin network (Proof of Work). Just two verifications are
needed to verify a transaction.
– This gives the benefit of a drastic decrease in unnecessary verification. Besides that, miners are eliminated as
well.
11. Jargon?
Source: Wikipedia, Blockgeeks
• Proof of Work – calculations done to verify transactions, Bitcoin uses
• Proof of Stake – ownership or stake to verify, not based on calculations, Ethereum will
be incorporating
• Lightning Network – state channel solution, mostly for Bitcoin
• Raiden Network – Ethereum’s version of Lightning
• Plasma – blockchain of blockchains
• Casper – “consensus by bet”, Proof of Stake and punishes bad actors, for Ethereum
• zkSNARKs – zero-knowledge proof, used by privacy coin Zcash
• Ring signatures – type of digital signature that can be performed by any member of a
group of users that each have keys, used by privacy coin Monero
13. Not Like Traditional Startup Marketing
• Traditional Digital Marketing Won’t Work – Facebook ads are a sign of a bad ICO,
now Facebook is banning ICO ads anyway
• Partnerships – important to have “smart money” investors, get most (or all) of your
ICO done before releasing to public
• Media– hire PR firms to get on traditional media like Bloomberg or CNBC, try to
develop relationships with blockchain-specific news outlets, Twitter and Reddit are
important in the crypto space, don’t forget paid media strategy
• Thought Leadership – speak at the right conferences/meet-ups, blog posts
• Community Management– Telegram chat is a must, be aware for phishers/scammers,
make sure your chat moderators are well-versed in what they can and cannot say
legally, think about language and time zone coverage
• Roadshow – blockchain is international, many ICOs now do international roadshows
• Whitepaper– good to have technical whitepaper and marketing whitepaper
• Advisors – well-known advisors with good reputations also help
14. Thank You Audrey Chaing is a cryptocurrency trader and blockchain
analyst, and runs the news site blockchaing.org.
• Trading Bitcoin since 2013. Member of the Oakland Blockchain
Developers, SF Ethereum Developers. Running MIT Applied Blockchain
Series.
• Co-founded 2 companies in food tech and genetics, through which she
participated in Start-Up Chile and Singularity University Global
Solutions Program.
• Decade of experience on Wall Street as an investor, trader, and research
analyst at companies like Credit Suisse, Wells Fargo, and BlackRock.
• Audrey has a degree in Computer Science from MIT with a concentration
in Artificial Intelligence, and earned her MBA at the Wharton School of
the University of Pennsylvania.
• Speaker at events like Google International Women's Day,
SVIAccelerator InsurTech Bootcamp, CryptoHQ, OneWorld Blockchain
at Davos, Crypto@Dropbox, Women in Blockchain.
@audsinthecity
audrey@blockchaing.org