Mehdi Zerouali of Sigma Prime | Blockchain Security Part 1
Hashing It OutHashing It Out is continuing its series on blockchain infrastructure with part 1 of security. Corey, Dee, and Jessie talk to Mehdi Zerouali, Director at Sigma Prime, about security within the blockchain industry. Mehdi is a penetration tester particularly interested in decentralised systems, with a strong focus on the Ethereum platform. He has been an integral member of the security community for some time now and he joins us to discuss how developers can looks at the entire tech stack to secure their work.
Timestamps
00:00|Introductions
03:30|What is Security in the Blockchain Space
06:10|Two fundamental layers in blockchain to Secure Consensus & Execution
09:00|Why do people focus on smart contracts and what else is important in security
19:20|Rolling your own cryptography is risky
22:25|Different implementations of the same specification
25:25|Why build multiple implementations
28:15|Where nodes are hosted and security implications
32:35|The Pyramid of Pain and different Indicators of Compromise
39:40|Monitoring based on mempool activity
45:55|Incentivizing responsible security disclosures
56:35|Security Regulation Education and protocol guidelines
Episode hosts - Corey Petty, Demetrick Fergurson, Jessie Santiago
Produced by - Christian Noguera
And edited by - Christian Noguera
