Safeguarding Nuclear and Conventional Warheads Using Blockchain
Safeguarding Nuclear and Conventional Warheads Using Blockchain
By Farhan Hamid Khan
The advancement in technology is rapidly threatening the digital infrastructure and industries with the cyberattacks. These threats are not limited to commercial sectors, but sensitive institutions like the military, nuclear plants, responsive logistics, and government command systems are also under the radar of cyber threats. The impact of these threats is unimaginable if a non-state actor compromises these sensitive warheads for different purposes; therefore, such risks are not limited to a country, but it covers an entire region or the world as a whole. The blockchain technology is being discussed mostly in the financial perspective; however, in this paper, we present how this technology can create a new wall against such attacks on military and nuclear installations.
About the author(s)
Farhan Khan
Farhan Khan is a researcher at the Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. He has extensive experience in the R&D of cybersecurity projects. He is an Oxford Blockchain Strategist and a certified Blockchain Solution Architect.