DLT Cybersecurity Monitoring

该项目旨在为参与区块链联盟的组织开发和演示概念验证安全监控软件。我们的软件将根据我们在基础研究中开发的逻辑，提供有关潜在攻击和后果的实时信息，这些信息是情境化的、可理解的。这有助于使用区块链的组织以更安全、更明智的方式这样做，并支持遵守网络安全要求。基于区块链的系统正在开发和实施，在各个部门的应用范围越来越广。近年来，加密货币一直是区块链的主要应用，占据了全球大部分区块链市场。最近，越来越多的项目试图为其他应用开发基于区块链的系统，包括供应链管理、公共服务、将物联网系统集成到智慧城市以及数字身份管理。与大多数数字系统一样，基于区块链的系统容易受到网络攻击。高价值的加密货币盗窃是通过钱包被盗实现的；利用智能合约漏洞；51%的攻击。随着区块链在新应用中出现，它们将不可避免地成为对手攻击的目标，这些对手试图破坏数据和决策的完整性和可用性，其潜在后果超出了金融盗窃。因此，基于区块链系统的用户能够检测并减轻外部或竞争对手的潜在攻击是至关重要的。虽然存在一些共同点，但针对基于区块链的系统的许多攻击类型和指标与其他数字系统不同；因此，现有的方法不能直接适用。

This project seeks to develop and demonstrate a proof-of-concept security-monitoring software for organisations participating in Blockchain consortia. Our software will provide real-time information on potential attacks and consequences that is contextualised and comprehensible, based on a logic developed in our underlying research. This helps organisations using Blockchain to do so in a more secure, informed manner and supports compliance with cybersecurity requirements.Blockchain-based systems are being developed and implemented in a widening range of applications across sectors. Cryptocurrencies have been the primary application of Blockchains in recent years, occupying most of the global blockchain market. More recently, increasing projects have sought to develop Blockchain-based systems for other applications, including supply-chain management, public services, integrating Internet-of-Things systems into Smart Cities, and digital-identity management.Like most digital systems, Blockchain-based systems are vulnerable to cyber-attack. High-value cryptocurrency thefts have been achieved through wallet compromise; exploitation of smart-contract vulnerabilities; and 51% attacks. As Blockchains emerge in new applications, they will inevitably be targets of attack by adversaries seeking to compromise the integrity and availability of data and decision-making, with potential consequences extending beyond financial theft.It is therefore critical that users of Blockchain-based systems are able to detect and mitigate against potential attacks by outsiders or by competitors. While there is some common ground, many of the types and indicators of attack against Blockchain-based systems differ from other digital systems; as such existing approaches are not directly applicable.