AAP Recommendation

X.1401: Security threats of distributed ledger technology

Study Group
17

Study Period
2017-2020

Consent Date
2019-09-05

Approval Date
2019-11-29

Provisional Name
X.sct-dlt

Input used for Consent
TD 2441-PLEN

Status
A

IPR
Site

DLT supply a new way and a set of solution to achieve trust through collective decision-making and maintaining in a decentralized way. The architecture and key technologies can achieve some security features. Thus the platform and service system based on DLT naturally have the capability of these security protection. On the other hand, DLT still has some limitations and security threats which vary according to deployment model and service. In brief, security is not only one motivation of applying DLT but also what should be considered to enhance. This Recommendation provides security analysis for developing, operating or using DLT and to support security evaluation for the platform or service system based on DLT. It researches security capabilities achieved by DLT itself and also list security threats to DLT.

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