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Pictured above, the cloud needs security and so does bitcoins and blockchains

I was thrilled to talk with Dr. DeWalt about the Crypto area (not strong encryption, which
is also an area of great interest to me) but about crypto currencies and blockchain-based
technologies. One of the reasons is I have a book coming out this year on this subject
matter so we had much to discuss here, however, as my book will show you, the two of
us could put together hundreds of pages on this subject matter alone. We discussed
some of the amazing advances such as Ripple becoming a potential replacement for the
highly hackable SWIFT payment gateway system. We also both agreed that there are
some big questions beyond performance – how is Ripple secure? Has the code been
vetted by systems like WhiteHatSec (see: http://www.whitehatsecurity.com)? Let’s face
it, were only a few years away from every single person having an opportunity to leverage
crypto as a potential e-commerce, wallet, currency and credit card replacement. That has
opened up major opportunities for cybercriminals beyond the WannaCry’s of the world,
where ransomware leverages crypto solely for payments. On top of that, we have every
major industry from health care to real estate to insurance to banking all claiming they
are jumping on the Blockchain bandwagon but without any major infosec solutions
available to help them secure the process. This will be a very hot area for billions in
valuations and IPOs in the near future.

So, there you have it. We’ve covered the eight very hot areas and some great predictions
from a super bright, successful, talented and passionate market leader. Keep an eye on
NightDragon Security to see how this market will shake out.

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