Digital Asset Outlook 2022
Theme 12. Cybersecurity
12. Cybersecurity Key Highlights •
Cybersecurity is increasingly important in the digital asset space, as the boom in the industry have made digital assets easy targets for cyber attackers.
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Reliance on private keys and centralization of some digital asset exchanges become the vulnerabilities that expose digital assets to cyber-attack risks.
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In the future, the emergence of innovations in cybersecurity solutions will help protect stakeholders from cyber-attacks and avoid potential loss.
Cybersecurity Theme Outline
12.1 Cybersecurity in the context of digital assets Cybersecurity is the means of protecting networks, devices, and data from unauthorized access or cyberattacks, through practices of ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information.
How critical is cybersecurity for digital assets? The prevalence and trustless nature of digital assets has made them a target of cyberattacks, highlighting the importance of cybersecurity.
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