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Blockchain

What is Blockchain?

A distributed, immutable ledger technology that records transactions across multiple computers, providing transparency, security, and verification without central authority.

AI and Technology

Terms that appear alongside blockchain

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as blockchain. The number is how many controls name both.

Frameworks that govern blockchain

PCI DSS v4.0View framework →EU AI ActView framework →

What the standards actually require on blockchain

Requirements naming blockchain across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

GS1 Global Standards - Supply Chain Traceability and Data Security4 controls

GS1 status + 2024-2025 priorities. KEY 2024-2025 INITIATIVES: (a) SUNRISE 2027 - global readiness for 2D barcode acceptance at point-of-sale by 2027; transition from 1D EAN/UPC to 2D DataMatrix/QR with Digital Link; retailer + brand + technology readiness;

GS1-Status-2024-2025-Sunrise2027-AIBlockchain-Sustainability · GS1 Status 2024-2025, Sunrise 2027, AI/Blockchain Integration, Sustainability and Carbon Footprint →
ITU-T X.805 - Security Architecture for End-to-End Communications3 controls

Security Dimension 6 Data Integrity per X.805 Clause 6.6: Data Integrity ensures the correctness or accuracy of data. The data is protected against unauthorized modification + deletion + creation + replication and provides an indication of these unauthorized a...

X805-Dim6-Data-Integrity-Correctness-Accuracy-Unauthorized-Modification-Deletion-Detection · ITU-T X.805 Security Dimension 6 - Data Integrity + Correctness + Accuracy + Unauthorized Modification Prevention + Deletion Detection + Hashing + HMAC + Digital Signatures + Merkle Trees + Blockchain Integrity + File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) →
ISO 22739:2024 - Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies Vocabulary2 controls

Defines blockchain as a distributed ledger with confirmed transactions organized in append-only, sequentially linked blocks.

ISO-22739-3.2.1 · Blockchain →
Liechtenstein DPA3 controls

Principality of Liechtenstein Datenschutzgesetz (DSG) - Data Protection Act of 4 October 2018 + published Liechtenstein Law Gazette (LGBl. 2018 No. 273) + Princely Decree (Furstliche Verordnung) + effective 1 January 2019.

LIDPA-Scope-Datenschutzgesetz-DSG-2018-Princely-Decree-EEA-Agreement-GDPR-DSS-Vaduz-Constitution-Article-32 · Liechtenstein DPA Scope + DSG 2018 + Princely Decree + EEA Agreement + GDPR via EEA + DSS Vaduz →
FATF Recommendation 16 - Virtual Asset Travel Rule1 control

Data quality + accuracy: Travel Rule information must be accurate + complete + transmitted in a format that the receiving VASP can process.

R.16-VATR.DataQuality · Data accuracy, validation and quality assurance →
GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) Standard v61 control

GLOBALG.A.P. IFA v6 2024-2025 pipeline + EU policy + sustainability + AI integration. v6.1 AMENDMENT (December 2024): technical updates + clarifications + remediation handling improvements + alignment with EU Green Deal + CSRD-readiness.

GGAP-2024-2025-Pipeline-EUGreenDeal-CSRD-AI · GLOBALG.A.P. IFA v6 2024-2025 Pipeline: EU Green Deal, CSRD, EUDR, AI and Sustainability →

Questions people ask about blockchain

What is Blockchain?
A distributed, immutable ledger technology that records transactions across multiple computers, providing transparency, security, and verification without central authority.
Why is Blockchain important for compliance?
Blockchain is a key concept in AI and Technology. Understanding blockchain helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Blockchain?
Blockchain appears in the requirement text of GS1 Global Standards - Supply Chain Traceability and Data Security, ITU-T X.805 - Security Architecture for End-to-End Communications, ISO 22739:2024 - Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies Vocabulary, Liechtenstein DPA, FATF Recommendation 16 - Virtual Asset Travel Rule. Across these standards we have identified 14 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Blockchain?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how blockchain applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.