Blockchain
What is Blockchain?
A distributed, immutable ledger technology that records transactions across multiple computers, providing transparency, security, and verification without central authority.
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.
- audit 7 shared controls
- integrity 5 shared controls
- data quality 5 shared controls
- confidentiality 4 shared controls
- incident response 4 shared controls
- data integrity 3 shared controls
- encryption 3 shared controls
- access control 3 shared controls
Frameworks that govern blockchain
What the standards actually require on blockchain
Requirements naming blockchain across 5 standards, quoted from the control text.
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 →Security Dimension 6 Data Integrity per X.805 Clause 6.6: Data Integrity keeps data correct and accurate. Data are shielded from being altered, deleted, created or copied without authorization, and any such unauthorized activity is made detectable.
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) →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 →Directions 1-4 establish the mandatory incident reporting regime - the highest-profile and most operationally demanding element of the 2022 Directions.
CERTIN-IncidentReporting-6Hour-Mandatory-Format-POC-20Categories-Section70B-Dir1to4 · CERT-In Directions 1-4 Incident Reporting - Mandatory 6-Hour Window + 20 Categories + Standardised Report Format + Designated Point of Contact + 24x7 Channel →Research on policies for new technologies including AI, blockchain, and emerging internet services
KISO-6.2 · New technology policy research →Questions people ask about blockchain
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