The Blockchain New Zealand Podcast

E09 - Marc Krisjanous on Security Standards in Crypto


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Marc Krisjanous is a cyber security turned crypto auditor that been working with the C4 cryptocurrency consortium to develop the new cryptocurrency auditor certification course (CCSSA). Marc is presently undertaking the first ever audit of a business using the standard to asses their crypto security practices. In this conversation we talk about where the standards fit into a business, what they consist of, and touch on best practices both for businesses and for people getting into crypto. 

Acronyms(!)

  • QSA - Qualified Security Assessor
  • PCI - Payment Card Industry 
  • DSS - Data Security standard
  • HSM - Hardware Security Module
  • CCSS - Cryptocurrency Security standard
  • CCSSA - CCSS Auditor
  • C4 - Cryptocurrency Certification Consortium
  • SOC2 - System and Organization Controls standard
  • ISO27001 - Information Security Management standard
  • Timestamps:

    01:44 background in credit card security
    10:22 crypto security standard
    14:09 attack vectors
    17:04 profanity vanity generator
    20:59 CCSS levels
    25:35 the audit boundary
    28:34 social engineering
    30:29 practical takeaways for businesses
    35:00 multi-party compute
    37:33 security advice for newcomers
    40:10 wen audit? 
    45:39 rapid fire
    48:20 proof of reserves
    52:28 fin

    Some notes from the show:

    • Marc's writing 
  • C4 
  • CCSS  
  • https://rekt.news/
  • Profanity hack 
  • emp data storage 
  • Quadriga podcast: A Death in Cryptoland 
  • MPC
  • Sandbox
  • Decentraland
  • Celsius Machinsky withdraws 10m in customer funds 
  • proof of reserves
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    • LinkedIn 

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    The Blockchain New Zealand podcast is brought to you by EasyCrypto

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    Recorded at blockheight 757090. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

     

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