ISO/TC 68/SC 2/WG 17 - Security aspects of digital currencies
Aspects sécurité des monnaies numériques
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ISO/TC 68/SC 2/WG 17 is a Subcommittee within the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It is named "Security aspects of digital currencies". This committee has published 1 standards.
ISO/TC 68/SC 2/WG 17 develops ISO standards in the area of Information technology. Currently, there are 1 published standards from this subcommittee.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an independent, non-governmental international organization that develops and publishes international standards. Founded in 1947 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, ISO brings together experts from 170+ member countries to share knowledge and develop voluntary, consensus-based standards that support innovation and provide solutions to global challenges.
A Subcommittee (SC) in ISO operates under a Technical Committee and focuses on a specific subset of the TC's scope. Subcommittees develop standards and technical specifications in their specialized area, reporting to their parent Technical Committee. They may also have working groups for detailed technical work.
This document specifies an acceptable security framework for the issuance and management of digital currencies using cryptographic mechanisms standardized by ISO/TC 68/SC 2 and other references. This document proposes a framework approach based on standards for mitigating vulnerabilities for digital currency systems. The objective is that security aspects are integrated by design and not added afterwards as an extra processing layer that needs to accommodate legacy infrastructures.
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