A Novel Framework to Teach Hands-on Laboratory Exercises in Blockchains

Abstract

With the growing demand for blockchain developers there are few hands-on labs/ modules available for training current students, the future developer professionals. Our goal is to develop series of hands-on labs that would address every application of blockchain and thus provide practical tools to educate Cybersecurity professionals and equip them to address the cyber security in blockchain. The labs developed will be a part of a new Cyber Security educational framework. There will be a modularized approach to the lab development, to focus development on the skills for each aspect of blockchain and app. The labs will also include integration of all the aspects of blockchain, along with its application. This approach will help students to systematically learn and comprehend the fundamental concepts. The labs would be built based on real-life scenarios, to enhance their ability to understand and solve real-life cybersecurity problems. This integrated approach would expose the students to the cost to risk involved at each stage of the blockchain application, arming them with required information to educate the management