UNDP and the Blockchain for Good Alliance announced a two-year cybersecurity programme on October 19. The announcement describes training and advisory support for public institutions, including work on digital payments and data protection; the source does not give a year or report results.
The article notes that a blockchain can correctly record a payment even if an attacker changed the beneficiary details before approval. It argues that the programme’s impact would be better judged by tested approval controls and recovery exercises than by attendance alone.
