Rethinking infosec for the Web3 era

Web3 technology offers a chance to break free from past cybersecurity mistakes.

First in a two-part series. Read the second part here.

Web3 technology offers a chance to break free from past cybersecurity mistakes — realizing that potential will require investment from passionate, curious, and open-minded information security professionals.

As Web3 continues its meteoric rise, I can’t help but look on with growing concern as an infosec practitioner. Many in the tech industry have neatly concluded that blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and NFTs are scam vectors, ruining the planet and destined to disappear. But the rapid proliferation of these technologies, their adoption by many multinational corporations and a steep rise in the price of Bitcoin — not to mention President Biden’s recent executive order on digital assets — all point to Web3 being more than just a fad.

We in the infosec community shouldn’t act like Web3 Luddites lest we leave people in this Wild West without adequate resources to protect themselves. Crypto hype cycles aside, real opportunities exist to ex…