Zupple Labs wins DRDO blockchain auditing project
By Abha Lohia · Editor ·
Mangaluru
- Zupple Labs, based in Mangaluru, builds digital credential tools and private blockchain applications for enterprises
- The defence research body's development fund gave it a project to analyse and audit blockchain security for military use
- No common test standard exists yet for blockchain systems that defence forces may deploy, and this work aims to create one
What happened
- A DRDO fund awarded Zupple Labs a project called Security Analysis and Auditing of Blockchain.
- DRDO's Scientific Analysis Group is the nodal lab for the work.
- The aim is a standard way to evaluate blockchain systems for defence.
Why it matters
- Defence forces may adopt blockchain for tasks such as tracking supply-chain items nationwide.
- Government agencies cannot use public blockchains, so private ones need standard tests.
- No agreed evaluation framework exists today.
The business
- Zupple Labs is a Mangaluru startup.
- It works on digital credentials and enterprise-grade blockchain.
- It sells credential and private-ledger products.
The founders
What happens next
- Develop a standardised platform for testing defence blockchain applications.
Words to know
- Blockchain
- A shared digital record that is hard to alter.
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