27 November 2019
Highlights
- The Corda Network enables blockchain interoperability between consortia
- Corda’s Firewall enforces modern security inspired by Google
- But enterprises seem to want older perimeter-style security
- Consortia are implementing workarounds to provide the perimeter security
- Currently Corda Network’s governance is dominated by European companies
A hot topic in enterprise blockchain is interoperability between consortia. One example is insurance and trade finance consortia which need to interact both with each other as well as the trade networks where they provide services. As these networks interoperate, they start to resemble semi-public blockchain networks, with a layer of Know Your Customer (KYC) at the entrance.
While this level of integration offers enormous opportunity, we found there are challenges relating to security and governance. We spoke to the CTOs of three major consortia, HQLAX, the Letter of Credit Blockchain, and RiskStream. There’s an area where we found enterprise security teams are resistant to the modern solutions offered by R3’s enterprise blockchain Corda.
For those unfamiliar with the consortia, HQLAX has a joint venture with Deutsche Börse for collateral optimization. The Letter of Credit blockchain (formerly named Voltron) has eight global bank members including HSBC and Standard Chartered. And RiskStream (formerly RiskBlock) has almost 50 major insurer participants.
Read more at Ledger Insights, here.
