Michael Perklin is a cybersecurity expert and president of C4, the CryptoCurrency Certification Consortium. He has over a decade of experience in information security, including work as a cyber investigator, digital-forensic investigator, reverse engineer, and application tester.
C4
C4 is a non-profit organization that develops standards and certifications for cryptocurrency professionals. Perklin led the development of the Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP) and Certified Bitcoin Expert (CBX) exams, working with industry leaders to define the knowledge base expected of Bitcoin professionals. C4 also developed the CryptoCurrency Security Standard (CCSS), a framework for securing cryptocurrency systems used by exchanges, wallets, and custodians.
Industry Roles
Perklin has served as Head of Security at ShapeShift and as a director of the Bitcoin Alliance of Canada. He has testified before the Canadian Senate on Bitcoin and has spoken at numerous security and cryptocurrency conferences.
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