Overview
- The Solana Foundation unveiled the STRIDE evaluation program and the Solana Incident Response Network on Monday to strengthen security across Solana DeFi protocols.
- STRIDE, led by Asymmetric Research, uses eight security pillars and independent reviews with results published publicly to give users clear insight into a protocol’s code, governance, infrastructure, and operations.
- Projects that pass STRIDE and hold more than $10 million in total value locked will receive grants for ongoing operational support and 24/7 threat monitoring, calibrated to each protocol’s risk.
- Protocols above $100 million in deposits become eligible for foundation-funded formal verification, which uses mathematical proofs to check every possible smart-contract path for correctness.
- SIRN is a membership response network for live incidents, with founding members Asymmetric Research, OtterSec, Neodyme, Squads, and ZeroShadow sharing threat intel and coordinating actions, a model prompted by the recent Drift exploit that exposed off-chain social-engineering risks audits cannot prevent.