The Solana Foundation launches STRIDE and SIRN: A 24/7 security monitoring agreement with TVL exceeding $10 million

Solana Foundation announced that it has commissioned security research firm Asymmetric Research to lead the launch of a series of security upgrade initiatives for the Solana DeFi ecosystem, covering structured assessments, continuous monitoring, an incident response network, and grants for formal verification.

STRIDE: An Eight-Pillar Security Assessment Framework—Assessment Results Made Public

STRIDE (Solana Trust, Resilience and Infrastructure for DeFi Enterprises) is a structured security assessment program for Solana DeFi protocols. Asymmetric Research has defined the eight-pillar security framework, which will conduct independent evaluations of ecosystem protocols and publish the assessment results, giving users and investors transparent security information about the protocols they use.

Protocols that pass the assessment and have TVL exceeding $10 million will receive around-the-clock proactive threat monitoring (opsec) funded by the Solana Foundation. The protection strength will be adjusted according to each protocol’s risk characteristics, with the goal of issuing early warnings before suspicious activity escalates into a security incident.

For protocols with TVL exceeding $100 million, the Solana Foundation will further fund formal verification—a rigorous verification method that exhaustively enumerates all possible states and execution paths in a mathematical way, fundamentally ensuring the correctness of smart contracts.

SIRN: An Emergency Response Network Made Up of Professional Security Organizations

SIRN (Solana Incident Response Network) is a membership-based network of professional security organizations focused on quickly responding and taking action when security incidents occur. Founding members include Asymmetric Research, OtterSec, Neodyme, Squads, and ZeroShadow.

SIRN is open to all Solana protocols, but it prioritizes serving protocols with higher TVL. Members will share threat intelligence, coordinate responses to ongoing incidents, and continue to contribute to the evolution of the STRIDE framework.

Overview of Existing Free Security Tools

The Solana Foundation has also compiled security resources that are currently provided for free to all ecosystem projects:

Hypernative: Infrastructure-level security foundation supports early threat detection and malicious transaction prevention (fully deployed starting September 2024)

Range Security: Real-time risk monitoring and alerts for multi-sig accounts, wallets, and programs, providing 100 free API credits per month

Riverguard (Neodyme): Attack simulation testing for Solana programs, available for free

Sec3 X-Ray: Static analysis tool that automates checks of security best practices, plus an additional free 45-minute security consultation

AuditWare Radar: Template tools for identifying security issues during development, free to use, and integrable into CI/CD workflows

The Solana Foundation is also a member of the Crypto Defenders Alliance, an industry alliance that combines exchanges, blockchain projects, and cybersecurity organizations, dedicated to preventing digital assets from being scammed and stolen.

It is worth noting that, in its announcement, the Solana Foundation specifically emphasizes: the rollout of the resources above is meant to “ensure” security, rather than “replace” the security responsibilities of the protocols themselves. For protocols that manage large amounts of user funds, strict security measures are an indispensable basic obligation.

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