Solana Foundation Launches STRIDE and SIRN for DeFi Security

The Solana Foundation announced two new security initiatives on Monday aimed at bolstering the resilience of protocols built on its blockchain network, particularly in the decentralized finance sector. In partnership with security firm Asymmetric Research, the foundation unveiled STRIDE, or Solana Trust, Resilience and Infrastructure for DeFi Enterprises, and the Solana Incident Response Network, or SIRN, to provide structured evaluations, ongoing monitoring, and coordinated responses to threats.

STRIDE establishes a framework for independently assessing Solana-based projects across eight key security pillars: program security, governance and access control, oracle and dependency risk, infrastructure security, supply chain security, operational security, monitoring and incident response, and log management and forensics. Asymmetric Research will conduct the evaluations, with results published publicly to offer transparency to users and investors. The foundation stated that this program builds on its history of supporting ecosystem security tools.

Protocols that pass STRIDE evaluations and hold more than 10 million in total value locked, or TVL, will receive foundation-funded...