The Solana Foundation, a Switzerland-based organization that supports the adoption and security of Solana, launched a set of initiatives on Monday, led by security company Assymetric Research, aimed at strengthening the overall security of the Solana ecosystem.
In a Monday blog post, the foundation announced the Solana Trust, Resilience and Infrastructure for DeFi Enterprises (STRIDE), describing it as a “structured program for evaluating, monitoring, and escalating security across Solana projects.”
“Solana Foundation has a long history of dedicating resources to ensure that security services and tools are available to the ecosystem, and today’s announcement further strengthens that commitment,” the post reads.
The initiative assesses protocol security across eight key pillars: program security; governance and access control; oracle and dependency risks; infrastructure security; supply chain security; operational security; monitoring and incident response; and log management and forensics within the Solana ecosystem.
Protocols are independently evaluated against these criteria, with the results published publicly, according to the post. The firm noted that this approach provides users, investors, and the wider ecosystem with clear transparency into the security posture of the protocols they engage with.
 
As part of the program’s incentives, protocols with over $10 million in total value locked (TVL) that successfully pass the evaluation will receive ongoing operational security support and continuous threat monitoring funded by the Solana Foundation. Protocols exceeding $100 million in TVL will also gain access to additional formal verification tools for smart contracts.
Solana Rolls Out Incident Response Network
Alongside STRIDE, the Solana Foundation also introduced the Solana Incident Response Network (SIRN), a membership-based group of security firms and researchers focused on protecting the Solana ecosystem. Founding members of the network include Asymmetric Research, OtterSec, and Neodyme.
“Members will share threat intelligence, coordinate responses to active incidents, and contribute to the ongoing evolution of the STRIDE framework,” the Solana Foundation stated.
According to the blog post, SIRN is open to all protocols built on Solana, though access will be prioritized based on total value locked.
Despite the rollout of ecosystem-wide security initiatives, the Solana Foundation emphasized that individual projects must continue to uphold strong security practices.
“While Solana Foundation will continue to deploy resources to ensure a safer ecosystem that benefits everyone, this does not transfer the underlying responsibility away from the protocols themselves,” it said. “These resources are offered to ensure security, not replace what individual teams must do themselves.”
The announcement comes roughly a week after one of the year’s largest DeFi exploits, when Drift Protocol suffered losses of approximately $280 million following a social engineering attack attributed to North Korean-linked hackers.
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