For Protocol Security Leads

Turn scattered reviews into a security program with observable gates, ownership, monitoring, incident practice, and recurring assurance.

30 / 60 / 90-day path

Window	What to do	Evidence to keep
30 days	Inventory assets, owners, privileged roles, dependencies, monitors, and external trust boundaries.	Asset register, role matrix, dependency map, control map.
60 days	Build audit readiness, production launch, incident, and executive evidence packs.	Gate results, tabletop notes, alert routing, evidence templates.
90 days	Publish a quarterly security program review with trends, incidents, accepted risks, and investment needs.	Program review, risk exceptions, bounty metrics, monitoring deltas.

Must-read pages

• Security program maturity
• SOC and incident response
• Supply chain security
• Bridge and cross-chain security

Checklists to use first

• Security program maturity
• Incident war room
• Supply chain security

First 10 resources

1. SEAL Frameworks
2. SEAL 911
3. OWASP SCSVS
4. DefiLlama hacks
5. Chainabuse
6. Safe Transaction Service
7. BlockSec Phalcon simulator
8. Tenderly docs
9. Chainlink feed selection docs
10. VANTAGE by DigiBastion

Common failure

Security leads can inherit tool sprawl without control ownership. A mature program maps each control to asset, owner, evidence, cadence, and escalation.