The Solana Foundation this week introduced a new security auditing framework and a coordinated incident-response consortium for projects built on Solana, citing the rapid evolution of attacker techniques. Developed with Web3 security firm Asymmetric Research, the initiative—called Solana Trust, Resilience and Infrastructure for DeFi Enterprises (STRIDE)—defines a structured program to evaluate, monitor and escalate security across the Solana ecosystem.
STRIDE assesses protocols against eight core 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. Protocols will be independently measured against those criteria, and assessment findings will be published publicly to give users, investors and the broader ecosystem clearer visibility into each project’s security posture, the foundation said.
Alongside STRIDE the foundation launched the Solana Incident Response Network (SIRN), a consortium of security firms intended to provide real-time coordination during live incidents. SIRN members will share threat intelligence, coordinate mitigation and response efforts, and feed lessons learned back into STRIDE so the framework can evolve as threats change.
The new programs come after a string of high-profile breaches. Last week Drift Protocol lost roughly $280 million in a social‑engineering attack attributed to actors with North Korean links. In January, Step Finance suffered a $40 million drain; reporting indicated that autonomous AI agents amplified the damage by executing large transfers. DefiLlama data cited by the foundation shows malicious actors stole more than $168 million from 34 DeFi protocols in Q1 2026, down from $1.58 billion in Q1 2025; the largest exploit in the quarter was the private‑key compromise at Step Finance.
The foundation’s announcement did not single out artificial‑intelligence agents, but recent incidents underline that AI‑driven tactics are an increasingly relevant component of protocol risk. By combining a standardized assessment framework with a coordinated response network, Solana aims to improve protocol resilience, increase transparency for stakeholders and accelerate collective action when new attack vectors emerge.