Cryptocurrency Exchange Security Program
Advanced security assessment and implementation program for cryptocurrency exchanges, focusing on wallet security, trading systems, and regulatory compliance.
In scope
- Hot wallet security assessment
- Cold storage implementation review
- Trading engine security testing
- KYC/AML compliance evaluation
- Smart contract security audit
You receive
- Exchange security architecture
- Wallet security framework
- Trading system analysis
- Compliance documentation
- Incident response playbooks
Tiers
Choose the depth.
Core Exchange Security Assessment
$75K
One exchange platform: up to 3 wallet systems (hot and cold), 1 trading web app and 1 public API. Wallet architecture and key ceremony review plus trading engine security testing.
- wallets
- 3
- web apps
- 1
- apis
- 1
- Hot wallet security assessment
- Cold storage procedure and key ceremony review
- Trading engine and web app security testing
- Public API security testing
- Exchange security architecture report
- — Smart contract audit
- — KYC/AML compliance evaluation
- — Mobile app testing
- — Incident response playbooks
Advanced Exchange Security Program
$125K
Up to 10 wallet systems, 2 web apps, 3 APIs, 1 mobile app and 1 smart contract repository: everything in the basic tier, wallet architecture redesign recommendations, KYC/AML control evaluation, smart contract audit and incident response playbooks.
- wallets
- 10
- web apps
- 2
- apis
- 3
- mobile apps
- 1
- repositories
- 1
- Everything in the basic tier
- Wallet security framework including multi-signature and withdrawal controls
- KYC/AML compliance evaluation
- Smart contract audit for 1 repository
- Incident response playbooks
- — Custom security tooling
- — Internal corporate network testing
- — Ongoing monitoring
Enterprise Exchange Security Solution
$200K
Up to 25 wallet systems, 3 web apps, 5 APIs, 2 mobile apps and 3 contract repositories: everything in the advanced tier, corporate and cloud infrastructure testing, custom withdrawal-anomaly tooling handed over, and one retest round.
- wallets
- 25
- web apps
- 3
- apis
- 5
- mobile apps
- 2
- repositories
- 3
- Everything in the advanced tier
- Corporate, cloud and production infrastructure testing
- Custom detection tooling handed over
- Red-team style withdrawal path exercise
- One full retest round
- — Operating a monitoring service
- — Licensing or regulatory filings
- — Custody of client keys
Members: engagement coupons from the CISO Marketplace coupon book apply to services. There is no blanket discount.
What's inside this engagement
Phase by phase.
How a security assessment engagement runs, what happens in each phase and what you see. Exact scope, tier and timeline are fixed in your proposal and SOW.
01Scoping
Systems, sites, stakeholders and the question the assessment must answer.
You see · Your objectives and constraints.
02Discovery & evidence
Documents, configurations and interviews, plus technical testing where the service includes it.
You see · Access and time with key people.
03Analysis
Findings rated by risk to your business, not by a generic score.
You see · A prioritized view of your risk.
04Report & debrief
Executive summary, findings and a remediation roadmap, walked through with your team.
You see · The report and the debrief.
Commercials
From first call to final report.
- 01
Scoping call
A practitioner, not a salesperson, walks through targets, constraints and what a good outcome looks like for you.
- 02
Proposal & rules of engagement
A fixed-scope proposal with tier, price and deliverables. Rules of engagement, contacts and out-of-bounds systems are agreed in writing.
- 03
Sign, then start
MSA and SOW are signed electronically and the deposit is paid. Only then does testing begin.
- 04
Execution
Testing runs to the agreed plan. Critical findings are escalated as they are found; you don't wait for the report.
- 05
Report & debrief
An executive summary plus technical findings with evidence, reproduction steps and fixes, walked through with your team.
- 06
Retest
Where the tier includes it, we verify your fixes and reissue the report, so auditors and customers see the issues closed.
Timelines are set per engagement in the SOW.
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