Decentralized Identity Security Assessment
Expert evaluation of decentralized identity systems, focusing on security of DIDs, verifiable credentials, and identity protocols.
In scope
- Assessment of DID implementations
- credential issuance systems
- verification protocols
- privacy controls
You receive
- Security assessment report
- protocol analysis
- privacy evaluation
- implementation recommendations
Tiers
Choose the depth.
Core DID Security Assessment
$35K
One DID implementation: up to 1 repository and 1 API. Review of DID method handling, key management and resolution, with a security assessment report.
- repositories
- 1
- apis
- 1
- DID method and resolver security review
- Key management and rotation review
- Code review of 1 repository
- Security assessment report
- — Credential issuance and revocation review
- — Verification protocol analysis
- — Privacy evaluation
- — Implementation support
Advanced DID Security Program
$60K
Up to 3 repositories and 3 APIs: everything in the basic tier, credential issuance and revocation security, verification protocol analysis, and a privacy evaluation covering correlation and selective disclosure.
- repositories
- 3
- apis
- 3
- Everything in the basic tier
- Credential issuance and revocation security review
- Verification protocol analysis
- Privacy controls evaluation
- One fix-review round
- — Custom test tooling
- — Implementation support hours
- — On-chain contract audit beyond the 3 repositories
Enterprise DID Security Solution
$95K
Full-scope DID security program including custom tool development and implementation support
- repositories
- 5
- apis
- 5
- — Ongoing monitoring
- — Standards body or certification submissions
- — Building the identity system
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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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