Solana Foundation launches STRIDE to strengthen ecosystem security.

The Solana Foundation announced a series of initiatives on Monday aimed at enhancing the safety of the entire Solana ecosystem.

According to the blog post , the fund will support new security programs led by security firm Asymmetric Research. Solana Foundation says it has already made a long-term investment in security tools/services, and this announcement is a further reinforcement of that commitment.

The focus is on STRIDE (Solana Trust, Resilience and Infrastructure for DeFi Enterprises) – a structured program to monitor and evaluate the security of projects on Solana. Asymmetric will independently assess projects according to its own set of security standards/frameworks. The assessment results will be made public for users and investors to refer to.

To encourage participation: protocols with a TVL exceeding $10 million that pass the evaluation will receive funding to support security operations and continuous threat monitoring. Projects with a TVL exceeding $100 million may also be provided with additional "formal verification" tools for smart contracts.

Alongside STRIDE, the fund also launched SIRN (Solana Incident Response Network) – a membership-based incident response network that brings together security companies and researchers dedicated to supporting the Solana ecosystem. Founding members include Asymmetric, OtterSec, and Neodyme. SIRN is open to all protocols on Solana, but access will be prioritized according to TVL.

While supplementing programs at the ecosystem level, the Solana Foundation emphasizes that security responsibility still rests with each individual project: these resources are intended to support increased security, not replace what each team must do independently.