What is Palisade Security?

Palisade Security is an offensive security and research firm protecting high-value blockchain, cryptographic, AI, and software systems. Our security and R&D team consists of CTF champions, bug bounty leaderboard veterans, and world-class vulnerability researchers — the people other firms benchmark against. We build the security technology the industry uses: continuous security, protocol risk intelligence, and vulnerability response. We publish the vulnerability research the industry cites. And we run the audits that protect it — two independent teams per engagement, the full security engineering toolchain, a zero-exploit track record across security engagements and — Assets Secured.

What makes Palisade different from other security firms?

The result. Zero post-review incidents. While this can be just luck for the first year, after 5 years and hundreds of engagements with the most targeted code in the industry, this is consistency. The results are backed by the people. Our security and R&D team is comprised of CTF champions, bug bounty leaderboard veterans, and hackers with track records of breaking systems that were considered unbreakable. Combined with the methodology, every engagement gets two independent security teams working on the scope. Exclusive focus augmented by the full security engineering toolchain (including professional AI-augmentation).

What is a smart contract security audit?

A smart contract audit is a systematic security review of blockchain-based code — designed to surface vulnerabilities, logic errors, access control flaws, and exploitable edge cases before deployment. At Palisade Security, this means rigorous line-by-line manual review by senior engineers, supported by proprietary tooling and our dual-team methodology. The goal: code that cannot be broken.

What does Palisade Security audit?

The full blockchain and general security surface. Smart contract audits across every language and chain. L1/L2 and cross-chain protocol reviews. Zero-knowledge circuit and FHE security audits. Centralized exchange and wallet assessments. Full-stack penetration testing. DevSecOps consulting. Social engineering simulations. AI/ML security reviews. Plus proprietary security products: expert review, adversarial testing, and continuous security programs for real-time risk analysis. If it touches value or processes trust, we secure it.

We already completed an audit. Why use Palisade?

Every audit is performed by humans, and no single team — no matter how skilled — catches everything. A second review with a fundamentally different methodology reduces that margin of error. Two different teams, two different approaches, two different sets of assumptions being challenged. 90% of our reports surface critical or high-severity findings — and some of those codebases had already passed a previous audit. A second opinion from a team with a zero-exploit track record isn't redundant. It's how serious engineering teams manage risk.

What is a zero-knowledge security audit?

A ZK audit is a specialized security review of zero-knowledge circuits, proving systems, and associated cryptographic implementations. ZK circuits are structurally more prone to critical bugs than standard smart contracts — industry data shows ZK audits are approximately twice as likely to uncover critical-severity findings. Palisade Security audits ZK implementations across Circom, Halo2, Plonky2/3, and other proving frameworks, with particular focus on underconstrained circuits, cryptographic primitive validation, and proof soundness.

What is blockchain penetration testing?

Web3 penetration testing is offensive security assessment designed for decentralized applications and blockchain infrastructure. It covers smart contract interactions, wallet integrations, API surfaces, on-chain/off-chain communication layers, and blockchain-specific attack vectors that traditional pentesting frameworks don't address. Palisade Security performs comprehensive penetration tests across DeFi platforms, centralized exchanges, DAOs, and other blockchain applications.

How long does a security audit take?

Timelines depend on scope and complexity. A focused Solidity smart contract audit typically takes 2–4 weeks. L1/L2 protocol reviews, ZK circuit audits, and comprehensive exchange assessments take longer. Palisade Security provides a clear timeline during scoping — and we don't run parallel engagements that dilute focus or delay delivery.

How should a protocol approach security?

Effective security is layered: smart contract audits before deployment, full-stack penetration testing, DevSecOps integration, team training against social engineering, a live bug bounty program, and continuous monitoring. Most projects do one or two of these. The ones that survive long-term do all of them. Palisade Security covers the full lifecycle — audits, advisory, vulnerability response, and continuous security programs.

Which security standards does Palisade work with?

The primary security frameworks applicable to blockchain include the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, OWASP Smart Contract Top 10, ISO/IEC 27001, MITRE ATT&CK (adapted for blockchain threat modeling), and CIS Controls. Palisade Security integrates these frameworks into our audit methodology and security advisory, ensuring assessments meet and exceed industry compliance standards.

Does Palisade provide ongoing security support?

Yes. Most of our clients work with Palisade Security continuously — across multiple codebases, protocol upgrades, and new product launches. Our long-term client partnerships rate reflects the compounding value of a long-term security partner over one-off audits. Ongoing engagements include recurring audits, continuous advisory, vulnerability response, and continuous monitoring.

Smart Contract Audits & Offensive Security

WE’VE JUST LAUNCHED

Continuous Security

The first Continuous Threat Exposure Management system built for Web3.

ADOPTED BY

“A great real-time threat monitoring engine packaged in a simple, intuitive UI. The risk dependencies feature has already saved us hours of work, and when we lacked something the team shipped it fast.”

Ivan — Cicada Finance

“Finally something that combines dependency intelligence, invariant monitoring, and 0day protection in one system.”

Mudit — Polygon

“Easy to use — which was the key criterion for EigenLayer.”

Nadir — Eigenlabs

Palisade Security is a hidden gem. Their attention to detail is unmatched. We started working with them for a single project to test them out but loved them so much that we gave them two more projects before the first engagement even got completed. They actually care about security and customer experience.

Mudit Gupta

CTO

Palisade Security’ deep knowledge of software security and ZK attack surface gave the critical outside perspective to reach production readiness for our zero knowledge virtual machine and launch 1.0

Kevin

Head of Security

The Lido DAO first approached Palisade Security when picking audit service providers for the Lido v2 upgrade – the most significant and complex yet. We were impressed with how the Palisade Security team provided a thorough code audit with meaningful findings while consistently meeting the ETAs. Many thanks to the team!

Gregory

Our experience with Palisade Security has been quite positive. One time, they went above and beyond the scope and found a clever out-of-scope remote code execution vulnerability. I highly recommend working with Palisade Security.

Nanak Nihal

Founder

I'd like to express my gratitude to the Palisade Security team for keeping the strict timelines, the quality of work, and the support provided throughout the remediation process. Many thanks once again!

Nikolaos Frestis

Senior Project Manager

Thank you, Palisade Security.io, for being professional, responsive, and delivering a high-quality audit.

Burak Benligiray

Core Technical Team Lead

Palisade Security is a security consulting company, providing a myriad of DeFi projects with the best services by introducing a whole new approach to cybersecurity solutions.

Adam Adamov

CBDO

The Palisade Security team is extremely technically competent, high integrity, and exceptional at what they do. We couldn't have asked for a better security partner for Royco.

Shiv Kapoor

Head of Engineering

Everything Palisade Security ships is built around the same idea: crypto should be safer, clearer, and easier to use. The team has been at it through two bull runs and three bear winters, and that kind of track record is exactly what we wanted behind our Protocol Risk Intelligence, the first release in GetBlock's new Wallet Audit stack. With Palisade Security' technology under the hood, we can now offer fast, reliable, and detailed risk audits through both API and interface. Here's to many more years and many more releases together.

Vasily Rudomanov

CEO

Vasily Rudomanov

CEO

Vasily Rudomanov

CEO

[BLOCKCHAIN]

[Fig. 01]

Blockchain Security

We audit protocols where a single overlooked vulnerability can become a systemic failure.

CAPABILITIES

Smart Contract Audits
L1 & L2 Security Reviews
Exchange Security Assessments
Wallet Security Audits
DeFi Protocol Reviews
Bridge & Cross-Chain Security
TEE Security Reviews

[AI SECURITY]

[Fig. 02]

AI & Agent Security

We test AI systems where models gain access to tools, data, infrastructure, and money. From autonomous agents to MCP servers, we find the attack paths that emerge when AI is allowed to act.

CAPABILITIES

AI Agent Security Auditss
Agentic Payment Security
MCP & Tool Integration Security
LLM Application Security
AI-Generated Code Audits
Model & MLOps Supply Chain Security
AI Red Teaming

[CRYPTOGRAPHY]

[Fig. 03]

Cryptographic Security

We review cryptographic systems from primitives and implementations to circuits and proving systems, including novel designs without established audit playbooks.

First independent zkEVM audit.

CAPABILITIES

ZK Circuit Audits
FHE Security Reviews
MPC Protocol Assessments
Cryptographic Implementation Audits
Proving System Reviews
Post-Quantum Security Assessments

[INFRASTRUCTURE]

[Fig. 04]

Application & Infrastructure Security

Smart contracts are only one part of the attack surface. We test the applications, APIs, infrastructure, networks, and operational systems surrounding them.

CAPABILITIES

Red Teaming & Adversary Simulation
Web Application Penetration Testing
Mobile Application Security
Source Code Review
API Security Testing
Cloud Infrastructure Audits
Network Penetration Testing

[ADVISORY]

[Fig. 05]

Security Advisory

We work with engineering teams before deployment, during major architectural changes, and when existing security assumptions need to be challenged.

CAPABILITIES

Security Architecture Reviews
Threat Modeling & Risk Assessment
Compliance & Certification Advisory
DevSecOps Integration
DDoS Resilience Testing
Social Engineering Assessments

Methodology

TEAM

Senior security engineers. No exceptions.

Palisade engagements are led by experienced security researchers with backgrounds in offensive security, vulnerability research, protocol engineering, and adversarial testing.

No handoffs to junior teams. No learning on your codebase.

Experience proven in the field.

TOOLING

Human Expertise X Machine Intelligence

Every engagement begins with expert manual review. Advanced AI and proprietary tooling expand the surface our researchers can analyze without replacing the judgment required to understand what actually matters.

Deeper investigation of each finding.
More adversarial testing across every surface.
Broader exploration of complex code paths.

METHOD

Two Independent Teams. One Target.

Two independent security teams assess the same system from different angles. Overlapping findings provide confirmation. Divergent findings expose weaknesses a single review can miss.

We follow risk beyond the defined scope.
Engagements receive dedicated attention.
Remediation testing is included.

OUTCOME

Findings that stand up to scrutiny.

A security review should remain defensible long after the report is delivered. We optimize for findings that matter, remediation that holds, and systems that are harder to break.

—Assets Secured
—Security Engagements
—Client Retention
—Critical Findings Identified

[Security Blueprint]

[Fig. 06]

Ongoing security coverage for protocols that continue to evolve after deployment. Monitor upgrades, integrations, dependencies, and emerging attack surfaces as your system changes.

Networks protected by Palisade

CLAUDE SKILLS ENABLED

[TRA Blueprint]

[Fig. 07]

Structured security intelligence across contracts, protocols, dependencies, and deployed infrastructure, built to give teams a clearer view of where risk actually lives.

A direct path from vulnerability discovery to triage, remediation, and verification, supported by Palisade security researchers.

STANDARD READY

[BB Blueprint]

[Fig. 08]

A direct path from vulnerability discovery to triage, remediation, and verification, supported by Palisade security researchers.

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[Fig. 09]

Security Research

Arbitrary Struct Hijackin Aptos Move VM

Token Bridge:Forged Proof Vulnerability

TSTORE PoisonSolidity's Silent Storage Bug

Continuous Security

Trusted to secure critical systems

Testimonials

Mudit Gupta

Kevin

Gregory

Nanak Nihal

Nikolaos Frestis

Burak Benligiray

Adam Adamov

Shiv Kapoor

Vasily Rudomanov

SERVICES

Blockchain Security

AI & Agent Security

Cryptographic Security

Application & Infrastructure Security

Security Advisory

Methodology

Senior security engineers. No exceptions.

Human Expertise X Machine Intelligence

Two Independent Teams. One Target.

Findings that stand up to scrutiny.

Security Programs

Continuous SecurityContinuous Security

Networks protected by Palisade

Protocol Risk IntelligenceProtocol Risk Intelligence

Vulnerability ResponseVulnerability Response

FAQ

[Q. 01]What is Palisade Security?

What is Palisade Security?

[Q. 02]What makes Palisade different from other security firms?

What makes Palisade different from other security firms?

[Q. 03]What is a smart contract security audit?

What is a smart contract security audit?

[Q. 04]What does Palisade Security audit?

What does Palisade Security audit?

[Q. 05]We already completed an audit. Why use Palisade?

We already completed an audit. Why use Palisade?

[Q. 06]What is a zero-knowledge security audit?

What is a zero-knowledge security audit?

[Q. 07]What is blockchain penetration testing?

What is blockchain penetration testing?

[Q. 08]How long does a security audit take?

How long does a security audit take?

[Q. 09]How should a protocol approach security?

How should a protocol approach security?

[Q. 10]Which security standards does Palisade work with?

Which security standards does Palisade work with?

[Q. 11]Does Palisade provide ongoing security support?

Does Palisade provide ongoing security support?

Ready to test your assumptions?

Arbitrary Struct Hijack
in Aptos Move VM

Token Bridge:
Forged Proof Vulnerability

TSTORE Poison
Solidity's Silent Storage Bug