Audit

The "Overview" section provides context and background information about the project or smart contract being audited. This section typically starts with a brief introduction to the project, including the project’s name, purpose, and a general description of what it aims to achieve. It’s followed by an overview of the architecture and key components of the project, supported by a high-level description of how the smart contract or blockchain application is structured and how different modules or components interact with each other. Information about the technology stack used in the project may be included. This can encompass the programming languages, libraries, frameworks, and blockchain platforms employed in the development.

Depending on the audit, this section may also contain additional information about the smart contract’s privileged roles to explain its purpose and responsibilities within the project. This helps auditors and readers understand who has control over critical functions and what actions they can perform. Similarly, trust assumptions are commonly mentioned to outline implicit or explicit assumptions made by the project’s developers about the security and reliability of external components, services, or entities that the project relies on. Lastly, the "Overview" section may include client-found vulnerabilities if provided by the client. These are vulnerabilities or issues that have been identified by the project’s users or clients before the audit, helping the auditors understand the context and history of security concerns related to the project.

The "Issues" section provides an in-depth examination of security vulnerabilities, bugs, or concerns discovered during the audit process. Within this section, you can filter the issues by content, severity, or status. Filtering by content allows you to look for issues with specific titles or descriptions. Filtering by severity allows you to look for issues with a specific severity level, like Critical, High, Medium, Low, Note, or Client Reported. Filtering by status allows you to look for issues with a specific status, like Unresolved, No Response, Responded, Resolved, Partially Resolved, Acknowledged Not Resolved, or Acknowledged Will Resolve.

Each issue within this section contains a title, description, date, and status. You can click on one to expand the information and be able to respond to it.

The description explains the nature of the issue, its potential impact, and any technical details necessary for understanding the problem. The issue is also tagged with a severity assessment, helping to describe the impact, likelihood, and difficulty of an issue for prioritization and transparency.

The "Recommendations" section offers actionable guidance to improve the security posture of the project based on the audit results. This section is often composed of mitigation strategies, monitor recommendations, incident response plans, potential pitfalls, and other technical and non-technical advice.

Monitoring and incident response recommendations included in this section are crucial for ensuring the ongoing security and resilience of your blockchain project or smart contract. These recommendations focus on proactive measures to detect and respond to security incidents, breaches, or anomalies effectively. The information given will provide details on how to apply these recommendations with Defender Monitors, Actions, and Workflows. We recommend following the tutorials found in this documentation to learn how to use the Defender modules, like the Monitor, Actions, and Workflow tutorials.

Recommendations often include:

The "Conclusion" section summarizes the audit’s findings and provides an overall assessment of the project’s security posture. This section begins with a concise summary of the key findings from the audit, including a recap of critical security vulnerabilities, issues, or concerns discovered during the assessment with the security levels assigned to each identified issue, helping stakeholders understand which issues posed the highest risks. Depending on the issues found, the "Conclusion" section may also restate the high-priority recommendations for addressing issues, emphasizing the immediate actions needed to enhance security.

This section will also communicate the risks associated with the project’s current security status to help project owners, investors, and users make informed decisions. Additional valuable insights may be provided to support certain decisions by stakeholders, such as deployment, further development, and improvements. If recommendations were provided, these will be restated in this section as a high-level overview.