---
title: "Security Compliance Checklist"
sidebarTitle: "Compliance Checklist"
description: "Comprehensive security compliance checklist for MPC vault system production readiness"
icon: "list-check"
---

## MPC Vault System Production Readiness

**Version:** 1.0  
**Date:** August 5, 2025  
**Owner:** Security Team  
**Review Cycle:** Monthly

<Warning>
  This checklist must be completed before production deployment. Critical
  security requirements are mandatory for testnet deployment.
</Warning>

## Critical Security Requirements (0% Complete)

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="UCAN-Based Vault Authorization" icon="shield-keyhole" defaultOpen>
    <CardGroup cols={2}>
      <Card title="Authentication" icon="key">
        - [ ] **UCAN Token Validation** - Replace pseudo-authentication with proper UCAN token verification
        - [ ] **Vault Capability Verification** - Implement vault operation authorization using UCAN capabilities
        - [ ] **Delegation Chain Validation** - Verify complete UCAN delegation chains for vault access
      </Card>
      <Card title="Access Control" icon="lock">
        - [ ] **Capability-Based Access Control** - Use UCAN capabilities for fine-grained vault permissions
        - [ ] **Cryptographic Proof of Ownership** - Validate UCAN signatures for vault ownership verification
        - [ ] **UCAN Expiration Handling** - Implement automatic capability expiration and renewal
      </Card>
    </CardGroup>
  </Accordion>

<Accordion title="Traditional Authentication Support" icon="fingerprint">
  - [ ] **WebAuthn Integration** - Multi-factor authentication for
  biometric/hardware key support - [ ] **Session Management** - Secure session
  handling with configurable timeouts for web interfaces - [ ] **API Rate
  Limiting** - Per-user and per-capability rate limiting beyond current
  per-vault limits - [ ] **Emergency Access Controls** - Fallback authentication
  mechanisms for capability recovery
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Cryptographic Security" icon="shield-check">
  <Steps>
    <Step title="WASM Security">
      - [ ] **WASM Integrity Enforcement** - Mandatory SHA256 hash verification
      for all plugins - [ ] **Code Signing** - Digital signature verification
      for WASM modules
    </Step>
    <Step title="Key Management">
      - [ ] **Secure Password Handling** - Replace hardcoded passwords with
      user-provided secrets - [ ] **Key Derivation Functions** - Implement
      Argon2id for password-based key derivation
    </Step>
    <Step title="Signature Security">
      - [ ] **Signature Canonicalization** - Prevent ECDSA signature
      malleability attacks - [ ] **Deterministic ECDSA** - Use RFC 6979 for
      secure nonce generation
    </Step>
  </Steps>
</Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Data Integrity & Encryption" icon="database">
    - [ ] **HMAC Data Integrity** - Add integrity verification for all encrypted data
    - [ ] **Authenticated Encryption** - Use AES-GCM with proper additional data
    - [ ] **Salt Storage** - Secure salt management for key derivation
    - [ ] **Key Rotation** - Automated and enforced key rotation policies
    - [ ] **Secure Memory Handling** - Proper zeroization of sensitive data in memory
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## High Priority Security Requirements (15% Complete)

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Input Validation & Sanitization" icon="filter">
    <CardGroup cols={2}>
      <Card title="Implemented ✅" icon="check-circle" color="#16a34a">
        - [x] **Vault ID Validation** - Regex-based validation implemented ✅
        - [x] **CID Format Validation** - IPFS CID format checking ✅
        - [x] **Password Length Validation** - Basic length constraints ✅
      </Card>
      <Card title="Pending" icon="clock" color="#f59e0b">
        - [ ] **Advanced Input Sanitization** - Comprehensive injection attack prevention
        - [ ] **Schema Validation** - JSON schema validation for all API inputs
        - [ ] **File Upload Security** - Secure handling of WASM plugin uploads
      </Card>
    </CardGroup>
  </Accordion>

<Accordion
  title="Error Handling & Information Disclosure"
  icon="alert-triangle"
>
  <CardGroup cols={2}>
    <Card title="Implemented ✅" icon="check-circle" color="#16a34a">
      - [x] **Error Message Sanitization** - SecureError implementation ✅ - [x]
      **Structured Error Codes** - Consistent error code system ✅
    </Card>
    <Card title="Pending" icon="clock" color="#f59e0b">
      - [ ] **Security Event Logging** - Comprehensive audit trail for security
      events - [ ] **Sensitive Data Masking** - Ensure no secrets in logs or
      error messages - [ ] **Error Rate Monitoring** - Automated detection of
      unusual error patterns
    </Card>
  </CardGroup>
</Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Network Security" icon="network">
    <CardGroup cols={2}>
      <Card title="Implemented ✅" icon="check-circle" color="#16a34a">
        - [x] **WASM Sandbox Restrictions** - Limited network access for plugins ✅
        - [x] **IPFS Endpoint Configuration** - Configurable but restricted IPFS access ✅
      </Card>
      <Card title="Pending" icon="clock" color="#f59e0b">
        - [ ] **TLS/SSL Configuration** - Proper certificate management and validation
        - [ ] **Network Segmentation** - Isolated network zones for vault operations
        - [ ] **Firewall Rules** - Restrictive network access policies
      </Card>
    </CardGroup>
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Medium Priority Security Requirements (25% Complete)

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Monitoring & Alerting" icon="activity">
    <CardGroup cols={2}>
      <Card title="Implemented ✅" icon="check-circle" color="#16a34a">
        - [x] **Basic Rate Limiting** - Per-vault operation limits ✅
        - [x] **Resource Constraints** - Maximum vault limits per instance ✅
      </Card>
      <Card title="Pending" icon="clock" color="#f59e0b">
        - [ ] **Real-time Threat Detection** - Automated anomaly detection
        - [ ] **Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)** - Centralized log analysis
        - [ ] **Intrusion Detection System (IDS)** - Network-based threat detection
        - [ ] **Performance Monitoring** - Resource usage and performance metrics
      </Card>
    </CardGroup>
  </Accordion>

<Accordion title="Backup & Recovery" icon="hard-drive">
  - [ ] **Encrypted Backup System** - Secure vault data backup procedures - [ ]
  **Disaster Recovery Plan** - Documented recovery procedures - [ ] **Data
  Retention Policies** - Compliant data lifecycle management - [ ] **Backup
  Integrity Verification** - Regular backup validation procedures - [ ]
  **Point-in-time Recovery** - Granular recovery capabilities
</Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Compliance & Governance" icon="clipboard-check">
    - [ ] **Data Privacy Controls** - GDPR/CCPA compliance measures
    - [ ] **Audit Trail Integrity** - Immutable audit logging
    - [ ] **Compliance Reporting** - Automated compliance status reporting
    - [ ] **Risk Assessment Framework** - Regular security risk evaluations
    - [ ] **Security Policy Documentation** - Comprehensive security procedures
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Infrastructure Security Requirements (0% Complete)

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Container & Orchestration Security" icon="container">
    - [ ] **Container Image Scanning** - Vulnerability scanning for all images
    - [ ] **Pod Security Policies** - Kubernetes security context enforcement
    - [ ] **Network Policies** - Micro-segmentation for container communication
    - [ ] **Secret Management** - Secure handling of API keys and certificates
    - [ ] **Resource Quotas** - Prevent resource exhaustion attacks
  </Accordion>

<Accordion title="Database Security" icon="database">
  - [ ] **Encryption at Rest** - Database-level encryption implementation - [ ]
  **Connection Security** - TLS encryption for all database connections - [ ]
  **Access Control** - Database user privilege management - [ ] **Query
  Monitoring** - SQL injection and anomaly detection - [ ] **Backup Encryption**
  - Encrypted database backup procedures
</Accordion>

  <Accordion title="IPFS Security" icon="folder-tree">
    - [ ] **Content Addressing Verification** - Validate IPFS content integrity
    - [ ] **Pinning Strategy** - Secure content persistence policies
    - [ ] **Access Control** - Restrict IPFS node access and operations
    - [ ] **Network Security** - Secure IPFS node communication
    - [ ] **Content Filtering** - Prevent malicious content storage
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Testing & Validation Requirements (10% Complete)

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Security Testing" icon="bug">
    <CardGroup cols={2}>
      <Card title="Implemented ✅" icon="check-circle" color="#16a34a">
        - [x] **Unit Tests** - Basic functionality testing ✅
      </Card>
      <Card title="Pending" icon="clock" color="#f59e0b">
        - [ ] **Security Unit Tests** - Dedicated security-focused test cases
        - [ ] **Integration Security Testing** - End-to-end security validation
        - [ ] **Penetration Testing** - Third-party security assessment
        - [ ] **Vulnerability Scanning** - Automated security scanning
        - [ ] **Fuzzing** - Input validation robustness testing
      </Card>
    </CardGroup>
  </Accordion>

<Accordion title="Performance & Load Testing" icon="zap">
  - [ ] **Load Testing** - Performance under high concurrent load - [ ] **Stress
  Testing** - System behavior under extreme conditions - [ ] **Security Load
  Testing** - Security controls under load - [ ] **Failover Testing** - System
  resilience validation - [ ] **Capacity Planning** - Resource requirements
  assessment
</Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Compliance Testing" icon="certificate">
    - [ ] **OWASP Top 10 Validation** - Verify protection against common vulnerabilities
    - [ ] **NIST Framework Assessment** - Cybersecurity framework compliance
    - [ ] **Industry Standards Testing** - Blockchain-specific security standards
    - [ ] **Regulatory Compliance Testing** - Financial services compliance validation
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Operational Security Requirements (5% Complete)

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Incident Response" icon="siren">
    - [ ] **Security Incident Response Plan** - Documented procedures for security incidents
    - [ ] **Incident Detection Systems** - Automated incident detection and alerting
    - [ ] **Forensic Capabilities** - Digital forensics tools and procedures
    - [ ] **Communication Procedures** - Stakeholder notification processes
    - [ ] **Recovery Procedures** - System restoration and continuity planning
  </Accordion>

<Accordion title="Security Operations" icon="shield">
  - [ ] **Security Operations Center (SOC)** - 24/7 security monitoring - [ ]
  **Threat Intelligence** - External threat intelligence integration - [ ]
  **Vulnerability Management** - Regular vulnerability assessment and patching -
  [ ] **Security Training** - Developer and operations team security training -
  [ ] **Security Awareness Program** - Organization-wide security awareness
</Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Change Management" icon="git-branch">
    - [ ] **Secure Development Lifecycle** - Security integrated into development process
    - [ ] **Code Review Process** - Security-focused code review procedures
    - [ ] **Deployment Security** - Secure deployment pipelines and procedures
    - [ ] **Configuration Management** - Secure configuration baseline management
    - [ ] **Patch Management** - Timely security update procedures
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Deployment Readiness Gates

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Testnet Deployment Prerequisites" icon="test-tube" color="#f59e0b">
    <Warning>Required for testnet deployment</Warning>
    
    - [ ] All CRITICAL vulnerabilities resolved (CRITICAL-001, CRITICAL-002, CRITICAL-003)
    - [ ] UCAN-based vault authorization system implemented and tested
    - [ ] WASM integrity verification enforced
    - [ ] Secure password/key derivation implemented
    - [ ] Basic monitoring and alerting configured
    - [ ] UCAN capability validation for all vault operations
    - [ ] Delegation chain verification system operational
  </Card>

<Card title="Mainnet Beta Prerequisites" icon="flask" color="#3b82f6">
  <Info>Required for mainnet beta</Info>- [ ] All CRITICAL and HIGH
  vulnerabilities resolved - [ ] External security audit completed with
  satisfactory results - [ ] Comprehensive monitoring and alerting system
  deployed - [ ] Incident response procedures tested and validated - [ ] Bug
  bounty program launched and initial issues resolved
</Card>

  <Card title="Production Mainnet Prerequisites" icon="check-circle" color="#16a34a">
    <Note>Required for full production</Note>
    
    - [ ] All CRITICAL, HIGH, and MEDIUM vulnerabilities resolved
    - [ ] SOC 2 Type II audit completed (for institutional use)
    - [ ] Comprehensive security testing completed
    - [ ] Hardware Security Module (HSM) integration (for enterprise)
    - [ ] Disaster recovery and business continuity plans tested
    - [ ] Regulatory compliance validation completed
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Review and Approval Process

### Security Review Board

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Review Board Members" icon="users">
    - **Chief Security Officer** - Overall security strategy approval
    - **Lead Security Engineer** - Technical security implementation review
    - **Compliance Officer** - Regulatory and compliance validation
    - **DevOps Lead** - Infrastructure security validation
    - **Product Manager** - Business impact and user experience review
  </Card>

  <Card title="Approval Checkpoints" icon="checkpoint">
    1. **Critical Fix Review** - After resolving all critical vulnerabilities
    2. **Security Architecture Review** - Complete system security design validation
    3. **Penetration Test Review** - External security assessment results
    4. **Compliance Review** - Regulatory and standards compliance validation
    5. **Production Readiness Review** - Final deployment approval
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

### Documentation Requirements

<Steps>
  <Step title="Architecture Documentation">
    - [ ] Security architecture documentation updated
    - [ ] Threat model documentation complete
  </Step>

<Step title="Operational Documentation">
  - [ ] Incident response runbooks validated - [ ] User security guidelines
  published
</Step>

  <Step title="Compliance Documentation">
    - [ ] Compliance certification documentation complete
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Success Metrics

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Security KPIs" icon="target">
    - **Zero Critical Vulnerabilities** - No unresolved critical security issues
    - **Less than 5% High Risk Issues** - Minimal high-risk vulnerabilities remaining
    - **99.9% Uptime** - High availability with security controls active
    - **Less than 1s Authentication Latency** - Performance impact of security controls
    - **Zero Data Breaches** - No unauthorized access to vault data
  </Card>

  <Card title="Compliance Metrics" icon="chart-bar">
    - **100% Critical Control Coverage** - All critical security controls implemented
    - **<30 Day Vulnerability Resolution** - Rapid security issue resolution
    - **100% Security Event Monitoring** - Complete visibility into security events
    - **<15 Minute Incident Detection** - Rapid threat detection capability
    - **100% Audit Trail Coverage** - Complete audit logging for all operations
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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**Next Review Date:** September 5, 2025  
**Document Owner:** Security Team  
**Approval Status:** Draft - Pending Security Review Board Approval