Security Policy for Anya Core

[AIR-3][AIS-3][BPC-3][RES-3]

🛡️ Security Overview

Anya Core implements a comprehensive security model following official Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs) including BIP-340 (Schnorr Signatures), BIP-341 (Taproot), BIP-342 (Tapscript), and BIP-174 (PSBT). This document outlines our security policies, procedures, and best practices.

🔄 Supported Versions

Version Security Support Vulnerability Response Monitoring Support
0.3.x ✅ Active Immediate Full
0.2.x ⚠️ Limited Best Effort Partial
< 0.2.0 ❌ Unsupported No Support None

🚨 Security Principles

1. Cryptographic Integrity [AIS-3]

  • All cryptographic implementations follow Bitcoin Core security standards
  • Uses well-vetted, open-source cryptographic libraries
  • Implements constant-time comparison algorithms
  • Regular cryptographic algorithm reviews and updates
  • Hardware Security Module (HSM) integration for key management

2. Monitoring & Observability [AIR-3]

Security Monitoring

  • Log Collection: Centralized logging with Loki
  • Metrics: Prometheus with node and container metrics
  • Alerting: Real-time alerts via Alertmanager
  • Dashboards: Grafana for visualization

Security Alerts

Alert Name Severity Description Response Time
Node Down Critical Node offline 5 minutes
High CPU Warning CPU > 90% for 5m 15 minutes
Unauthorized Access Critical Failed login attempts Immediate
SSL Expiry Warning Certificate expiring in < 30d 24h

3. Vulnerability Management [BPC-3]

Reporting Process

  1. Confidential Disclosure
  2. Email: botshelomokoka+security@gmail.com
  3. PGP Key: [Available in /security/pgp-key.asc]

  4. Encrypted communication required for sensitive reports

  5. Vulnerability Classification

  6. Critical: Immediate potential for fund loss or network compromise
  7. High: Significant security risk requiring prompt attention
  8. Medium: Security issue with limited impact

  9. Low: Minor security concerns

  10. Response Timeline

  11. Initial Acknowledgment: Within 24 hours
  12. Triage: Within 48 hours
  13. Patch Development: 1-14 days (based on severity)
  14. Public Disclosure: After patch availability

4. Secure Configuration [AIS-3]

Monitoring Security

  • All monitoring endpoints require authentication
  • TLS encryption for all communications
  • Rate limiting on all APIs
  • Regular security scans of container images
  • Immutable infrastructure where possible

5. Access Control [RES-3]

  • Principle of least privilege
  • Multi-factor authentication for all administrative access
  • Regular access reviews
  • Audit logging of all privileged operations

🛠️ Security Best Practices

For Node Operators

  1. System Hardening
  2. Use a dedicated user for Anya Core
  3. Enable automatic security updates
  4. Configure firewall rules to restrict access

  5. Regular system updates

  6. Monitoring Setup

  7. Enable all security-related alerts
  8. Configure alert notifications to multiple recipients
  9. Regularly review security dashboards

  10. Monitor for unusual activity

  11. Backup & Recovery

  12. Regular backups of configuration and data
  13. Test restoration procedures
  14. Secure backup storage with encryption

For Developers

  1. Secure Coding
  2. Follow OWASP Top 10 guidelines
  3. Regular security training
  4. Code reviews with security focus

  5. Static and dynamic analysis

  6. Dependency Management

  7. Regular dependency updates
  8. Vulnerability scanning
  9. Pinned dependency versions
  10. SBOM generation

🚨 Incident Response

Security Incidents

  1. Detection
  2. Monitor security alerts
  3. Review logs and metrics

  4. User reports

  5. Containment

  6. Isolate affected systems
  7. Preserve evidence

  8. Temporary mitigations

  9. Eradication

  10. Root cause analysis
  11. Security patches

  12. System hardening

  13. Recovery

  14. System restoration
  15. Monitoring for recurrence
  16. Post-mortem analysis

📞 Getting Help

For security-related issues:

  1. Emergency: Email botshelomokoka+security@gmail.com with [SECURITY] in subject
  2. General Questions: Open an issue on GitHub
  3. Documentation: See SECURITY_GUIDELINES.md

AI Labeling

  • [AIR-3] - Automated monitoring and alerting
  • [AIS-3] - Comprehensive security controls
  • [BPC-3] - Bitcoin security best practices
  • [RES-3] - Resilient security architecture

Security Principles

1. Cryptographic Integrity

  • All cryptographic implementations must adhere to Bitcoin Core security standards
  • Use only well-vetted, open-source cryptographic libraries
  • Implement constant-time comparison algorithms
  • Regular cryptographic algorithm reviews

2. Vulnerability Management

Reporting Process

  1. Confidential Disclosure
  2. Email: botshelomokoka+security@gmail.com
  3. PGP Key: [Available in /security/pgp-key.asc]

  4. Encrypted communication mandatory

  5. Vulnerability Classification

  6. Critical: Immediate potential for fund loss or network compromise
  7. High: Significant security risk
  8. Medium: Potential exploitation pathway

  9. Low: Minor security concerns

  10. Response Timeline

  11. Initial Acknowledgement: Within 24 hours
  12. Preliminary Assessment: Within 48 hours
  13. Mitigation Plan: Within 7 days
  14. Public Disclosure: Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD) principles

3. Responsible Disclosure Guidelines

For Security Researchers

  • Always act in good faith
  • Do not exploit discovered vulnerabilities
  • Provide detailed, reproducible proof-of-concept
  • Allow reasonable time for mitigation before public disclosure

For Project Maintainers

  • Transparent communication
  • No retaliation against good-faith researchers
  • Clear, documented remediation process
  • Public acknowledgement of contributions

4. Threat Model Considerations

Attack Vectors

  • Cryptographic weaknesses
  • Side-channel attacks
  • Economic incentive manipulation
  • Network-level attacks
  • Implementation vulnerabilities

5. Compliance and Auditing

  • Annual comprehensive security audit
  • Continuous integration security scanning
  • Regular dependency vulnerability checks
  • Third-party penetration testing

Bug Bounty Program

Reward Tiers

  • Critical Vulnerabilities: $10,000 - $50,000
  • High Impact Vulnerabilities: $5,000 - $10,000
  • Medium Impact: $1,000 - $5,000
  • Low Impact: $100 - $1,000

Eligibility Criteria

  • First verified reporter
  • Unique and previously unreported vulnerability
  • Detailed reproduction steps
  • Responsible disclosure

Contact

  • Security Team: botshelomokoka+security@gmail.com
  • PGP Fingerprint: Not available
  • Bug Bounty Platform: Not available
  • Participation subject to our [Responsible Disclosure Terms]
  • No legal action against good-faith researchers
  • Compliance with responsible disclosure principles

Last Updated: 2024-07-22 Version: 1.0.0

Cryptographic Implementation [AIS-3][BPC-3]

Aligned with official Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs)

Mandatory Requirements

  • 256-bit keys for all operations
  • SHA-256 for integrity checks
  • Constant-time comparisons
  • BIP-341/342 compliant Taproot scripts