Cryptography audits

20 firms with demonstrable cryptographic depth, and 170 of their public audit reports, research papers and tools. Read what a firm found on a system like yours before you hire it.

20 firms170 key works38 landmarksVerified November 2026

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  2. Read one or two past reports closest to your system: scope, depth and how findings are written.

  3. Shortlist two or three firms and compare them side by side.

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atsec information security

Certification lab · Austin, United States & Munich, Germany · est. 2000
Vendors of cryptographic modules (HSMs, TEEs, OS crypto libraries, network appliances) that need FIPS 140-3 validation, algorithm testing, SP 800-90B entropy assessment or Common Criteria certification. Pricing tier 3 of 4: $$$6 key worksHigh confidenceDetailsClose FIPS 140-3 / CC certificationImplementation auditEurope HQ

Accredited evaluation lab for FIPS 140-3 (CMVP), cryptographic algorithm and entropy-source testing, and Common Criteria.

Strengths

  • Large FIPS track record (its site links to 577 certificates)
  • Named as testing lab on NIST CMVP certificates for major vendors (Qualcomm, F5)
  • FIPS 140-3, algorithm testing, entropy-source assessment and Common Criteria under one roof
  • Offices in Austin, Munich, Stockholm, Rome and Beijing

Watch-outs

  • Conformance testing, not adversarial cryptanalysis or protocol design review
  • Timelines depend on NIST CMVP queues outside the lab's control
  • Not relevant for ZK, MPC or smart-contract projects

Key works

First ML-KEM and ML-DSA algorithm testing via NIST ACVTS (2024)
Website
atsec.de
Type
Certification lab
Headquarters
Austin, United States & Munich, Germany (no single HQ stated)
Founded
2000
Size
201-1000 people
Typical engagement
FIPS 140-3 projects span months including the NIST CMVP queue; algorithm and entropy assessments are shorter.
Public reports
atsec.de
Europe
European offices in Munich (Germany), Stockholm (Sweden) and Rome (Italy).

Specialties

  • FIPS 140-3 / CC certification
  • Implementation audit

Languages reviewed

  • C/C++
  • Assembly
  • Java

Sources · verified November 2026

  1. atsec.de
  2. atsec.de
  3. csrc.nist.gov
  4. csrc.nist.gov

Anchor: #ca-atsec

ChainSecurity

Blockchain & smart-contract auditor · Zurich, Switzerland · est. 2017
EVM projects based in or selling to Europe whose scope mixes contracts with Plonky2 circuits or validator DKG tooling, and that want a Swiss auditor — not a first choice for pure cryptography reviews. Pricing tier 3 of 4: $$$6 key worksMedium confidenceDetailsClose Smart contractsZero-knowledge proofsMPC / threshold signaturesEurope HQ

ETH Zurich spin-off focused on smart-contract and protocol audits, with a small but real body of ZK-circuit (Plonky2) and DKG-tool audit work.

Strengths

  • Large public archive: 430 reports since 2017, per its site
  • Some ZK-circuit (Intmax Plonky2) and DKG-tool audit experience with public PDFs
  • Swiss base and ETH Zurich academic roots

Watch-outs

  • Cryptography is a minor share of public work; mostly smart-contract audits
  • No public reviews of standalone crypto libraries, PQC or hardware found
  • Site lists Decentralized Security AG (Zurich) as the entity; ChainSecurity was acquired by PwC Switzerland in 2020 — confirm the current contracting entity

Key works

  • 2025

    Intmax 2 ZKP circuits code assessment · IntmaxLandmark

    Soundness review of recursive Plonky2 rollup circuits (balance, validity, withdrawal); 7 criticals found and fixed.

    • ZK proofs
    Audit
  • 2023

    Herodotus CairoLib (MPT, MMR, Keccak) assessment · HerodotusLandmark

    Storage-proof primitives in Cairo; a critical MPT verify bug let forged keys pass. Useful for proof-of-state builders.

    • Hashing & commitments
    • Bridges & light clients
    • Cryptographic libraries
    Audit
  • 2024

    Plonky2 BN254 scalar-multiplication and Keccak256 circuits · Intmax

    Gadget-level review of non-native curve and Keccak circuits with cross-table lookups; 3 criticals fixed.

    • ZK proofs
    • Hashing & commitments
    • Cryptographic libraries
    Audit
  • 2024

    SSV-DKG tool limited code review · SSV Labs

    DKG tooling for distributed validators: missing result-signature check, TLS default, PKCS#1 v1.5 share encryption.

    • MPC / threshold signatures
    • Key management & HSM
    • TLS & secure channels
    Audit
  • 2023

    Herodotus on Starknet storage-proof contracts · Herodotus

    L1-to-Starknet header and fact registry review; an MMR flaw let proofs verify against inner nodes.

    • Hashing & commitments
    • Bridges & light clients
    Audit
  • 2023

    Chronicle Scribe Schnorr-aggregation oracle · Chronicle

    On-chain secp256k1 Schnorr multi-signature verification for oracles (scheme design itself out of scope).

    • Signatures
    • Smart-contract cryptography
    Audit
Intmax 2 ZKP circuits code assessment (2025); Herodotus CairoLib (MPT, MMR, Keccak) assessment (2023)
Type
Blockchain & smart-contract auditor
Headquarters
Zurich, Switzerland
Founded
2017
Size
1-50 people
Typical engagement
Fixed-scope smart-contract audits of weeks; repeat audits for large DeFi and stablecoin clients.
Public reports
chainsecurity.com
Europe
Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland (Thurgauerstrasse 40).

Specialties

  • Smart contracts
  • Zero-knowledge proofs
  • MPC / threshold signatures

Languages reviewed

  • Solidity
  • Vyper
  • Rust
  • Go

Anchor: #ca-chainsecurity

Cure53

Security research firm with crypto practice · Berlin, Germany · est. 2007
Wallets, privacy and E2EE apps, and JS/TS, Rust or C++ crypto libraries (MPC, Shamir secret sharing, curve libraries) that want crypto review plus the surrounding app, extension and infra attack surface in one time-boxed engagement. Pricing tier 2 of 4: $$10 key worksHigh confidenceDetailsClose Implementation auditProtocol design reviewMPC / threshold signaturesWallets & key managementEurope HQ

Berlin security firm that publishes a large library of reports, including audits of cryptographic libraries (noble, ed25519, Monocypher), MPC/threshold code and end-to-end-encrypted apps alongside web and app pentests.

Strengths

  • Large public report library with many crypto-specific audits: MPC (Coinbase cb-mpc), ECDSA (Silence Labs), Shamir SSS (Privy), ed25519 and secp256k1 libraries, NIP-44
  • Recent crypto-library work for Coinbase cb-mpc and the widely used noble libraries
  • Can cover crypto together with app, browser-extension and infrastructure testing
  • Clients routinely publish the reports, so buyers can read past findings

Watch-outs

  • Primarily a web/app security firm; little public work on ZK circuits or proof systems
  • Short time-boxed engagements may limit depth on novel protocol design
  • Some engagements are published only as summary reports

Key works

noble-ciphers and noble-curves libraries audit (2024); rustls TLS library security review (2020)
Website
cure53.de
Type
Security research firm with crypto practice
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Founded
2007
Size
1-50 people
Typical engagement
Time-boxed, fixed-day audits with published (sometimes summary) reports; Ente's crypto design and code audit ran nine days, while Nym's multi-package review ran 56 working days with six testers.
Public reports
cure53.de
Europe
Headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Specialties

  • Implementation audit
  • Protocol design review
  • MPC / threshold signatures
  • Wallets & key management

Languages reviewed

  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Rust
  • C/C++
  • Go
  • Kotlin
  • Swift

Sources · verified November 2026

  1. cure53.de
  2. cure53.de
  3. nym.com
  4. cure53.de

Anchor: #ca-cure53

Galois

Applied cryptography specialist · Portland, Oregon, United States · est. 1999
Organisations that want mathematical proof that production crypto code (AES-GCM, SHA-2, HMAC, DRBG, ECDSA) matches its specification, wired into CI, or long-horizon R&D on MPC, FHE and ZK — rather than a classic pre-launch audit. Pricing tier 4 of 4: $$$$8 key worksMedium confidenceDetailsClose Formal verificationImplementation auditZero-knowledge proofsMPC / threshold signaturesFHE

R&D firm known for machine-checked verification of cryptographic code (Cryptol/SAW) and for advanced-cryptography research and engineering in ZK, MPC and FHE.

Strengths

  • Created Cryptol and SAW, used to prove AWS-LC and s2n code matches its specification
  • Proofs can run in CI so they are re-checked on every code change (s2n, AWS-LC-Verification with AWS)
  • Deep MPC/ZK/FHE research base: DARPA SIEVE (ZK), Swanky (MPC), BASALISC (FHE hardware accelerator)
  • Strong fit for high-assurance government and infrastructure buyers

Watch-outs

  • Not a classic audit shop; no public audit-report library to compare findings
  • Engagements skew to long R&D/verification projects; less suited to a quick pre-launch review
  • US offices only (Portland, Arlington, Minneapolis, Dayton); no European presence found

Key works

Verified Cryptographic Code for Everybody: SAW proofs of AES-256-GCM and SHA-384 in AWS-LC (2021); blst BLS12-381 library formal verification (2020)
Website
galois.com
Type
Applied cryptography specialist
Headquarters
Portland, Oregon, United States
Founded
1999
Size
201-1000 people
Typical engagement
Verification and R&D projects measured in months (the AWS-LC AES-GCM/SHA-384 proofs took about six calendar months); often government- or large-enterprise-funded.

Specialties

  • Formal verification
  • Implementation audit
  • Zero-knowledge proofs
  • MPC / threshold signatures
  • FHE
  • Post-quantum
  • Side-channel & hardware

Languages reviewed

  • C/C++
  • Rust
  • Haskell
  • x86 assembly
  • Cryptol

Open-source tools

  • Cryptol
  • SAW (Software Analysis Workbench)
  • Swanky (MPC libraries)
  • Diet Mac'n'Cheese (ZK backend)

Anchor: #ca-galois

Keysight (Riscure)

Hardware & side-channel lab · Delft, Netherlands · est. 2001
Chip, secure-element, HSM and hardware-wallet makers needing side-channel/fault-injection testing of crypto implementations (including ML-DSA) or PSA Certified evaluations. Pricing tier 4 of 4: $$$$7 key worksMedium confidenceDetailsClose Side-channel & hardwarePost-quantumFIPS 140-3 / CC certificationImplementation auditEurope HQ

Riscure, founded in Delft in 2001 and acquired by Keysight in 2024, is a device-security lab and tool vendor for side-channel, fault-injection and certification evaluations, including of post-quantum implementations.

Strengths

  • Hands-on side-channel and fault-injection testing; Keysight's lab completed what it calls the first PSA Certified Level 4 evaluation (2025)
  • Measured ML-DSA leakage at three protection levels with NXP; Inspector added PQC (Dilithium) testing in 2024
  • Combines evaluation services with widely used commercial test tooling
  • Long-standing Dutch lab (Delft, since 2001)

Watch-outs

  • Hardware/device focus; not suited to protocol, ZK or smart-contract review
  • Client reports are confidential; little public evidence to compare depth
  • Now part of a large test-and-measurement corporation; procurement can be heavier

Key works

SiXG301 Series 3 Secure Vault, PSA Certified Level 4 evaluation (2025); Bypassing secure boot using fault injection (Black Hat EU 2016) (2016)
Type
Hardware & side-channel lab
Headquarters
Delft, Netherlands (Riscure lab; part of Keysight Technologies)
Founded
2001
Size
201-1000 people
Typical engagement
Lab evaluations and certification projects of weeks to months; test tooling (Inspector) sold separately.
Europe
Riscure lab based in Delft, Netherlands.

Specialties

  • Side-channel & hardware
  • Post-quantum
  • FIPS 140-3 / CC certification
  • Implementation audit

Languages reviewed

  • C/C++
  • Assembly
  • Hardware/RTL

Anchor: #ca-keysight-riscure

Kudelski Security

Security research firm with crypto practice · Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland · est. 2012
Custody, wallet and validator teams that need a review of a threshold ECDSA/EdDSA (MPC) or DKG library, or of a novel scheme such as timelock encryption, from a European firm with in-house cryptographers. Pricing tier 3 of 4: $$$9 key worksHigh confidenceDetailsClose Implementation auditProtocol design reviewMPC / threshold signaturesSmart contractsPost-quantumEurope HQ

Cybersecurity division of the Swiss Kudelski Group with a long-standing cryptography team that publishes code reviews of threshold-signature (CGGMP, GG18/20, FROST) libraries, timelock encryption and blockchain systems.

Strengths

  • Repeated public work on threshold-signature libraries: ING ecdsa-mpc (2021), AMIS CGGMP/FROST (2022); its archive also lists Lit Protocol FROST, Uniwire TSS and Ava Labs threshold-signature reviews
  • Cryptographers teach crypto code auditing publicly (NIST CSRC talk 'A Hitchhiker's Guide to Cryptography Code Audit', Jan 2024; Eurocrypt 2024 affiliated workshop)
  • Public blockchain report archive of about 120 reports with service and language filters
  • Swiss headquarters with offices across Europe, the US and Asia

Watch-outs

  • Public archive is weighted toward blockchain code reviews; few public ZK-circuit audits compared with ZK specialists
  • Cryptography is a small part of a 400+-person managed-security business; confirm reviewer seniority
  • Some archive entries did not open as individual pages when checked; ask for the PDF of any report you want to rely on

Key works

Polynonce: a novel ECDSA nonce-recurrence attack (2023); Binance tss-lib threshold ECDSA security audit (2019)
Type
Security research firm with crypto practice
Headquarters
Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland
Founded
2012
Size
201-1000 people
Typical engagement
Fixed-scope cryptographic secure code reviews of a few weeks, sold alongside a much larger managed-security and consulting business.
Public reports
kudelskisecurity.com
Europe
International HQ in Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne (Switzerland) plus offices in Adliswil, Madrid, Paris, Munich and London.

Specialties

  • Implementation audit
  • Protocol design review
  • MPC / threshold signatures
  • Smart contracts
  • Post-quantum

Languages reviewed

  • Rust
  • Go
  • Solidity
  • ink!

Anchor: #ca-kudelski-security

Least Authority

Applied cryptography specialist · Berlin, Germany · est. 2011
Open-source and Web3 teams that need an audit of a cryptographic library or prover — BLS/Ed25519/secp256k1 signature code, gnark/GKR provers, DKG or privacy-protocol cryptography — with a published final report. Pricing tier 3 of 4: $$$10 key worksHigh confidenceDetailsClose Implementation auditProtocol design reviewZero-knowledge proofsMPC / threshold signaturesSmart contractsEurope HQ

Berlin-based, privacy-focused security consultancy with a deep record auditing cryptographic libraries, signature schemes and ZK provers, mostly for open-source and Web3 clients.

Strengths

  • Sustained cryptographic-library and prover work: gnark GKR (2024), Linea Limitless Prover (2025), Anza BLS and Ed25519 (2026)
  • Publishes final reports with remediation status on a public audits page (about 90 listed, 2020–2026)
  • Published the MoonMath Manual to zk-SNARKs (2022)
  • German entity (Least Authority TFA GmbH) plus US and Singapore subsidiaries

Watch-outs

  • Small team; capacity for large or urgent programmes can be limited
  • Little public tooling compared with larger research firms
  • Client base is mostly Web3/FOSS; few public enterprise or hardware crypto reviews

Key works

Plonky3 STARK toolkit audit (2024); gnark and gnark-crypto audit for the Linea prover (phase 1) (2024)
Type
Applied cryptography specialist
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Founded
2011
Size
1-50 people
Typical engagement
Fixed-scope audits ending in a published final report that records remediation status; repeat multi-phase work is common (e.g. several Linea prover phases).
Public reports
leastauthority.com
Europe
Relocated to Berlin in 2016; operates as Least Authority TFA GmbH (Germany) with a largely remote team.

Specialties

  • Implementation audit
  • Protocol design review
  • Zero-knowledge proofs
  • MPC / threshold signatures
  • Smart contracts
  • Wallets & key management

Languages reviewed

  • Rust
  • Go
  • Solidity
  • TypeScript

Open-source tools

  • MoonMath Manual (ZK-SNARK educational resource)

Anchor: #ca-least-authority

NCC Group (Cryptography Services)

Security research firm with crypto practice · Manchester, United Kingdom · est. 1999
Protocol and enterprise teams that want an established consultancy for a fixed-scope review of a crypto library or protocol (signatures, ZK circuits, MPC) — especially when the same vendor must also cover pentest, hardware or assurance work. Pricing tier 4 of 4: $$$$9 key worksHigh confidenceDetailsClose Protocol design reviewImplementation auditZero-knowledge proofsMPC / threshold signaturesPost-quantumEurope HQ

Large listed security consultancy whose Cryptography Services team reviews cryptographic protocols and implementations, from ZK circuits and threshold ECDSA to BLS signature libraries and post-quantum readiness.

Strengths

  • Dedicated Cryptography Services team with public reviews spanning ZK circuits (Penumbra R1CS, Zcash Orchard), threshold ECDSA (Qredo/Milagro) and signature libraries (Anza BLS12-381, 2026)
  • Reports state scope, commit and effort (consultants, person-days), which helps buyers benchmark proposals
  • Can bundle crypto review with pentest, hardware and assurance services from one vendor
  • 2025 research report cites Cryptography Services work on post-quantum migration, threshold signatures and secure messaging

Watch-outs

  • Large-consultancy procurement and pricing relative to crypto boutiques
  • Public output is modest in volume (NCC reports 8 public reports firm-wide for 2025), so fewer recent examples to compare than high-volume ZK boutiques
  • Crypto team is one practice inside a ~2,000-person firm; ask which named cryptographers will be staffed

Key works

Zcash NU5 (Orchard) cryptography review (2021); BLST BLS12-381 library cryptographic implementation review (2021)
Type
Security research firm with crypto practice
Headquarters
Manchester, United Kingdom
Founded
1999
Size
1001-10000 people
Typical engagement
Short, fixed-scope reviews are common in its public reports: Anza BLS (2026) was 2 consultants / 6 person-days; Penumbra R1CS (2023) was 3 consultants / 20 person-days over two weeks. Larger multi-phase programmes are also offered.
Public reports
nccgroup.com
Europe
UK headquarters (Manchester) with European operations including Fox-IT in the Netherlands. NCC sold its separate Dutch Fox Crypto B.V. unit to CR Group Nordic in March 2025 (EUR 78.5m); the Cryptography Services consulting practice was not part of that sale.

Specialties

  • Protocol design review
  • Implementation audit
  • Zero-knowledge proofs
  • MPC / threshold signatures
  • Post-quantum
  • Side-channel & hardware
  • Smart contracts

Languages reviewed

  • Rust
  • Go
  • C/C++
  • Java
  • OCaml

Anchor: #ca-ncc-group-cryptography-services

Nethermind Security

Blockchain & smart-contract auditor · London, United Kingdom · est. 2017
Rollups and zkVM-based apps (SP1, RISC Zero, Noir, Cairo) that want ZK circuit plus verifier audits, optionally with EasyCrypt/Lean formal verification, from a London-based Ethereum core-infrastructure team; also MPC/OPRF-style identity components. Pricing tier 3 of 4: $$$8 key worksHigh confidenceDetailsClose Zero-knowledge proofsFormal verificationSmart contractsImplementation auditMPC / threshold signaturesEurope HQ

Security arm of Ethereum infrastructure company Nethermind, doing ZK and smart-contract audits plus formal verification of on-chain proof verifiers.

Strengths

  • Proved ZKsync's ~1,700-line Yul verifier conforms to a PLONK/plookup specification in EasyCrypt
  • ZK audits across Noir, Circom, Cairo, SP1 and RISC Zero (e.g. Lido's SP1 zk-oracle, 2025)
  • Cryptographic findings in identity infrastructure, e.g. World ID nullifier review flagged non-constant-time field arithmetic and Lagrange-coefficient checks (2026)
  • Parent builds Ethereum client software; London HQ suits European buyers

Watch-outs

  • Public report repository has terse file names and no index, making comparison harder
  • Formal-verification scope can be partial (ZKsync: soundness, completeness and zero-knowledge not proven)
  • Ethereum/Starknet-centric; little enterprise or PQC work

Key works

World ID OPRF nullifier (threshold/secret-sharing) review (2026); Formal verification of the ZKsync PLONK verifier in EasyCrypt (2025)
Type
Blockchain & smart-contract auditor
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2017
Size
51-200 people
Typical engagement
Audits of weeks; formal-verification projects of months (ZKsync verifier: about 2.5 months).
Public reports
github.com
Europe
Headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Specialties

  • Zero-knowledge proofs
  • Formal verification
  • Smart contracts
  • Implementation audit
  • MPC / threshold signatures

Languages reviewed

  • Solidity
  • Yul
  • Cairo
  • Noir
  • Circom
  • Rust
  • o1js (TypeScript)

Open-source tools

  • zksync-verification (EasyCrypt model)
  • Clear (Lean framework for Yul)

Anchor: #ca-nethermind-security

OpenZeppelin

Blockchain & smart-contract auditor · Not publicly stated · est. 2015
Rollup and L1/L2 teams that need on-chain verifier and prover review (PLONK/KZG, Fiat-Shamir transcripts) alongside contract audits from one established Web3 firm. Pricing tier 3 of 4: $$$8 key worksMedium confidenceDetailsClose Smart contractsZero-knowledge proofsProtocol design reviewImplementation audit

Major smart-contract security firm and library maintainer with a dedicated ZKP practice (launched Dec 2023) reviewing PLONK provers, verifiers and circuits; S&P Global agreed to acquire it in Sept 2026.

Strengths

  • Dedicated ZKP practice covering PLONK-style systems, KZG, FRI, Fiat-Shamir and recursive proofs
  • Found a critical Fiat-Shamir transcript flaw (proof forgery) in Linea's PLONK verifier (2023 public report)
  • Reviewed gnark's PLONK prover for zero-knowledge properties, finding missing blinding of quotient shards (High, resolved; 2024)
  • Maintains OpenZeppelin Contracts, the most widely used Solidity library

Watch-outs

  • Primarily a smart-contract firm; few public pure-cryptography library audits outside Web3
  • S&P Global agreed to acquire OpenZeppelin (announced 17 Sept 2026, subject to closing); it is to run as a standalone unit — confirm contracting terms
  • Public research listing shows recent reports only; older ZK reports must be found individually

Key works

Linea gnark PLONK prover backend and verifier audit (2024); OpenZeppelin Contracts cryptography utilities (2024)
Type
Blockchain & smart-contract auditor
Headquarters
Not publicly stated (remote team; site entity Zeppelin Group Ltd)
Founded
2015
Size
51-200 people
Typical engagement
Multi-week audits with fix review (Linea prover 2024: about four weeks). No first-party rate card; request a scoped quote.
Public reports
openzeppelin.com

Specialties

  • Smart contracts
  • Zero-knowledge proofs
  • Protocol design review
  • Implementation audit

Languages reviewed

  • Solidity
  • Cairo
  • Circom
  • Noir
  • Rust
  • Leo
  • o1js (TypeScript)
  • Go

Open-source tools

  • OpenZeppelin Contracts

Anchor: #ca-openzeppelin

OtterSec

Blockchain & smart-contract auditor · Not publicly stated
Solana and Move ecosystem teams needing contract plus ZK-adjacent review (confidential tokens, zkLogin-style circuits, threshold signing for bridges) from an ecosystem-trusted auditor. Pricing tier 3 of 4: $$$7 key worksMedium confidenceDetailsClose Smart contractsZero-knowledge proofsWallets & key managementMPC / threshold signatures

Blockchain auditor strong in Solana, Sui and Aptos, with public reports on Solana's ZK token SDK, Sui zkLogin circuits and WSTS threshold signatures.

Strengths

  • Deep Solana/Move expertise; states that it maintains the Anchor framework
  • Public reports on ZK-adjacent systems (Solana zk-token-sdk, Sui zkLogin, Light Protocol) and WSTS threshold signing
  • Named by Solana as one of three firms that reviewed the 2025 ZK ElGamal Proof program fix
  • Strong CTF and exploit-research culture

Watch-outs

  • Few cryptography-specific research publications compared with applied-crypto boutiques
  • Solana's May 2025 post-mortem on a Fiat-Shamir bug in the ZK ElGamal Proof program links OtterSec's 2023 audit of that code — a reminder that audits do not guarantee security
  • No stated HQ, founding year or headcount; confirm team staffing

Key works

  • 2026

    Unfaithful claims: breaking 6 zkVMsLandmark

    Fiat-Shamir transcript gaps in Jolt, Nexus, Ceno, Expander, Binius64 and Cairo-M verifiers allowed false proofs.

    • ZK proofs
    • Hashing & commitments
    Vulnerability disclosure
  • 2026

    Unverified evaluations in Dusk's PLONK · Dusk Network

    Verifier trusted prover-supplied selector evaluations, enabling forged proofs and minting; shows verifier-level depth.

    • ZK proofs
    • Hashing & commitments
    Vulnerability disclosure
  • 2025

    Stacks WSTS cryptography review · Stacks

    Listed on OtterSec's public reports index (osec.io/reports) under this title and date.

    • MPC / threshold signatures
    • Signatures
    Audit
  • 2024

    ZK Compression v1 audit (incl. groth16-solana) · Light Protocol

    Audit of Solana ZK Compression programs with the groth16-solana verifier crate in scope; 30 findings reported.

    • ZK proofs
    • Hashing & commitments
    Audit
  • 2024

    Celestia BlobstreamX security assessment · Celestia

    Contract-level review of BlobstreamX (gateway, function registry); two informational findings. Circuits not named in scope.

    • Bridges & light clients
    • Smart-contract cryptography
    Audit
  • 2023

    zk-token-sdk (confidential transfers) audit · Solana Foundation

    ElGamal and sigma-proof library behind Token-2022 confidential transfers; two critical fee-proof findings.

    • ZK proofs
    • Cryptographic libraries
    Audit
  • 2023

    Mysten zkLogin review · Mysten Labs

    Listed on OtterSec's public reports index (osec.io/reports) under this title and date.

    • ZK proofs
    Audit
Unfaithful claims: breaking 6 zkVMs (2026)
Website
osec.io
Type
Blockchain & smart-contract auditor
Headquarters
Not publicly stated (operating entity Otter Audits LLC)
Size
51-200 people
Typical engagement
Fixed-scope audits of weeks; also reviews emergency patches for ecosystem incidents (e.g. Solana's May 2025 ZK ElGamal fix).
Public reports
osec.io

Specialties

  • Smart contracts
  • Zero-knowledge proofs
  • Wallets & key management
  • MPC / threshold signatures

Languages reviewed

  • Rust
  • Move
  • Solidity
  • TypeScript

Open-source tools

  • Anchor (Solana framework; OtterSec states it maintains it)
  • bn-ebpf-solana (sBPF Binary Ninja plugin)

Sources · verified November 2026

  1. osec.io
  2. osec.io
  3. solana.com
  4. github.com
  5. sui.io

Anchor: #ca-ottersec

PQShield (advisory)

Applied cryptography specialist · Oxford, United Kingdom · est. 2018
Enterprises, critical-infrastructure operators and chip makers planning a post-quantum migration (crypto inventory, ML-KEM/ML-DSA roadmap) who want advice from PQC specialists — not a code audit. Pricing tier 3 of 4: $$$7 key worksMedium confidenceDetailsClose Post-quantumProtocol design reviewSide-channel & hardwareFormal verificationEurope HQ

Oxford University spin-out selling post-quantum cryptography IP whose advisory arm is in the UK NCSC's assured-consultancy PQC pilot for discovery, migration planning and advice.

Strengths

  • Selected for the UK NCSC Assured Cyber Security Consultancy PQC pilot in both categories (Discovery & Migration Planning; Advice), Sept 2025
  • Team wrote CRYPTREC's ML-KEM evaluation report and co-authors formal-verification work on ML-KEM
  • Hardware/firmware PQC IP experience relevant to side-channel-aware migration
  • Named customers/partners include AMD, Microchip, Lattice Semiconductor, Collins Aerospace and NTT Data

Watch-outs

  • Advisory and IP vendor, not an audit firm; no public audit-report library
  • Advice may touch on its own PQC products; ask how independence is handled
  • Narrow focus: no ZK, MPC or smart-contract work

Key works

CRYPTREC ML-KEM evaluation report (CRYPTREC-EX-3502-2025) (2025); Falcon signature scheme (basis of NIST FN-DSA) (2017)
Type
Applied cryptography specialist
Headquarters
Oxford, United Kingdom
Founded
2018
Size
51-200 people
Typical engagement
Advisory programmes (discovery of the cryptographic estate, migration roadmap, standards-aligned advice), with partners such as Capgemini, CGI, Roke and TCS for larger programmes.
Europe
UK company (Oxford spin-out); NCSC-assured PQC consultancy pilot for UK critical national infrastructure.

Specialties

  • Post-quantum
  • Protocol design review
  • Side-channel & hardware
  • Formal verification

Languages reviewed

  • C/C++
  • Assembly
  • Jasmin
  • Verilog

Anchor: #ca-pqshield

Quarkslab

Security research firm with crypto practice · Paris, France · est. 2011
Maintainers of C/C++ or Python crypto and protocol libraries (TLS, SSH, disk encryption) and teams shipping post-quantum or embedded crypto that want a European, research-led implementation audit — often OSTIF-funded for open source. Pricing tier 3 of 4: $$$10 key worksHigh confidenceDetailsClose Implementation auditPost-quantumSide-channel & hardwareProtocol design reviewEurope HQ

French security research firm (now part of Airbus Defence and Space) with a cryptography team that audits TLS/SSH and crypto libraries, evaluates privacy-coin cryptography and tests post-quantum implementations.

Strengths

  • Hands-on audits of core crypto libraries with public reports: Mbed TLS 4.0/TF-PSA-Crypto (2026), Paramiko (2025–26), VeraCrypt (2016), Monero Bulletproofs (2018)
  • Publishes crypto-condor, an Apache-2.0 tool for testing primitive implementations against test vectors, including ML-KEM and ML-DSA
  • Active post-quantum implementation research (HQC reference-implementation bugs, CVE-2024-54137; differential fuzzing of LibOQS and Bouncy Castle)
  • French research culture with reverse-engineering and hardware depth

Watch-outs

  • Little public ZK, MPC or smart-contract cryptography work
  • Fewer public reports per year than high-volume crypto boutiques
  • Acquired by Airbus Defence and Space (completed 1 Oct 2026); ask how this affects availability, pricing and independence for your engagement

Key works

Mbed TLS 4.0 and TF-PSA-Crypto security audit (2026); MIFARE Classic static encrypted nonce and hardware backdoors (2024)
Type
Security research firm with crypto practice
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
2011
Size
51-200 people
Typical engagement
Fixed-scope library or product audits of several weeks with a public report when the client agrees; open-source work is often funded through OSTIF (Mbed TLS 2026: two engineers).
Public reports
github.com
Europe
Registered office in Paris (Quarkslab SAS, 10 boulevard Haussmann); most of its ~100 staff are in Paris and Rennes. Part of Airbus Defence and Space since October 2026.

Specialties

  • Implementation audit
  • Post-quantum
  • Side-channel & hardware
  • Protocol design review

Languages reviewed

  • C/C++
  • Python
  • Rust
  • Go

Open-source tools

  • crypto-condor (compliance testing of primitive implementations, incl. ML-KEM/ML-DSA)

Anchor: #ca-quarkslab

Sigma Prime

Blockchain & smart-contract auditor · Sydney, Australia · est. 2016
Ethereum consensus, staking and rollup teams needing review of BLS/KZG code or zkVM-based consensus proofs by reviewers who also build core protocol software; budget-ready ZK projects (published floor applies). Pricing tier 4 of 4: $$$$9 key worksHigh confidenceDetailsClose Protocol design reviewImplementation auditZero-knowledge proofsSmart contractsWallets & key management

Ethereum infrastructure and security firm (builder of the Lighthouse consensus client) auditing protocols, KZG/BLS cryptography, zkVM programs and ZK circuits.

Strengths

  • Builds and maintains Lighthouse, giving first-hand Ethereum consensus and BLS expertise
  • Public reviews of Ethereum's KZG ceremony and the c-kzg-4844/go-kzg-4844 libraries
  • ZK audit service covering Circom, Halo2, Cairo, Plonky2 and Noir, plus zkVM work (RISC Zero, Polygon zkEVM)
  • Publishes a ZK pricing floor, which helps budgeting

Watch-outs

  • High published floor for ZK audits (from US$150k)
  • Ethereum-centric; little public non-blockchain crypto work
  • Sydney base; check time-zone overlap for European and US teams

Key works

  • 2023

    c-kzg-4844 and go-kzg-4844 libraries review · Ethereum FoundationLandmark

    Pre-Dencun review of the C and Go KZG libraries Ethereum clients use for blobs; found a BLS12-381 point deserialisation bug.

    • Hashing & commitments
    • Cryptographic libraries
    Audit
  • 2020

    drand distributed randomness beacon review · Protocol Labs (Filecoin)Landmark

    Threshold-BLS beacon and DKG review; found a rogue-key attack and a replay attack enabling node eviction in the DKG.

    • Randomness
    • MPC / threshold signatures
    • Signatures
    Audit
  • 2026

    On-chain BLS library review · Lido

    Review of Lido's Solidity BLS12-381 library for verifying validator deposit signatures; scope limited to BLS.sol.

    • Signatures
    • Smart-contract cryptography
    Audit
  • 2025

    The Signal: Ethereum consensus circuits review · RISC Zero

    zkVM proofs of Casper FFG finality; pairs consensus-client expertise with ZK light-client review.

    • ZK proofs
    • Bridges & light clients
    • Signatures
    Audit
  • 2025

    Clementine BitVM2 bridge review · Chainway Labs

    Bitcoin bridge using BitVM2, MuSig2 and Winternitz keys; covers unverified light-client proof risks.

    • Bridges & light clients
    • Signatures
    • ZK proofs
    Audit
  • 2025

    SP1 and zkVMs: a security auditor's guide

    Checklist for reviewing SP1/RISC-V guest programs: input validation, 32-bit pitfalls, verification-key handling.

    • ZK proofs
    Research
  • 2023

    Charon distributed validator protocol review · Obol

    Threshold BLS validator middleware; flagged missing commitment-length checks in the Kryptology DKG dependency.

    • MPC / threshold signatures
    • Signatures
    Audit
  • 2023

    DC4BC batch BLSToExecutionChange signing review · Lido

    Review of the threshold-BLS DKG tooling Lido used to sign its validators' BLSToExecutionChange messages.

    • MPC / threshold signatures
    • Key management & HSM
    Audit
  • 2022

    KZG Powers of Tau ceremony review · Ethereum Foundation

    Review of the EIP-4844 trusted-setup sequencer; relevant to anyone running a public setup ceremony.

    • Hashing & commitments
    • Randomness
    Audit
c-kzg-4844 and go-kzg-4844 libraries review (2023); drand distributed randomness beacon review (2020)
Type
Blockchain & smart-contract auditor
Headquarters
Sydney, Australia
Founded
2016
Size
1-50 people
Typical engagement
First-party: 'ZK audits start at US$150,000 and scale with circuit complexity'; engagements begin with a week of spec-building.
Public reports
github.com

Specialties

  • Protocol design review
  • Implementation audit
  • Zero-knowledge proofs
  • Smart contracts
  • Wallets & key management

Languages reviewed

  • Rust
  • Go
  • C
  • Solidity
  • Circom
  • Halo2
  • Noir
  • Cairo

Open-source tools

  • Lighthouse (Ethereum consensus client)
  • Anchor (SSV client)

Anchor: #ca-sigma-prime

Spearbit / Cantina

Audit contest platform · Miami, Florida, United States · est. 2021
Web3 teams that want a hand-picked researcher team for a ZK circuit library or protocol (Halo2, Barretenberg) as part of a broader contract review, and can vet the named researchers' crypto record themselves. Pricing tier 4 of 4: $$$$8 key worksMedium confidenceDetailsClose Smart contractsZero-knowledge proofsImplementation audit

Spearbit is a curated network of independent security researchers; Cantina, which grew out of it, now sells researcher-led and AI-assisted reviews, competitions and bug bounties.

Strengths

  • Network model lets clients match named researchers to a ZK, L1/L2 or DeFi stack
  • One of three firms Aztec chose for its comparative bigfield audit; its report included two of the three issues Aztec graded Critical (engagements differed in length and scope)
  • Managed reviews, competitions and bounties available under one platform
  • Stated process ends with a final verification audit of fixes

Watch-outs

  • Reviewer quality depends on who is staffed; ask for named researchers and their cryptography record
  • Few public, cryptography-specific reports; little non-blockchain crypto work
  • Brand and site moved from cantina.xyz to cantina.security with an AI-native review offering; confirm what is human-led in your scope

Key works

Axiom circuits security review (halo2-lib, axiom-eth) (2024); Polygon zkEVM: Protocol (ROM and prover), engagement 1 (2022)
Type
Audit contest platform
Headquarters
Miami, Florida, United States
Founded
2021
Size
51-200 people
Typical engagement
Team reviews scoped by codebase complexity and required expertise (no public rate card), plus fixed-window competitions with prize pools and ongoing bounties.

Specialties

  • Smart contracts
  • Zero-knowledge proofs
  • Implementation audit

Languages reviewed

  • Solidity
  • Rust
  • Halo2
  • C++
  • Go

Anchor: #ca-spearbit-cantina

Trail of Bits

Security research firm with crypto practice · New York, United States · est. 2012
Teams shipping novel or high-value cryptography — threshold ECDSA/MPC wallets, ZK proof systems, post-quantum signatures, standard-library crypto — that want design review plus code review, with custom tooling, before mainnet or a major release. Pricing tier 4 of 4: $$$$10 key worksHigh confidenceDetailsClose Protocol design reviewImplementation auditZero-knowledge proofsMPC / threshold signaturesPost-quantum

Security research and engineering firm with a dedicated cryptography team doing design assessments, code reviews and cryptographic engineering, backed by one of the largest public report archives.

Strengths

  • Dedicated cryptography team; the firm states half the team holds PhDs in cryptography
  • Large public archive on GitHub with a separate 'Cryptography Reviews' section, including 2025–2026 reports on threshold ECDSA (NEAR One), Google's Go crypto libraries and ML-DSA/XMSS (QRL)
  • Builds widely used open-source tools, e.g. Circomspect for Circom circuits and Slither/Echidna for Solidity
  • Published research on proof-system weaknesses: 'Weak Fiat-Shamir Attacks on Modern Proof Systems' (IEEE S&P 2023, ToB co-authors)

Watch-outs

  • Premium-priced consultancy; budget accordingly and compare scoped quotes
  • Broad firm (AppSec, blockchain, AI); confirm the cryptography team itself is staffed on your engagement
  • In-demand staff can mean longer lead times; plan bookings early

Key works

Go cryptographic libraries security assessment (2025); Frozen Heart: weak Fiat-Shamir in Girault, Bulletproofs and PlonK (2022)
Type
Security research firm with crypto practice
Headquarters
New York, United States
Founded
2012
Size
51-200 people
Typical engagement
Multi-week design and code assessments staffed by named engineers, usually followed by a fix review (e.g. QRL fixes were reviewed about a month after the main assessment). Ask for a quote; no first-party rate card is published.
Public reports
github.com

Specialties

  • Protocol design review
  • Implementation audit
  • Zero-knowledge proofs
  • MPC / threshold signatures
  • Post-quantum
  • Smart contracts
  • Wallets & key management

Languages reviewed

  • Rust
  • Go
  • C/C++
  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • Solidity
  • Circom

Open-source tools

  • Circomspect
  • ZKDocs
  • Slither
  • Echidna
  • Medusa

Anchor: #ca-trail-of-bits

Veridise

Blockchain & smart-contract auditor · Austin, Texas, United States · est. 2021
zkVM, ZK-circuit and ZK-coprocessor teams (RISC Zero, ZKsync Airbender, Halo2/Circom/gnark circuits) that want tool-assisted audits focused on under-constrained circuits, pre-launch or as recurring CI-integrated review. Pricing tier 3 of 4: $$$10 key worksHigh confidenceDetailsClose Zero-knowledge proofsSmart contractsFormal verificationImplementation audit

Blockchain auditor with a strong ZK practice that pairs manual review with in-house verification tooling such as the Picus under-constraint checker.

Strengths

  • Large public ZK audit archive covering zkVMs, precompiles and circuits (RISC Zero, ZKsync Airbender, Monero FCMP++, Succinct)
  • Picus formally checks circuit determinism; in a 2025 preliminary engagement it proved determinism for 11 SP1 operations
  • Published data from 100 audits: 55% of its ZK audits had a critical issue vs 27.5% of other audits (The Block, Jul 2024)
  • Academic formal-methods roots; publishes papers and conference talks on ZK verification

Watch-outs

  • Focus is blockchain/ZK; little public work on TLS, PQC or enterprise cryptography
  • Small team (about 40 staff per Built In); capacity can be constrained
  • Many archive reports are smart-contract scope; confirm ZK specialists are staffed

Key works

RISC Zero zkVM V2 circuits, recursion and prover audit (2025); Automated detection of under-constrained ZK circuits (QED², PLDI 2023) (2023)
Type
Blockchain & smart-contract auditor
Headquarters
Austin, Texas, United States
Founded
2021
Size
1-50 people
Typical engagement
Fixed-scope ZK and contract audits of a few weeks (ChainSafe BLS: under two weeks) up to multi-month zkVM programmes (RISC Zero: July–December 2024); repeat engagements are common.
Public reports
veridise.com

Specialties

  • Zero-knowledge proofs
  • Smart contracts
  • Formal verification
  • Implementation audit

Languages reviewed

  • Circom
  • Halo2 (Rust)
  • Rust
  • Solidity
  • Leo
  • o1js (TypeScript)
  • gnark (Go)

Open-source tools

  • Picus (ZK circuit under-constraint checker)
  • LLZK (circuit IR)

Anchor: #ca-veridise

X41 D-Sec

Security research firm with crypto practice · Aachen, Germany
Projects whose cryptographic risk sits in protocol and signing code — secure messengers, software-update and supply-chain signing (TUF/in-toto), QUIC/TLS stacks, VPN clients — and that want a German code-audit firm with public reports. Pricing tier 2 of 4: $$9 key worksMedium confidenceDetailsClose Implementation auditProtocol design reviewWallets & key managementEurope HQ

German source-code audit firm whose public reports include messenger cryptography (Wire/Proteus), a post-quantum ledger (QRL), software-update signing frameworks (TUF, in-toto) and QUIC libraries.

Strengths

  • Many public source-code audit reports, including signing frameworks (TUF, go-tuf, in-toto, RSTUF) and QUIC libraries
  • Messenger and ledger cryptography reviews: Wire Proteus (2017, with Kudelski Security) and QRL (2018)
  • Steady VPN-client audit work (Mullvad 2024 and 2026, AzireVPN/Malwarebytes 2026), useful when crypto sits inside a larger client app
  • German base with offices in Aachen and Frankfurt

Watch-outs

  • Generalist code-audit firm; little public ZK, MPC or post-quantum-specific work
  • Most messenger/ledger cryptography reviews are older (2017–2018); the 2024 Mullvad app report did not put tunnel cryptography in scope
  • Small team; founding year and headcount are not published

Key works

nghttp3 and ngtcp2 (QUIC / HTTP/3) source code audit (2025); The Update Framework (TUF) source code audit (2022)
Type
Security research firm with crypto practice
Headquarters
Aachen, Germany
Size
1-50 people
Typical engagement
Time-boxed source-code audits of roughly 2–5 weeks with public reports (TUF 2022: two weeks of testing; ngtcp2/nghttp3 2025: about five weeks); frequent OSTIF-funded open-source work.
Public reports
x41-dsec.de
Europe
Headquartered in Aachen, Germany, with an office in Frankfurt.

Specialties

  • Implementation audit
  • Protocol design review
  • Wallets & key management

Languages reviewed

  • C/C++
  • Rust
  • Go
  • Python
  • Java

Open-source tools

  • BeanStack (Java fingerprinting)

Anchor: #ca-x41-d-sec

Zellic

Blockchain & smart-contract auditor · Not publicly stated · est. 2021
ZK rollups, proof aggregators, ZK light clients and privacy-coin teams (Zcash Sapling/Orchard, librustzcash) that want a high-volume Web3 auditor with ZK and applied-crypto depth. Pricing tier 3 of 4: $$$9 key worksMedium confidenceDetailsClose Zero-knowledge proofsSmart contractsImplementation auditProtocol design review

Vulnerability-research firm founded by CTF players, with substantial public ZK and applied-cryptography audit output across zkEVMs, proof aggregators, ZK light clients and Zcash.

Strengths

  • Public reports on major ZK systems: Scroll zkEVM circuits, SP1 design review, Barretenberg bigfield, Nebra UPA circuits, Blobstream X
  • Recent Zcash cryptography work in 2026 (Sapling, librustzcash and further Zcash reports)
  • One of three firms Aztec chose for a side-by-side bigfield audit (2024)
  • Team background in top-ranked CTF competition; site lists applied cryptography and ZK circuits among core specialisms

Watch-outs

  • Web3-centric; little public work on TLS, PQC or enterprise crypto
  • Headquarters and headcount are not stated on its site; confirm contracting entity and staffing
  • Code4rena, the contest platform Zellic acquired in 2024, announced in May 2026 that it is winding down; do not assume a contest add-on is available

Key works

Zcash Sapling cryptographic security assessment (2026); Scroll zkEVM circuits, Part 1 (with KALOS) (2023)
Website
zellic.io
Type
Blockchain & smart-contract auditor
Headquarters
Not publicly stated
Founded
2021
Size
51-200 people
Typical engagement
Consultative audits of a few weeks with a public PDF report when the client agrees.
Public reports
github.com

Specialties

  • Zero-knowledge proofs
  • Smart contracts
  • Implementation audit
  • Protocol design review

Languages reviewed

  • Rust
  • Go
  • C++
  • Solidity
  • Move
  • Circom
  • Halo2

Anchor: #ca-zellic

zkSecurity

Applied cryptography specialist · Not publicly stated · est. 2023
ZK rollups, zkVMs, proof-system and circuit-heavy projects (Circom, Cairo, Halo2, gnark, STARK verifiers) that need proof-system soundness specialists before launch or a major upgrade; also confidential-transfer and encrypted-mempool designs. Pricing tier 3 of 4: $$$10 key worksHigh confidenceDetailsClose Zero-knowledge proofsImplementation auditProtocol design reviewMPC / threshold signaturesFormal verification

Cryptography-focused firm launched in May 2023 that audits and builds ZK proof systems, zkVMs, circuits, KZG libraries and other advanced cryptography, with a high volume of public reports.

Strengths

  • Very high public output: 67 reports listed on its reports site, 12 of them dated 2026
  • Covers proof systems, zkVMs, KZG libraries and Circom/Cairo circuits, plus confidential-asset and encrypted-mempool designs (Aptos, 2026)
  • In Aztec's three-firm comparative bigfield audit, its report included all three issues Aztec graded Critical (engagement lengths and scopes differed between firms, per Aztec's issue-comparison table)
  • Also does development and formal-verification work (e.g. the Lean-based 'clean' circuit DSL), not only audits

Watch-outs

  • Young firm (launched 2023) with a small team (about 15 engineers including interns, per a Sept 2024 founder post)
  • Strong ZK/Web3 focus; few public enterprise, TLS or hardware crypto reviews
  • Headquarters and legal entity are not stated on its site; confirm the contracting entity

Key works

PeerDAS KZG libraries audit (blst, c-kzg-4844, rust-eth-kzg, go-eth-kzg) (2025); zkLogin circuits and trusted-setup ceremony audit (2023)
Type
Applied cryptography specialist
Headquarters
Not publicly stated (remote team)
Founded
2023
Size
1-50 people
Typical engagement
Fixed-scope audits of a few weeks (e.g. Stwo-Cairo verifier: 3 weeks; PeerDAS KZG: 4 weeks), with frequent repeat or multi-phase engagements (OpenVM 2.0 ran in four phases).

Specialties

  • Zero-knowledge proofs
  • Implementation audit
  • Protocol design review
  • MPC / threshold signatures
  • Formal verification
  • Smart contracts

Languages reviewed

  • Rust
  • Circom
  • Noir
  • Cairo
  • Go
  • Solidity

Open-source tools

  • zkbugs (reproducible ZK circuit bugs)
  • clean (Lean DSL for formally verified ZK circuits)

Anchor: #ca-zksecurity

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  1. 1ZK proofs71
  2. 2Cryptographic libraries60
  3. 3Signatures49
  4. 4Hashing & commitments22
  5. 5MPC / threshold signatures20
  6. 6Key management & HSM17
  7. 7Side-channel & hardware17
  8. 8Post-quantum14
  9. 9Smart-contract cryptography13
  10. 10Formal verification13
  11. 11Bridges & light clients11
  12. 12TLS & secure channels10

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