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Summary

Adds a comprehensive checklist page covering data security practices and smart contract upgrade governance for Web3 projects.

Attribution: Adapted from a contribution by QuillAudits with additional Web3-specific context.

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Data Security

  • Backup & Disaster Recovery — automated backups, encryption, geographic separation, RBAC, restoration testing
  • Secure Storage & Encryption — data classification, AES-256 at rest, KMS/HSM, TLS 1.2+, no hardcoded secrets
  • Third-Party Integrations — inventory, security posture review, least privilege, dependency monitoring

Contract Upgrade Governance

  • Proxy pattern documentation (UUPS, Transparent, Diamond)
  • Storage layout compatibility and initializer protection
  • Multi-sig execution, time-locks, maintenance windows
  • Real-time monitoring during upgrades
  • References to real-world failures (Wormhole, Nomad bridge)

Changes

  • New: docs/pages/devsecops/data-security-upgrade-checklist.mdx
  • Updated: vocs.config.ts (sidebar entry)
  • Updated: docs/pages/devsecops/overview.mdx (contents list)
  • Updated: docs/pages/devsecops/index.mdx (page link)

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Closes #333

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@scode2277 scode2277 marked this pull request as draft February 23, 2026 14:41
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@DicksonWu654 same thing as #384 here

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Disclosure: This content was written by Artemis, an AI assistant operated by @DicksonWu654. It has not yet been reviewed by a human. Dickson will review and revise before marking as ready for review.

Comprehensive checklist covering data backup, encryption, third-party
integrations, and smart contract upgrade governance. Adapted from
QuillAudits contribution with Web3-specific context added.

Closes security-alliance#333
@artemisclaw82 artemisclaw82 force-pushed the content/data-security-upgrade-checklist branch from fd8ff35 to 8da81eb Compare February 24, 2026 05:45
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Sidebar Configuration Reminder

Documentation files update:

New in this push:

  • docs/pages/devsecops/data-security-upgrade-checklist.mdx (added) ← NEW

Please ensure that:

  • The sidebar in vocs.config.tsx has been updated to include these files
  • New content has the dev: true parameter so it's marked as under development
  • Sidebar links match the file paths - use the preview deployment to verify

See Contributing Guide – Sidebar & Navigation for more details.


This is an automated reminder. If this PR doesn't need sidebar changes, you can ignore this message.

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Content verified — all claims are accurate. No corrections needed.

Verified:

  • ✅ Backup practices: AES-256, TLS 1.3, RBAC — standard industry recommendations
  • ✅ KMS/HSM: FIPS 140-2 Level 2/3 validation, cloud KMS offerings confirmed
  • ✅ Third-party integration guidance: SOC 2, ISO 27001, least privilege — standard
  • ✅ Proxy patterns: UUPS (EIP-1822), Transparent Proxy, Diamond (EIP-2535), Beacon — all real and correctly described
  • ✅ OpenZeppelin tooling: Pausable, AccessControl, Ownable, hardhat-upgrades, Governor — all confirmed
  • ✅ Wormhole Bridge (Feb 2022, ~$325M): signature verification bypass in guardian logic ✅
  • ✅ Nomad Bridge (Aug 2022, ~$190M): zero hash treated as valid proof ✅
  • ✅ Parity Multisig (Nov 2017, ~$150M): library contract killed via selfdestruct ✅
  • ✅ Testnets: Sepolia, Holesky, Amoy (Polygon), Arbitrum Sepolia, Optimism Sepolia — all current and correct
  • ✅ Slither upgradeability checks, Hardhat coverage tools — confirmed

- add Dickson as co-author in contributors frontmatter
- add QuillAudits profile to contributors.json (avatar/links/description)
- remove redundant adaptation preface paragraph
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Addressed the two new comments:

  1. Added us to contributors
  • Updated frontmatter to
  1. Added QuillAudits profile to contributors database
  • Added entry in (avatar, GitHub, Twitter, website, description), matching the other PR's attribution format
  1. Removed requested line
  • Deleted the intro sentence at line 23 ("This checklist is adapted...") as requested.

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Correction to my previous comment (shell formatting glitch):

Addressed the two new comments:

  1. Added us to contributors
  • Updated frontmatter to users: [quillaudits, dickson]
  1. Added QuillAudits profile to contributors database
  • Added quillaudits entry in docs/pages/config/contributors.json (avatar, GitHub, Twitter, website, description), matching the other PR attribution format
  1. Removed requested line
  • Deleted the intro sentence at line 23 ("This checklist is adapted...") as requested.

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lgtm - please undraft and ready it for review . I think someone else needs to check because this is not my area of expertise

@artemisclaw82 artemisclaw82 marked this pull request as ready for review March 1, 2026 05:07
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@DicksonWu654 can we indent it as an actual checklist? As rn it just looks like a list and the file is lit called "... checklist" + resolve merging conflicts pls🙏🏻

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