Resources

Operational-security guides

A growing library of 18 practical guides: device hardening, wallets and keys, infrastructure, authentication, incident response, communications, and physical security. Read online, or download the Oak-branded PDF where available.

Devices

Devices

Hardened baseline configurations for the machines your team uses every day.

macOS Security Setup Guide for Web3 Teams

A self-service baseline that works without MDM

Linux Security Setup Guide for Web3 Teams

A self-service baseline that works without device management

Windows Security Setup Guide for Web3 Teams

A self-service baseline that works without device management

Mobile Device Security Setup Guide for Web3 Teams

Securing the phone: authenticators, passkeys, wallets, and sessions

Wallets & Keys

Wallets & Keys

From browser signing hygiene to hardware wallet onboarding and Safe treasury operations.

Browser and Wallet Hardening Guide for Web3 Teams

Securing the highest-traffic Web3 attack surface: the browser and the signer

Hardware Wallet and Signing Device Setup Guide for Web3 Teams

Generating, protecting, and operating hardware signers

Multisig Treasury Operations Setup Guide for Web3 Teams

Designing and operating a Safe multisig without blind-signing

Infrastructure

Infrastructure

Secrets, pipelines, deploy keys, domain integrity, and cloud key management.

GitHub Organization and CI/CD Hardening Guide for Web3 Teams

Locking down source control, secrets, and the release pipeline

Cloud Account and Key Management Hardening Guide for Web3 Teams

Root accounts, IAM, secrets, and KMS for production and signing

Domain, DNS, and Frontend Integrity Setup Guide for Web3 Teams

Protecting the registrar, DNS, and the dApp frontend from hijack

People & Access

People & Access

Authentication, access lifecycle, and defending against social engineering.

Authentication Hardening Guide for Web3 Teams

Phishing-resistant MFA, passkeys, and the recovery paths that defeat them

Team Onboarding and Offboarding Security Guide

Granting least-privilege access on join and revoking it completely on exit

Social Engineering and Phishing Defence Guide

Breaking the targeted-attack kill chain before it reaches the ask

Operations

Operations

Running securely day to day: incident response, communications, and physical safety.

Incident Response Playbook for Web3 Teams

Compressing the time between something is wrong and the right person acting

Communication Security Guide for Web3 Teams

Choosing channels by sensitivity, hardening the ones you use, and confirming out-of-band

Travel and Physical Security Guide for Web3 Teams

Defending bodies, not just bytes: wrench attacks, doxxing, duress planning, and the first 30 minutes

Architecture

Architecture

Foundational models that shape every other decision: zero trust and secrets handling.

Zero Trust Architecture: An Introduction for Web3 Teams

Why the perimeter died, what zero trust actually is, and where to start

Secrets Management Guide for Web3 Teams

Storing, distributing, rotating, and detecting the secrets behind your stack

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