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Web3 Application & API VAPT
dApps, off-chain APIs, wallet connectivity, authentication, privileged endpoints and transaction-request manipulation.
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Protect the ecosystem.Not just the code.
Digital Assets • Custody • Wallets • Tokenisation
Digital-asset security needs both technical depth and regulated financial-control understanding. Platform APIs, signing and custody procedures, smart contracts, privileged access and operational processes form one interconnected attack surface.
WEB3, CUSTODY & TOKENISATION
Understand the business. Protect what matters.
Security, technology risk and assurance should reflect the critical processes and decision responsibilities of the organisation.
Digital-asset security needs both technical depth and regulated financial-control understanding. Platform APIs, signing and custody procedures, smart contracts, privileged access and operational processes form one interconnected attack surface.
WHO WE WORK WITH
✓Licensed and aspiring virtual-asset platforms
✓Digital-asset custodians and wallet providers
✓Tokenisation and stablecoin platforms
✓Blockchain infrastructure and Web3 application teams
SECTOR SOLUTIONS
Focused challenges. Clear assessment scope.
Six practical entry points, each designed around an industry decision and the supporting 8i service expertise.
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Wallet, Key Management & Custody
MPC/HSM controls, signing authorisations, multisig, hot/cold wallet operations, recovery and dual-control workflows.
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Virtual-Asset Technology Risk & Controls
Digital-asset risk governance, custody operations, change management, controls evidence and regulatory readiness.
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Blockchain Infrastructure & Dependencies
Nodes, RPC, validators, cloud configurations, oracle/bridge dependencies and trusted boundaries.
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Tokenisation & Stablecoin Platform Assurance
Issuance/redemption controls, transaction integrity, custody and settlement integrations, supplier and go-live readiness.
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Specialist Smart-Contract Assessment
Contract logic, upgradeability and protocol risks where blockchain-specific specialist competence is confirmed; distinct from dApp VAPT.
Discuss this scopeREGULATORY & CONTROL CONTEXT
Recognise the right obligations.
Assessment criteria reflect the organisation’s activities, technology environment and applicable regulatory requirements.
01 / HONG KONG VIRTUAL-ASSET PLATFORMS
SFC VATP licensing and technical controls
Cybersecurity, custody and external-assessment expectations are relevant to the defined platform activity. A formal SFC VATP licensing external-assessment sign-off is separate from VAPT or readiness support.
02 / FULL-STACK SECURITY
Beyond the smart-contract source code
Assess on-chain/off-chain trust, signing, interfaces, infrastructure, authorisations, recovery and third-party dependencies. Full protocol audits need specifically verified language and protocol expertise.
Specialist smart-contract source review, protocol analysis and formal verification can be considered as separately defined assessment disciplines.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
Evidence for decisions, not just findings.
The final deliverables depend on the commissioned scope. Typical work products include:
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Web3 dApp/API security assessment and finding evidence
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Wallet/custody signing and privileged-control review
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Regulatory technology control readiness report
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Tokenisation/cloud/supplier go-live assurance findings
CONNECTED 8i SERVICES
The specialist capabilities behind the solution.
Start with one assessment or commission an integrated engagement with accountable scope and deliverables.
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Security Testing & Penetration Testing
VAPT • Attack Surface Inspection • Web, Mobile & API Penetration Testing • Red / Purple Team Assessment
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Technology Risk, GRC & IT Audit
Technology risk management, IT GRC, control effectiveness, IT audit and regulatory assurance.
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Third-Party & Technology Assurance
Supplier assurance, cloud and outsourcing security, architecture, IV&V, migration and go-live readiness.
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Cyber Resilience & Exposure Management
Continuous exposure assessment, vulnerability governance, incident readiness, recovery assurance and SOC effectiveness assessment.
SECTOR REQUIREMENTS & ASSURANCE
Digital assets: protect the whole platform—not just the smart contract.
Relevant supervisory guidance and industry frameworks inform control objectives, evidence requests and assurance reporting.
VAPT across on-chain and off-chain systems
APIs, apps, privileged endpoints, transaction flows, custody workflows and blockchain-facing infrastructure.
Official guidance / frameworkSFC VATP security / external-assessment context
Custody, key management, authentication and technology-control readiness; formal sign-offs require specifically eligible auditors.
Official guidance / frameworkTechnology and Information Rulebook
Digital-asset operational controls, wallets, keys, CISO arrangements, cybersecurity testing and incident readiness for relevant VASPs.
Official guidance / frameworkDigital Asset Business cyber-risk guidance
Operational cyber risk, digital-asset custody controls and related regulatory-readiness assessment where applicable.
Official guidance / frameworkRequirements are jurisdiction-, entity-, data- and activity-specific. Regulatory interpretation, formal audit opinions and provider authorisations are determined separately.
RELEVANT SPECIALIST EXPERIENCE
Experience aligned to your sector.
Previous specialist experience helps inform our assessment approach to the relevant technical, regulatory and business risks.
DIGITAL-ASSET PLATFORM SECURITY01
Web3 Platform Security, Custody Controls & Technology Governance
Hands-on cybersecurity and technology governance experience in virtual-asset environments, covering VAPT, digital-asset custody-related controls, internal attack simulation and licensing-readiness activities.
OFFENSIVE SECURITY & RESEARCH02
Advanced VAPT, Attack Surface Assessment & Vulnerability Research
Previous professional penetration-testing and red-team work alongside authorised security research across web applications, APIs, exposed enterprise assets and digital-asset technologies.
WEB3 & DIGITAL-ASSET SPECIALISM
Assurance across the exchange, custody and blockchain stack.
A differentiated combination of advanced VAPT, threat-informed red/blue team assessment, platform and wallet controls, management risk and regulated digital-asset expectations.
High-Scale Exchange & API VAPT
Experience in leading exchange-scale environments: application access, exposed interfaces, platform privileges and practical attack-path validation.
Wallet, Keys & Signing Controls
Review privileged transaction permissions, key lifecycles, custody segregation, recovery and evidence supporting residual-risk decisions.
SFC, Bermuda BMA & Dubai VARA
Regulatory guidance informs technical risk and control reviews. Formal external assurance opinions require separately eligible providers where prescribed.
LET'S START WITH THE BUSINESS RISK
Clearer risks. Stronger controls.
More confident decisions.
Tell us about your technology environment, security concerns or upcoming regulatory and programme priorities. We’ll help scope the right specialist assessment or advisory engagement.