Oracles and bridges are the highest-risk dependencies in protocol design. They are also the most frequent source of systemic failure.
This guide helps risk, infrastructure, and security teams evaluate oracle and bridge readiness before integration or capital deployment.
A structured checklist to benchmark oracle and bridge integrations:
Oracle architecture and manipulation safeguards
Bridge validator models, custody assumptions, and upgradeability
Fallback paths, circuit breakers, and dependency isolation
Monitoring and observability for cross-chain systems
Historical exploit patterns with mitigation strategies
Oracle and bridge failures have resulted in over $2 billion in losses. From validator compromise to message spoofing, these are not theoretical risks.
Protocols without fallback systems, monitoring, or bounded logic expose their entire infrastructure. Integration without structured audit introduces operational and reputational risk.
This guide helps institutions identify failure patterns, contain impact, and enforce safeguards before deployment.
Cantina delivers structured security audits across code, infrastructure, and operations. We support protocols and institutions preparing for high-signal integrations and risk reviews.
This checklist reflects patterns observed across production-grade systems and is used to support integration readiness assessments.
If your organization is preparing for due diligence, integration, or regulated engagement, we can help apply this framework to your architecture and operations. Cantina scopes institutional reviews that cover both code and resilience.
