Approved Patterns: the AI-Driven Security Policy in Ironblocks Web3 Firewall

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Approved Patterns has emerged as one of the most powerful security policies deployed within The Ironblocks Firewall. Purpose-built for DeFi’s fast-evolving landscape, the Firewall is a modular Web3 security layer for comprehensive real-time defense using cutting-edge security policies.

Approved Patterns is distinguished from other current Firewall security policies because of its AI-driven innovation. Here’s why:

• Catch novel threats
• Continuously learns
• On-chain adaptive functionality

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Transaction Pattern Analysis

Approved Patterns represents a groundbreaking move in DeFi security, leveraging Ironblocks advanced AI security engine to scrutinize and validate safe transaction flow patterns. It analyzes historical transaction data to discern safe patterns from potentially malicious ones. The engine generates all possible interactions with the protocol, then maps all possible sequences with your protocols’ functions. 

This policy is made to work entirely on-chain by scoring and listing trusted sequences in the Firewall policy. After configuring the verified patterns, Ironblocks security engine hashes the Approved Patterns lists for high-efficiency calculation on-chain.

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On-Chain Threat Detection

A transaction executing several calls will reach the Firewall and only be executed if its transaction flow conforms to pre-defined, safe patterns. If it is not part of a legitimate pattern of calls, then the transaction will be reverted. This enables the protection of protocols from zero-day attacks, novel attacks, and highly sophisticated malicious patterns.

Approved Patterns undergoes rigorous testing and verification to ensure its efficacy. The smart contract is subjected to a comprehensive examination with a variety of random inputs to detect and mitigate potential vulnerabilities. 

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One-Time Deployment

After the policy has analyzed your protocol’s transaction data, it continuously learns the protocol interactions over time and integrates new transaction patterns. It can add, remove, and update the approved sequences based on users’ on-chain behavior, evolving threat detection capabilities.

Mechanisms such as fuzzing, formal verification, and machine learning build the patterns of calls to save in the policy as part of its configuration. This process uncovers potential vulnerabilities that could be exploited, including risks such as zero-day attacks, exploits, and economic risks. 

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Ensure Continuity for DeFi Protocols

Approved Patterns offers versatile protection across the DeFi ecosystem, making it ideal for safeguarding decentralized exchanges (DEXs) and other DeFi applications against a wide range of attack vectors. It also ensures integrity and security of token contracts, effectively mitigating common vulnerabilities such as reentrancy attacks.

With real-time monitoring and alerting capabilities, this AI-driven security policy proactively prevents attacks by identifying and addressing vulnerabilities before they can be exploited in a smart contract. As a result, it provides unparalleled protection while maintaining seamless operational continuity.

Setting New Standards for Web3 Security

The Ironblocks Firewall is spearheading a transformation in Web3 security by addressing critical vulnerabilities in the current infrastructure. Designed with modularity, the Firewall offers customizable security policies that meticulously examine transactions both before and after execution. Among all existing security policies, Approved Patterns stands out as the only AI-powered solution capable of learning your protocol’s transaction patterns and updating entirely on-chain. 

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Launched in collaboration with key partners AltLayer and Kinto, Ironblocks Web3 Firewall sets the standard for DeFi security. It facilitates seamless integration without the need for constant manipulation of the protocol’s logic, ensuring adaptable and comprehensive protection.

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Now that you’re familiar with the Approved Patterns security policy, we invite you to explore and integrate The Ironblocks Firewall. The Ironblocks team is here to assist in bolstering your Web3 security.

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About Ironblocks

Ironblocks is an end-to-end security provider for Web3 platforms, DeFi protocols, bridges, market makers, and other digital asset projects. Ironblocks automates proactive threat detection and will soon enable teams to instantly take preventative measures in milliseconds.

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Our mission is to protect decentralized finance and web3 from threats and thefts, creating the security needed to enable broad adoption of these platforms.

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