Ontology has engaged NCC Group to review their codebase for vulnerabilities with a particular focus on cryptographic findings.

Ontology is a new high-performance public blockchain project and a distributed trust collaboration platform. The review focused on Ontology’s smart contract virtual machines, modular consensus mechanism, P2P network protocol, iOS and Android mobile applications, and other features to implement a programmable currency.

The review by NCC Group, covered Ontology’s release 0.8 in the first phase of the cryptography assessment and then release 0.9 in the subsequent round from June to July 2018. NCC Group will continue to provide security advice to Ontology to support their security requirements.

NCC Group has distinguished itself as a leading provider of cryptographic security and design assessments with their dedicated Cryptography Services Practice. Their practice provides assessments across a range of different use cases such as blockchain ecosystems, smart contract ecosystem, cryptographic implementations and custom cryptography protocol reviews. The Group’s global expertise and technical depth in cryptography is one of the leading reasons Ontology will continue to collaborate with them.

LI Jun, Founder of Ontology, said:

“Security comes first and foremost for Ontology. Our team plans to work closely with NCC Group to prioritize assurance for all of Ontology’s users. This close collaboration will help to build a security-focused architecture fit for real-world adoption from across industries”.

Nick Rowe, Chief Operating Officer, NCC Group, said:

“Ontology’s focus on security is a great example of companies seeing the need for prioritizing security in their product development. We look forward to working with Ontology on multiple cryptography-focused projects”.

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