Today Ontology announced cooperation with leading security technology teams Baimaohui and SlowMist. The two groups will join Ontology’s “Co-Builders” Program to provide security audit services, support the development of public chains, and promote safe, secure, and reliable blockchain infrastructure.

Baimaohui is a technical team engaged in internet security research affiliated with Beijing Huashun Xinan Technology. Its research focuses on cutting-edge topics including cyberspace mapping, big data security, threat intelligence, situational awareness, blockchain security, and more. As part of the Co-Builders Program, Baimaohui will provide blockchain security auditing services.

SlowMist focuses on blockchain ecosystem security. It was created by a team with more than ten years’ experience at the frontline of offensive and defensive cyber security. The team has shared security expertise with Google, Microsoft, W3C, the China Ministry of Public Security, Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu, and more, and has attended major global hackathons such as Black Hat. SlowMist’s core capabilities include security auditing, deploying defensive systems, and underground hacker tracking. As part of the Co-Builders Program, SlowMist will provide mobile app and native smart contract security auditing services for Ontology.

Speaking on the new partnerships, Jun Li, Founder of Ontology, said “I am very enthusiastic to include Baimaohui and SlowMist into the Co-Builders Program. Blockchain is an emerging technology and security threats are one of the most principal issues facing it. As a developer of blockchain’s underlying infrastructure, security is paramount to Ontology. Going forward we will work together with Baimaohui and SlowMist on public chain technology and enforcing its security.”

Huashun Xinan CEO Wu Zhao expressed, “We chose Ontology to be the first partner of the Baimaohui Security Research Institute blockchain industry safety report. This is because we believe Ontology is industry-leading in its understanding of blockchain technology, business framework, and technology application. We hope to provide brilliant open-source blockchain developers with our exceptional blockchain security services.”

SlowMist CEO Bi Huang added, “The security of the blockchain ecosystem is everything. Together with Ontology we have the responsibility to contribute to the security of the entire ecosystem”.