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Security Governance Documentation Suite

Summary

Add four comprehensive governance and security documentation policies covering bug bounty program, admin/fee-recipient custody transparency, arbiter code of conduct, and incident postmortem process.

Changes

Issue #298 - Bug Bounty Program

  • Create docs/bug-bounty-program.md with severity tiers (Critical, High, Medium, Low) mapped to Assets at Risk
  • Define reward structure: $25k-$50k (Critical), $5k-$15k (High), $500-$2k (Medium), $0-$250 (Low)
  • Include in-scope/out-of-scope categories, submission process, conflict-of-interest rules
  • Add example mappings of real findings to severity tiers
  • Cross-reference from SECURITY.md

Issue #299 - Custody Transparency

  • Create docs/custody-transparency.md documenting admin and fee-recipient key custody model
  • Define key rotation and update procedure (updates within same business day)
  • Include on-chain verification commands and revision history table
  • Cross-reference from SECURITY.md and README.md

Issue #300 - Arbiter Code of Conduct

  • Create docs/arbiter-code-of-conduct.md with governance policy for dispute/appeal arbiters
  • Define eligibility criteria, mandatory conflict-of-interest disclosure, recusal procedures
  • Require decision-rationale disclosure (24-hour deadline) for all arbitrations
  • Include escalation path and stalled dispute fallback procedure
  • Cover v1 (admin arbiter) and v2+ (multisig committee) setups
  • Cross-reference from docs/dispute-resolution-design.md

Issue #301 - Incident Postmortem Template

  • Create docs/incident-postmortem-template.md with complete postmortem structure and template
  • Establish 5-business-day publication commitment for P1 incidents
  • Include sections: executive summary, detection timeline, root cause, impact, remediation, timeline, monitoring effectiveness, lessons learned, communication, verification
  • Add comprehensive example throughout template
  • Cross-reference from SECURITY.md and docs/mainnet-deployment-runbook.md

Files Changed

Created:

  • docs/bug-bounty-program.md (253 lines)
  • docs/custody-transparency.md (154 lines)
  • docs/arbiter-code-of-conduct.md (287 lines)
  • docs/incident-postmortem-template.md (400 lines)

Modified:

  • SECURITY.md (added cross-references to all four new documents)
  • README.md (added custody transparency link)
  • docs/dispute-resolution-design.md (added arbiter code of conduct reference)
  • docs/mainnet-deployment-runbook.md (added incident postmortem reference)

Closes

@emekaabraham666
docs: Add bug-bounty-program.md with severity tiers and reward struct…
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…ure (Issue stellar-vortex-protocol#298)

- Create docs/bug-bounty-program.md defining security bug bounty program
- Map severity tiers (Critical, High, Medium, Low) to Assets at Risk in SECURITY.md
- Include in-scope/out-of-scope categories and conflict-of-interest rules
- Define submission process and example severity tier mappings
- Cross-reference from SECURITY.md
@emekaabraham666
docs: Add custody-transparency.md with key rotation procedures (Issue s…
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…tellar-vortex-protocol#299)

- Create docs/custody-transparency.md for public custody model disclosure
- Document current state (pre-mainnet single-key, hardware-wallet-backed)
- Include update procedure for key rotations and transitions to multisig
- Add cross-references from SECURITY.md and README.md
- Include verification commands and revision history table
@emekaabraham666
docs: Add arbiter-code-of-conduct.md with conflict-of-interest and re…
1b6b91e 
…cusal rules (Issue stellar-vortex-protocol#300)

- Create docs/arbiter-code-of-conduct.md with eligibility criteria
- Define mandatory conflict-of-interest disclosure and recusal procedures
- Require decision-rationale disclosure for every arbiter ruling
- Include escalation path and stalled dispute fallback
- Add conflict-of-interest attestation template
- Cross-reference from dispute-resolution-design.md
- Include FAQ and revision history
@emekaabraham666
docs: Add incident-postmortem-template.md with publication commitment…
b7766b1 
… (Issue stellar-vortex-protocol#301)

- Create docs/incident-postmortem-template.md with complete postmortem structure
- Define 5-business-day publication commitment for P1 incidents
- Include sections: executive summary, detection timeline, root cause, impact,
  remediation, timeline, monitoring effectiveness, lessons learned, communication,
  and verification checklist
- Add comprehensive example throughout template
- Update SECURITY.md to reference postmortem process
- Update mainnet-deployment-runbook.md to link incident response procedures
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/main' into feature/issues-298-…
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james2177 merged commit cc925d9 into stellar-vortex-protocol:main Sep 30, 2026
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