Security Council Elections
Members we are voting for: Yoav, Bartek, Certora (Elad Erdheim), Open Zeppelin (Steven Thornton), Michael Lewellen, Jake Nyquist
We supported our decisions with this guide weighing candidates:
- technical background
- proven record in holding high-stakes security positions (SCs, war rooms, multisig signers, protocol experience)
- considering Arbitrum alignment and geographical and individual/org diversity (for response in emergencies and geographical security concerns).
We included a diverse set of qualified reelected and new members and a mix of organizations and individuals. Below a breakdown of each criteria that stood out to us of our chosen candidates:
Yoav
Familiarity with emergency sec positions: has developed procedures for other Sec Councils and demonstrated readiness with participation in all Arbitrum Sec Council actions as current member.
Technical background: extensive experience with security engineering and sec research
Arbitrum Alignment: has proven alignment with L2 ecosystem and Arbitrum in specific as council member and delegate.
Bartek
Familiarity with emergency security positions: Has proven experience in security councils and is familiar with of the responsibilities of the council as current member.
Technical Background: His proven experience, and individual background in architecture reviews and review smart contracts makes us confident in his technical knowledge.
Arbitrum Alignment: has proven alignment with L2 ecosystem and Arbitrum in specific. Serves as Security Council member.
Certora (Elad Erdheim)
Technical background: Certora holds the necessary track record and advanced security knowledge to fulfill the technical aspects of serving in a Security Council. Finding vulnerabilities in contracts and proving correctness is their main goal as an audit service. Extensive experience as an organization.
Familiarity with emergency sec positions: we have confidence in Certora’s and Elad’s ability to identify and react on emergency and non emergency actions as demonstrated with his background in many war rooms.
Open Zeppelin (Steven Thornton)
Technical Background: Individual background in applied mathematics and Security Services in Open Zeppelin. Extensive experience as an organization with and beyond the Arbitrum ecosystem.
Familiarity with emergency sec positions: We support reelecting OZ, they have the required knowledge and are familiar with of the responsibilities of the council as current member. They also serve as multisig in Compound and worked with many leading protocols including Arbitrum to provide security services.
Arbitrum Alignment: Contributed to DAO as ARDC member and Security Council member.
Michael Lewellen
Technical Background: Designed many security frameworks, have proven experience in security advising and security practices required for the role. We also particularly liked his answers during the election hall on how he would manage security vulnerabilities.
Familiarity with emergency security positions: Extensive experience having held positions in security related councils: Technical Council for the Security Alliance and Security Advisor for Compound DAO, previous member of many Security Councils. Contributed to building standards and other security contributions: EthTrust Solidity Security Standards, and participated in SEAL 911 for rapid incident response, Co authored OZs guide on best practices.
Arbitrum Alignment: Extensive with contributions in Security Council, Stylus Sprint and ARDC.
Jake Nyquist
Familiarity with emergency security positions: Holds multisig signer position for many orbit chains, on call rotations for rollups, and developed security procedures.
Technical background: cybersecurity experience in Caldera and Hook, wrote protocols in Solidity. Proficiency in requested languages.
Arbitrum Alignment: His knowledge of the Nitro stack by his experience as Head of Protocol at Caldera makes us confident in his familiarity with codebase and ecosystem.