Experții în securitate criptografică obțin salarii de 430 USD pe fondul creșterii hackurilor

The rise of crypto hacks over 2022 has skyrocketed demand for blockchain security experts, with some auditors making upwards of $430,000 per year.

Speaking with Cointelegraph, blockchain recruitment firm CryptoRecruit founder Neil Dundon said that while security audit services have long been in demand, the rise of finanțe descentralizate (DeFi) protocols has opened up opportunities for auditors to review potentially vulnerable smart contracts:

„Întotdeauna a existat o cerere pentru auditori de securitate […] Dar, din moment ce aplicațiile DeFi au apărut, a existat o creștere destul de mare a cererii de audituri de securitate în spațiu, deoarece o mică vulnerabilitate a protocolului poate duce la pierderea sute de milioane de dolari.”

A report from Chainalysis earlier this month revealed that hackers extracted more than $2 billion from cross-chain bridge protocols alone this year.

In a Bloomberg report on Monday, CEO of decentralized lending service Morpho Labs Paul Frambot said that crypto security audits have moved from a “nice to have” business expense to a “must have” one.

„În opinia mea, securitatea nu este luată suficient de serios în DeFi”, a spus el.

The rise in demand for crypto security auditors has seen a plethora of “for hire” ads across the industry.

According to job advertisements postat on Cryptocurrency Jobs, blockchain audit companies mostly look for experienced programmers with an understanding of blockchain technology, cybersecurity and cryptography.

While most security audit salaries fall within the $100,000-$250,000 range, some companies are willing to Plăti upward of $430,000 per year, according to Web3.career’s job board.

Crypto recruitment firm Plexus Resource Solutions Zeth Couceiro made a similar comment to Bloomberg, noting that in some cases, blockchain security auditors have been raking up to $400,000 annually.

Couceiro added that these auditors tend to make about 20% more than Solidity-focused developers, which is the most popular programming language used to deploy smart contracts on Ethereum and other Ethereum Virtual Machine- (EVM)-compatible blockchains.

Among the top vulnerabilities that security auditors look for in smart contracts include timestamp dependency, reentrancy attacks, random number vulnerability and spelling mistakes.

The Bloomberg report noted that venture capital firms have already poured $257 million into crypto security audit companies this year, which is up 38.9% from all of 2021, according to CB insights.