Halborn

According to the company website, the leadership team consists of 11 members. The three team leaders are:

Rob Behnke - CEO & CoFounder
Steven Walbroehl - CISO & CoFounder
David Schwed - COO


All the members of the leadership team possess vast experience of over 7 years in their respective fields. Their former employers include such companies as Citi, IBM, and Marsh McLennan. Individual members have various hackathon awards under their belts: 1st place at the EOS SF Hackathon, and 2nd place at the Wyoming Blockchain Hackathon. They also received certificates, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) и ISACA.

The company page on LinkedIn offers a list of 68 employees and affiliated team members. The team includes technical specialists, auditors, blockchain researchers, marketing professionals, and development experts. Many employees have been working for the company for over 2 years, while having a professional background of over 5 years.

According to the disclaimer on the company website, it was founded in 1029. According to the list of public reports in the repository, the first audit was published on Oct. 8, 2020. In the time since, the company has audited a large number of projects, which is reflected by the lost in the public repository. Согласно дисклеймеру на сайте компания была основана в 2019 году.

The company’s X account has a large number of followers, yet a low engagement rating, compared to similar accounts. The list of followers includes a number of top projects, funds, influencers, and prominent crypto personalities. Among the followers are Phantom, THORChain, Trust Wallet, Digital Currency Group, Laura Shin. Erik Voorhees, etc. Company posts are usually informative and cover security articles and podcasts, company news regarding participation in different events, and so on.

The company also has a YouTube channel with a large number of subscribers, yet also a low engagement rating, compared to other similar accounts.

The company has been often mentioned in such media as Decrypt, Cointelegraph, Chainalysis, blockworks, etc. Most publications are founder interviews, reviews of precedents, and security research.

An audit takes approximately 2-3 weeks, which is a slow result when it comes to speed with the offered amount of work, especially compared to similar companies.

After the request was left on the company’s website, the manager contacted us within 10 hours.

After the manager had been provided the additional information about the project, and all the questions had been asked, we received the required information within 30 minutes.

The company defines specialized teams for audits on Rust, Solidity, Move, golang, and substrate. There is also an off-chain team that assists with pen-testing and code audits.

The company offers a self-service platform Halborn that includes real-time status updates as well as a fully functional catalogue of all the company products, and additional information.

Aside from smart contract audits, the company provides the following types of services:

- Security advisory-as-a-service
- Advanced penetration testing
- DevOps + automation

The audit price for the test project is $35.000. This is a high price compared to that requested by other providers of similar services, which limits the accessibility of the company’s service.

During our communication with the team, no discounts were offered. After the audit is completed, the team publishes the announcement on its social media pages, and along with the client’s team, works on the marketing strategy that includes publications, events hosted on X, or specific research.

The company accepts payments in USDC, as well as in fiat via a bank transfer.

• Issue description (thoroughness, code examples): YES

• Project description and contracts (what do they do): YES

• Conclusions (automatically generated vs written by specialists): YES

• Recommendations: YES

• Quality of findings (a large number of automatically generated audits is a disadvantage): YES

Reports are missing the description of audited contracts and the conclusions. Issues are described in detail, and recommendations on further actions are included. If necessary, a proof of concept is also included. The reports are of high quality, but further descriptions could be added in order to simplify the material for readers with less technical experience.

A quote can only be requested via a form on the website. There is no information that allows you to contact managers directly. This creates additional complications for potential clients who are looking to ask several questions before committing to the company.