PAL is a non-profit community initiative which has the mission to promote and advance open-source security in the Polkadot ecosystem, and to make Polkadot a safer and more attractive ecosystem for builders and users.

PAL provides funding from the Polkadot Treasury towards various security initiatives:

• Funding audits of parachains and smart contracts that are secured by Polkadot.
• Funding audits of common-good functionality.
• Funding the development of open-source Security Tooling which is made available for the Polkadot ecosystem.
• Funding other security initiatives that are aligned with PAL's mission.
• 🪄 Newest Program: Ask for partial refunds on Bug Bounty Program payouts

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They also collaborate with industry-leading security experts such as the Security Alliance to bring their initiatives into Polkadot.

To learn more about the activities of PAL you can check out our community reports.

Looking to get in touch with PAL? Join their Discord or write them an email.