Security reviews of core network components #410 - Milestone 9: _(VALK8) Validator K8 Standard Deployment_

Milestone 9: _(VALK8) Validator K8 Standard Deployment_

• Scope: Most validators in the Canton Network choose to use the standard Kubernetes deployment. Securing such deployments is therefore of paramount importance. This milestone therefore focuses on reviewing and hardening the provided deployment tooling, ensuring that best practices are established and shared among all validator operators.
• Estimated Delivery: Q1 2027
• Estimated Effort: 4PW
• Selected Independent Auditor: RFQ

| Milestone | Description | Amount | Note | |---|---|---|---| | _(VALK8) Validator K8 Standard Deployment_ | Audit 9 | 220,000 CC | For DA upon completion of audit and remediation of all high-severity findings, and an approximate budget of up to 350,000 CC for the third-party auditor.This section can be repeated multiple times if additional audits are required. |

Total Funding Request: 6,420,000 CC for DA and a budget of up to 3,850,000 CC for the 11 third-party audits.

_Originally posted by @pedrodneves in https://github.com/canton-foundation/canton-dev-fund/issues/410#issuecomment-4908007651_