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Guides & handbooks
Trail of Bits builds open, practical educational resources from the same expertise behind our audits — handbooks for configuring security tooling, references for getting cryptography right, and field guides that teach offensive and defensive skills hands-on.
Each one is free and maintained in the open. Start with the overview here, then jump straight into the full resource.
By the numbers
- 6
- Resources
- 3
- Handbooks
- 3
- Field guides
- 5
- Domains
- Handbook
Testing Handbook
Guides for configuring and automating static and dynamic analysis tools.
Application Security 7 topics - Handbook
ZKDocs
Interactive documentation on zero-knowledge proof systems.
Cryptography 5 topics - Handbook
Building Secure Smart Contracts
Best practices for developing secure smart contracts.
Blockchain 4 topics - Guide
MCP Security
Securing the Model Context Protocol: the mcp-context-protector wrapper, disclosed attack classes, and community defenses.
AI/ML Security - Guide
CTF Field Guide
Field guide to winning at Capture The Flag competitions.
Education 6 topics - Guide
Ruby Security Field Guide
Practical Ruby security guide.
Application Security 5 topics
