# Security

Zelo employs a variety of security mechanisms to ensure the funds are SAFU. Although we do our best to minimise risk, any smart contract is exposed to risk. The risks are outlined in the next section.

### Audited:

The industry-leading auditing firm sec3 audits the Zelo program to minimise contract risks.

### Open-source:

Zelo is an open-source program that anyone can contribute to. If you are a dev, please refer to our GitHub.

### LST Depeg Protection:

User deposits are deployed to liquid staking pools like jito, which returns yield in an LST like jitoSOL. In a rare LST depeg occurrence, Zelo will temporarily halt withdrawals after a certain price difference between the Oracle and LST prices to protect user funds.


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