Rony Xavier, Jordan Norwood

August 14, 2025 — 7 min read

As enterprises embrace blockchain technology, rollups have emerged as a compelling solution for achieving scalability, cost efficiency, and tailored control. From financial institutions streamlining cross-border payments to DeFi platforms handling high transaction volumes, rollups provide dedicated throughput and flexibility. In terms of throughput, Layer 1 blockchains like Ethereum process around 15 to 20 transactions per second (TPS), while rollup solutions can dramatically boost this capacity by 2–10x and sometimes more. By processing transactions outside of the Layer 1 chain while anchoring to its security, rollups can provide a powerful blend of performance, reliability, and customization without compromising decentralization. However, deploying a rollup is not just a technical decision. It is a strategic one. Institutions must protect their brand, maintain compliance, and mitigate operational and reputational risks. Quicknode’s Rollups-as-a-Service (RaaS) offering delivers a turnkey solution that empowers enterprises to deploy secure, scalable rollups with confidence.

Why Enterprises Turn to Rollups for Secure Scalability

Rollups are increasingly favored by organizations seeking high throughput, customizable execution, and strong governance—without sacrificing security. Core components—such as permissioning, consensus mechanisms, fraud proofs, data availability, and sequencer architecture—can be tailored to meet enterprise governance frameworks, regulatory obligations, and risk appetite.

By shifting execution to a dedicated rollup chain—while ensuring data availability and leveraging Layer 1 for settlement finality—rollups can deliver scalable throughput without compromising security guarantees. Beyond performance improvements, rollups can reduce transaction fees by up to 90% or more compared to the Layer 1 network. They can also isolate enterprise traffic and ensure operational reliability during periods of network congestion, a critical capability for applications requiring predictable performance and high availability.

Despite these advantages, deploying a rollup involves rigorous risk management. Institutions cannot afford downtime, misconfigured access, or unclear compliance postures. As a result, security is not optional—it is a foundational requirement for any enterprise-grade rollup deployment.

Security and Compliance - The Quicknode Advantage

Quicknode enables secure blockchain infrastructure at scale, backed by an independently audited control environment from best-in-class third-party auditors. Our security-first approach allows developers and product teams to move quickly, while security and compliance teams retain confidence that their critical infrastructure and operations are protected.

• SOC 1: Quicknode’s environment is independently evaluated against SOC 1 Type 2 requirements to assure customers of controls relevant to financial operations. Secure and accurate processing of blockchain transactions and data is a crucial requirement for enterprises managing digital assets and financial workflows.

• SOC 2: Security, availability, and data integrity are table stakes for leading organizations. Quicknode’s SOC 2 Type 2 report confirms the rigorous controls in place to protect critical systems, data, and operations across the environment.

• ISO/IEC 27001: Quicknode’s ISO/IEC 27001 certification signifies ongoing commitment to holistic information security management, against one of the most widely recognized international audit standards.

These assurances help enterprises meet their security oversight requirements, align with regulatory expectations, and enhance their overall risk management practices. Read more about our security here.

Quicknode’s Enterprise-Grade Security Framework

Infrastructure Security

Quicknode rollups are deployed via robust Infrastructure as Code (IaC), ensuring consistent, security-compliant environments through automated provisioning and configuration. System, network, and application-level firewalls ensure only authorized traffic to and from rollup deployments and services. Hardened clusters and segmented virtual networks enhance tenant isolation, bolstered by micro-segmentation for precise traffic management between pods and services. Zero-trust network policies further strengthen defenses, enforcing default-deny access across the stack.

Production nodes are secured through hardened operating systems, least-privilege execution policies, and encrypted VPN tunnels, protecting systems from eavesdropping, tampering, and other anomalous activity. Comprehensive logging across systems, networks, and applications ensures comprehensive audit trails for stringent security and compliance requirements.

Vulnerability and Threat Management

Each rollup deployment undergoes rigorous risk modeling to identify and mitigate potential attack vectors. Regular vulnerability scans across hosts, networks, and containers, coupled with continuous source code scanning through Quicknode’s secure systems development lifecycle (SSDLC), ensure proactive threat mitigation. Third-party penetration testing and an external vulnerability disclosure program provide an additional, external level of validation.

Key Management and Governance Controls

Private key generation is executed through secure, automated pipelines to ensure the creation of cryptographic materials in a controlled environment, eliminating operational exposure and manual risks. Hardware security modules (HSMs) are deployed for keys required for rollup deployment operations, such as sequencing and validation. Operational keys follow a "minimum exposure" principle so that only funds necessary to run the service are at risk in any adverse scenario.

Rollup admin keys are governed via multi-signature wallets and timelocks, giving enterprises powerful controls over governance while preventing unilateral or unauthorized changes. This means that multiple customer approvals are required to authorize any governance actions. The timelock introduces a defined delay period before any significant actions can be executed, allowing time for review and reducing the risk of immediate, unwanted changes. With multi-signature ownership, assets are protected, even in the unlikely event of a system compromise. Additionally, real-time monitoring and logging of admin key usage ensure transparency and accountability.

Operational and Lifecycle Assurance

Quicknode handles upgrades, patches, and configuration management across all supported rollup frameworks (e.g., Optimism, Arbitrum, ZK, etc.) on the customer’s behalf. Successful deployment, maintenance, and updates of the node client software powering the rollup are crucial. To ensure this, we maintain close relationships with core protocol teams and diligently monitor upstream changes for timely and secure rollup updates.

A robust CI/CD pipeline and change management workflow ensures consistent and security-hardened deployments. All infrastructure and application changes are logged, approved, and traceable through automated change management systems and SSDLC controls. All rollups benefit from live issue tracking, monitoring, and technical support—so that your operations are never left unattended.

High Availability and Resilience

Quicknode provides 99.99% SLA-backed uptime, supported by a globally distributed, multi-region, and multi-cloud architecture. Integrated DDoS protection and proactive health monitoring contribute to system resilience, while intrusion detection and prevention systems continuously safeguard against malicious threats across the environment.

Auto-scaling and health-aware orchestration ensure that performance and liveness are maintained even during regional outages or surges in demand. Continuous observability enables fast anomaly detection and automated remediation workflows. Additionally, formal business continuity planning (BCP) and disaster recovery (DR) procedures are in place to maintain operations through unplanned events.

Data Protection and Encryption

All data processing and storage mechanisms are governed by data classification and retention policies aligned with regulatory requirements and enterprise-grade confidentiality expectations. Persistent data, including but not limited to container images, logs, and configuration files, is encrypted at rest using industry-standard protocols. Production communications are secured with enforced TLS encryption.

What’s Next: The Evolution of Rollup Security

As rollups become central to enterprise blockchain strategy, the attack surface will expand. Sophisticated threats—including protocol-level exploits, MEV abuse, and AI-assisted attacks—will demand adaptive defenses and fundamental security discipline. With over $2.17 billion stolen from cryptocurrency services so far in 2025, the stakes for secure, resilient infrastructure have never been higher (source: Chainalysis). At Quicknode, we are investing in the next generation of RaaS security:

• Advancing bridge and messaging security to protect interoperability.

• Strengthening integration testing and observability tools to detect anomalies earlier.

• Collaborating with core protocol teams to stay ahead of upstream vulnerabilities.

• Expanding governance tooling for secure, decentralized control.

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To dive deeper into rollups, check out more Quicknode content, including these blogs:

• Introducing Rollups

• Rollups Explained

• Deep Dive into Rollups as a Service

• How to Run Your Own Rollup