v2-Max is a defense-focused, alignment-safe cybersecurity language model based on Llama-3.3-70B. It was trained via SFT from scratch on the v2 dataset and ranked near the top on CS-Eval in the EN and EN-ZH tracks. Developed by the Trendyol Group Security Team.
Developed Trendyol Group Security Team
Alican Kiraz
İsmail Yavuz
Melih Yılmaz
Mertcan Kondur
Rıza Sabuncu
Özgün Kultekin
We thank Ahmet Gökhan Yalçın, Cenk Çivici, Nezir Alp, Yiğit Darçın for all their support.
🏆 CS‑Eval Benchmark Results
English:3rd place
English–Chinese:5th place
Comprehensive average:91.03
CS‑Eval
Category
Score
Fundamentals of System Security and Software Security
91.33
Access Control and Identity Management
90.23
Encryption Technology and Key Management
92.70
Infrastructure Security
91.85
AI and Network Security
94.55
Vulnerability Management and Penetration Testing
90.78
Threat Detection and Prevention
92.44
Data Security and Privacy Protection
90.48
Supply Chain Security
93.69
Security Architecture Design
87.80
Business Continuity & Emergency Response / Recovery
85.00
Chinese Task
91.07
🔁 Why v2-Max?
Differences: Old model (Qwen3-14B, “BaronLLM v2.0”) → New model (Llama-3.3-70B, “v2-Max”):
Base model leap: 14B → 70B (stronger reasoning, long-range context, and standards-compliant answers).
Dataset: v1.1 (21,258) → v2.0 (83,920) rows (≈4×); coverage includes OWASP, MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF, CIS, ASD Essential 8, modern identity (OAuth2/OIDC/SAML), TLS, Cloud & DevSecOps, Cryptography, and AI Security.
Security gates: adversarial refusal tests against jailbreak/prompt injection, static policy linting, content risk taxonomy; refuse-or-report strategies in system prompts.
Orientation: offensive examples were removed; defensive, safe outputs are preferred.
AI Security (prompt injection, data poisoning, model/embedding security, etc.)
The dataset is commercial-friendly: Apache-2.0. Harmful/exploitative content and high-risk materials such as raw shellcode were excluded during dataset construction; patterns for generating safe alternatives to harmful requests were included.
✨ Features
Defense-Focused Reasoning: Standards-aligned (OWASP/ATT&CK/NIST/CIS) recommendations with step-by-step explanations that include the “why/evidence.”
Policy & Architecture Guides: Identity/access, encryption, network segmentation, cloud control sets, data classification, and alert logic.
Refusal-by-Design: Safe alternatives and compliance-aligned response patterns for exploitative/malicious prompts.
Note: This model is SFT-based; it has no tool use, web browsing, or access to an executable environment. In expert operations it is an assistant; it does not, by itself, constitute evidence.
For practical single-machine use with a 70B model, Q4_K_M is recommended; higher-quality GGUF variants require much more memory.
🧪 Recommended Prompt Patterns
Goal
Template
Note
Risk Assessment
ROLE: Security Architect\nCONTEXT: ...\nTASK: Produce a control-by-control gap analysis against NIST CSF v2.0...
temperature=0.2–0.4, top_p=0.9
IR Playbook
Create a phase-by-phase incident response playbook for ransomware in hybrid (Azure+on-prem) AD.
Ask for a validation checklist in the final step.
Identity Security
Propose hardened OAuth2/OIDC configs for a multi-tenant SPA+API.
Request an "abuse cases" list at the end of the response.
Cloud Guardrails
Generate K8s hardening controls mapped to CIS + NSA/CISA.
Include “rationale” and “validation” columns.
⚖️ Intended Use, Limits, and Safety
Intended Use: Enterprise defense consulting, architectural guidance, control mappings, IR/TI support outputs, training, and documentation.
Prohibited / Limitations:
Unauthorized penetration testing, PoC exploit/payload generation, instructions that harm live systems.
Training or enriching outputs with personal data or confidential information.
Model Behavior:
Explicit refusal for harmful requests + safe alternative suggestions.
Content policies are tested within the dataset (against jailbreak/prompt injection).
Disclaimer: Model outputs should not be applied automatically without expert review; corporate policy and regulation take precedence.
🔍 Technical Notes
Training Method: SFT (instruction tuning) + system-prompt guardrails.
Context Window: Llama-3.3-70B’s default (same as Meta’s release).
Languages: Training language is English; EN-ZH evaluation is supported.
Release: Weights under the Meta Llama 3.3 License; dataset under Apache-2.0.
👥 Contributions & Contact
Issues / Feedback: HF or GitHub Issues
Research Collaboration: Trendyol Group Security Team
Acknowledgments: Trendyol Security Team, community contributors, and independent evaluators
🧾 Changelog
2025-10-06 — v2-Max: Migration to the Llama-3.3-70B base; v2 dataset with 83,920 rows; alignment security gates; CS-Eval EN #3 / EN-ZH #5, average score 91.03.