chore: add initial security policy (#2360)

Adds an initial security policy based on email discussions with @carllerche,
@hawkw, and co.

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+## Report a security issue
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+The Tokio project team welcomes security reports and is committed to providing prompt attention to security issues. Security issues should be reported privately via [security@tokio.rs](mailto:security@tokio.rs). Security issues should not be reported via the public Github Issue tracker.
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+## Vulnerability coordination
+
+Remediation of security vulnerabilities is prioritized by the project team. The project team coordinates remediation with third-party project stakeholders via [Github Security Advisories](https://help.github.com/en/github/managing-security-vulnerabilities/about-github-security-advisories). Third-party stakeholders may include the reporter of the issue, affected direct or indirect users of Tokio, and maintainers of upstream dependencies if applicable.
+
+Downstream project maintainers and Tokio users can request participation in coordination of applicable security issues by sending your contact email address, Github username(s) and any other salient information to [security@tokio.rs](mailto:security@tokio.rs). Participation in security issue coordination processes is at the discretion of the Tokio team.
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+## Security advisories
+
+The project team is committed to transparency in the security issue disclosure process. The Tokio team announces security issues via [project Github Release notes](https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/releases) and the [RustSec advisory database](https://github.com/RustSec/advisory-db) (i.e. `cargo-audit`).