{"id":2457,"date":"2019-03-06T20:09:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T14:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=2457"},"modified":"2025-02-27T17:23:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T11:53:05","slug":"things-you-should-know-about-drupal-security-to-ironclad-your-website-from-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/things-you-should-know-about-drupal-security-to-ironclad-your-website-from-attacks","title":{"rendered":"Things You Should Know About Drupal Security to Ironclad Your Website from Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/things-you-should-know-about-drupal-security-to-ironclad-your-website-from-attacks\/#How_Vulnerable_is_Your_Drupal_CMS\" title=\"How Vulnerable is Your Drupal CMS?\">How Vulnerable is Your Drupal CMS?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/things-you-should-know-about-drupal-security-to-ironclad-your-website-from-attacks\/#Important_Drupal_Security_Features_that_Makes_It_Stand_Apart\" title=\"Important Drupal Security Features that Makes It Stand Apart:\">Important Drupal Security Features that Makes It Stand Apart:<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/things-you-should-know-about-drupal-security-to-ironclad-your-website-from-attacks\/#Granular_Access_Control\" title=\"Granular Access Control:\">Granular Access Control:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/things-you-should-know-about-drupal-security-to-ironclad-your-website-from-attacks\/#Database_Encryption\" title=\"Database Encryption:\">Database Encryption:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/things-you-should-know-about-drupal-security-to-ironclad-your-website-from-attacks\/#Drupal_Update_Manager\" title=\"Drupal Update Manager:\">Drupal Update Manager:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/things-you-should-know-about-drupal-security-to-ironclad-your-website-from-attacks\/#Password_Security\" title=\"Password Security:\">Password Security:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">With the increased frequency of websites hacking incidents coming up in recent times, web security has become a cause of concern for the website owners. As the risks become greater, the need to address them also increases and it becomes important to consider adequate security measures irrespective of the CMS platform that you have chosen to use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Drupal is an open source CMS and has been acclaimed as one of the most secured open source platforms by online software standards. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Besides being a secured platform, Drupal has faced several threats that increases the need to make the website hack-proof.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Vulnerable_is_Your_Drupal_CMS\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>How Vulnerable is Your Drupal CMS?<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Assessing your Drupal website is the first step to begin the journey to address your security risks. The most common vulnerabilities are usually associated with cross site scripting. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">And the recent ones that are detected had great implications because it had potentially affected millions of users using the Drupal version 6 onwards. Another major issue that Drupal users have faced is an SQL injection vulnerability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Considering these facts, it has been stated that Drupal still faces some of the risk despite being declared as a secure platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Important_Drupal_Security_Features_that_Makes_It_Stand_Apart\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>Important Drupal Security Features that Makes It Stand Apart:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Drupal is an open source CMS and since the source code is open to the developers. There is a big chance for fresh bugs to come up every now and then. Drupal security analysts have stated that independent audits from third parties and release patches have helped to eliminate many such issues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 40px auto; border: 2px solid #065beb; padding: 20px 25px; border-radius: 6px; background: 0;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 62%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Are You Looking to Hire Dedicated Drupal Developers?<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 36%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a style=\"padding: 10px 22px; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.3em; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; color: #ffffff; background-color: #065beb; -moz-border-radius: 3px; -webkit-border-radius: 3px; border-radius: 3px; display: block;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/dedicated-drupal-developer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Call us today!<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Still to remain safe, high security protocols should be implemented so that there are no loopholes left for the cyber attackers to wiggle through.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Granular_Access_Control\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 16pt;\"><strong>Granular Access Control:<\/strong> <\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Drupal CMS helps the users with a granular control that helps give permission on who can view and make changes to the site. With this feature, you can now create roles that provide limited permissions to the viewers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #003366;\">&#8220;Compared to other CMS platforms, Drupal offers better protection from major common malware threats.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Database_Encryption\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 16pt;\"><strong>Database Encryption<\/strong>:<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Another very strong security feature that <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/drupal-development\/\">Drupal CMS<\/a> <\/span>offers is the database encryption. You can easily configure to encrypt the entire database or some very specific parts like the user accounts, content types, forms and etc. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The level of encryption indicates that the CMS can easily be configured to offer privacy compliance standards that are issued by PCI, HIPAA and etc.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2464 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Drupal-8.jpg\" alt=\"Drupal 8 Data Encryption\" width=\"823\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Drupal-8.jpg 823w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Drupal-8-300x73.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Drupal-8-768x187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Drupal-8-560x136.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Drupal_Update_Manager\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 16pt;\"><strong>Drupal Update Manager<\/strong>: <\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Drupal CMS also comes with the Update Manager, which is a unique module that helps to track the latest updates and offers automatic notifications about the new themes and modules for the website. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It allows the users to avail the latest security patches and updates as soon as they are released that helps to better protect the website.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Password_Security\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 16pt;\"><strong>Password Security:<\/strong> <\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Drupal CMS allows the users to encrypt their passwords that are stored in the database during the first install. The passwords are hashed many times and this makes them obscured to such an extent that they become safe from password cracking attacks. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Users can also leverage the modules like the 2 factor authentication and SSL to improve the password security.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><a href=\"\/blog\/a-detailed-feature-based-comparison-of-drupal-vs-sitecore\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A Detailed Feature Based Comparison of Drupal vs Sitecore<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the increased frequency of websites hacking incidents coming up in recent times, web security has become a cause of concern for the website owners. 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