Drupal is synonymous with advanced security - Part II

Drupal es sinónimo de seguridad avanzada - Parte II

In the previous  https://www.seedem.co/es/blog/drupal-es-sinonimo-de-seguro-avanzada  we talked about the advanced security of Drupal. Today we want to expand a little more on the advantages of Drupal in security and give you some recommendations.

Proven high standards 

Drupal-based organizations around the world (including enterprise-level brands), leading universities, government, and large nonprofits put Drupal's high security standards to the test every day.

Drupal Security Throughout the Website Process

The Drupal community has built-in security measures to combat threats, which is certainly reassuring. To proactively protect your site, the concept of security should be top of mind when launching campaigns, integrating systems/applications, or when deploying or updating software. 

Safety first 

A security-first approach means going beyond compliance to better assess risk. There are two paths to achieving this approach:

1) Culture: Adopting a security-minded culture for your organization. 

2) Automation: assume a continuous development plan based on process automation.

In other words, start planning for security early and often throughout the website development process.

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Don't wait until the project is about to launch to think about security! 

Best practices for developers 

Here are three ways to secure your Drupal site: 

1. Choose the appropriate modules.

If you can imagine a feature for your site, chances are you can find it in the tens of thousands of community-contributed modules available for Drupal. With so many different options to choose from, how do you choose the safest potential modules? Some steps to take are to check how many sites are using the module, review issue queues, and avoid outdated or unsupported modules. 

2. Use Drupal APIs

Check out the Drupal API documentation to secure your contribution or custom code in a project. Drupal APIs have been developed by the community and have built-in safeguards for database security. If you're writing new code, whether a small amount or a completely new module, Writing  Secure Code for Drupal is a must-have reference guide. 

3. Monitor Drupal security advisories 

The Drupal security team publishes weekly security advisories on Drupal.org.

To stay up to date with security releases, you can subscribe to receive email or RSS notifications, follow @drupalsecurity on Twitter, or join the Drupal Slack #security-questions

Sleep better with a secure Drupal site 

Taken from:  https://www.mediacurrent.com/blog/how-secure-your-website-intro-drupal-security/?utm_source=drupal-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=drupal-newsletter-20201203