Senior Drupal Security Team

Drupal Security Audit and Hardening Services

A senior Drupal security team that audits your site, patches your CVEs, and applies Drupal security best practices that actually hold up in production.

We work on Drupal 9, Drupal 10, and Drupal 11. Fixed scope audits, one-time hardening engagements, and ongoing security retainers.

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Most Drupal sites are one unpatched module away from a breach

Drupal is a secure platform, but Drupal security is a discipline, not a default. The Drupal security team publishes advisories every Wednesday. Contrib modules lag behind core. Nobody is tracking access keys. Your site drifts, and by the time someone notices, the CVE is already public and the exploit is in every security scanner on the internet.

Unpatched Drupal CVEs

Drupalgeddon is still the public reference, but there have been several highly critical Drupal core advisories since. Unpatched Drupal sites get scanned and owned within hours of an SA release.

Abandoned contrib modules

Every Drupal site runs 30 to 80 contrib modules. Some are unmaintained. Some have known advisories. Most teams have no idea which ones are putting them at risk.

Weak permissions and admin sprawl

Editor accounts with administer permissions, legacy superuser accounts, public file permissions on private documents. The breach rarely comes from Drupal itself. It comes from configuration drift.

Drupal security audit and hardening, from advisory triage to production rollout

One engagement covers the full Drupal security lifecycle: find it, fix it, harden against it, and leave you with an audit trail you can hand to compliance, insurance, or an incoming security officer.

Drupal Security Audit

Full review of Drupal core, contrib modules, custom code, permissions, user roles, file system permissions, configuration, and dependencies. Output is a ranked findings report with severity and remediation plan.

Drupal Security Hardening

Apply Drupal security best practices. Seckit, Password Policy, Login Security, Shield, Paranoia, and real config changes: private files, secure headers, CSP, HSTS, session handling, and role cleanup.

CVE Patching and SA Triage

We track every Drupal Security Advisory (SA-CORE, SA-CONTRIB), triage by exposure, and apply patches on a rehearsed staging-to-production pipeline. No blind deploys.

Role and Permission Cleanup

Role audit, permission diff review, editor account inventory, one-time superuser removal, and 2FA enforcement for admin and editor roles.

WAF and Perimeter Hardening

Cloudflare WAF rules tuned for Drupal. Rate limiting for /user/login, /user/register, /xmlrpc.php, form endpoints. IP allow lists for admin paths. Bot scoring.

Compliance Alignment

OWASP Top 10 mapping, GDPR data handling review, PCI DSS readiness for sites handling payments, and documentation that holds up to a SOC 2 or ISO 27001 audit.

How we improve Drupal site security in three phases

Every engagement follows the same discipline. No opinion-driven rewrites. Evidence first, patches second, monitoring third.

1

Audit

Read-only access to code and database. We run Drupal security checklist tools, manual review of custom modules, permission diff, dependency audit, and a ranked findings report.

2

Remediate

Staging-first remediation. Patches for Drupal core and contrib, configuration hardening, permission cleanup, and custom code fixes. Every change is tested before production rollout.

3

Monitor

Optional ongoing retainer. We subscribe to Drupal security advisories on your behalf, track CVEs in your dependency tree, and patch within 24 hours of a critical SA release.

Drupal security packages

Three fixed scopes. Pick the one that matches your risk posture and compliance need.

Audit Only

One-shot Drupal security audit with a written findings report. You handle the remediation, or hand it back to us.

Book Audit
  • Drupal core and contrib review
  • Custom module security review
  • Permission and role audit
  • Dependency and CVE scan
  • Ranked findings report
  • Remediation roadmap
  • Delivered in 1 to 2 weeks

Audit + Hardening

Audit, remediate, and harden in one engagement. Most clients start here. Fixed scope after a free 30 minute call.

Start Hardening
  • Everything in Audit Only
  • Drupal core and contrib patching
  • Seckit and security module install
  • Secure headers, CSP, HSTS
  • 2FA enforcement
  • WAF rules and rate limiting
  • Delivered in 3 to 5 weeks

Security Retainer

Ongoing Drupal security monitoring, SA triage, and patching. For teams with compliance obligations or a fear of unpatched drift.

Retainer Scoping
  • Monthly SA triage
  • 24 hour patching for critical SAs
  • Quarterly security review
  • Annual re-audit
  • Compliance reporting
  • Incident response on call
  • From 10 hours per month

Drupal security FAQ

Common questions about Drupal security best practices, audits, and patching.

Is Drupal a secure CMS?

Yes. Drupal has one of the most mature security processes of any open source CMS. A dedicated Drupal security team reviews contributed code, publishes advisories, and coordinates embargoed disclosures. Drupal is used by US federal agencies, major universities, and enterprise platforms exactly because of that discipline. The risk is not Drupal itself. The risk is running an out of date Drupal site with unmaintained contrib modules and no one watching for advisories.

What are the most important Drupal security best practices?

Keep Drupal core and contrib modules current with the Drupal Security Advisory feed. Remove unused modules. Audit permissions and roles regularly. Enforce 2FA for any role with administer permissions. Move files above webroot where possible. Configure Seckit for clickjacking, XSS, and HSTS headers. Set up Cloudflare or a WAF with rate limiting for /user/login and form endpoints. Use Password Policy to enforce strong admin passwords. Remove the default user/1 superuser. Those ten steps cover the majority of real world Drupal breaches.

How do I improve Drupal site security if my original agency is gone?

Start with an audit. You cannot fix what you cannot see. We do read-only Drupal security audits that do not require full handover of production access. The output is a ranked findings report that tells you what is exposed, how critical it is, and what it will take to remediate. From there you can hand the remediation back to us, to another team, or do it in house. Most teams pick the Audit plus Hardening package so there is no gap between finding a problem and fixing it.

Do you patch Drupal 7, 8, 9, 10, or 11?

We work on Drupal 9, 10, and 11 for ongoing security work. Drupal 7 and Drupal 8 are end of life, and the right security posture for those versions is to migrate. If you are on Drupal 7 or Drupal 8 today, we will recommend a migration path before starting a security engagement, because a patch stream that does not exist cannot be applied. See our Drupal 7 to 10 migration and Drupal 9 end of life pages for migration timelines.

How fast do you patch a critical Drupal Security Advisory?

Retainer clients get patches for highly critical (SA-CORE-HC) advisories within 24 hours of release, tested on staging first and rolled out with a staged deploy. Standard critical advisories land in the weekly maintenance window. Non-critical advisories are queued against the next release. We monitor the Drupal Security Advisory feed continuously and do not rely on anyone checking email.

Can a Drupal security audit cover compliance requirements like OWASP, PCI, or HIPAA?

Yes. Our Drupal security audits map findings to OWASP Top 10 categories by default. For PCI DSS or HIPAA, we add a compliance alignment section that documents how the Drupal site handles cardholder data, PHI, access logs, and retention. The audit output is structured to drop into SOC 2 or ISO 27001 evidence folders without rework.

Do you handle Drupal incident response if we are already compromised?

Yes, but incident response is a different engagement. If you have active signs of compromise (webshell uploads, unknown admin users, database leakage, ransom notes), contact us directly and reference the incident. We will do triage the same day, take forensic snapshots, rotate credentials, and work with your hosting provider to restore a clean state before moving to hardening.

Book a Drupal security audit

30 minutes. No pitch deck. We will tell you what your biggest security risks are before you commit to any work.

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