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Drupal Security Scanner - Just in Time for Drupalgeddon2

Just as news hits of two highly critical security vulnerabilities in Drupal – a popular open source CMS that powers 4.2% of known CMS websites – we have expanded our external Vulnerability Scanner yet again with Drupal specific security checks. We now offer peace of mind for anyone with a WordPress, Joomla!, SilverStripe or Drupal site, as well as checks for thousands of known software and configuration vulnerabilities for all major software products and operating systems.

Finding and fixing N+1 queries in Django apps

The Django ORM makes it easy to fetch data, but there's a downside: it's easy to write inefficient queries as the number of records in your database grows. One area where the ease of writing queries can bite is you is with N+1 queries. Expensive N+1 queries go undiscovered in small development databases. Finding expensive N+1 queries is an area where Scout is particularly helpful.

Five worthy reads: Data security is taking the world by storm

Information. Data. Personal details. Particulars. Intelligence. Call it what you like—the universal truth is that in the present age, personal data has become one of the most valuable possessions. Companies around the world are scrambling to secure the data they have collected, while those with malicious intentions are vying for these coveted bits of information.