Why Australian Government Prefers Drupal For Its Websites

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• Why Australian Government Prefers Drupal For Its
  Websites

Blog URL http//www.cloudways.com/blog/australian
-government-prefer-drupal/
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There is no arguing how insecure the Internet is
and almost at every instant, our data and
personal information are prone to possible
virtual attacks. The insecurity of data is not
just limited to companies or mid-scale
businesses, but even government organizations are
equally vulnerable to cyber attacks. It must be
noted that government websites hold sensitive
information and their security compromise can
lead to possible national threats.However, show
must go on, top secret information still goes on
the Internet and majority of the governments
around the world trust Drupal to keep their
sensitive data secure. Much credits to Drupals
complex coding standards, it has earned the title
of most secure content management system (CMS)
and is the go-to choice of every government body
whenever there is a need to push data on the
global network, while keeping it safe.Drupal is
an open-source CMS that is ideal for beginners as
well as experienced professionals. It also has a
vast community of experts who are always working
to improve the CMS and its strongest feature, the
security.Similar to governments across the
globe, the Government of Australia also prefers
Drupal for its websites mainly because of the
CMS iron-clad security and other prominent
features such as reliability, scalability, and
flexibility.
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Let us assess some distinctive features of Drupal
to better understand why Australian government
opted for Drupal to be the CMS behind its
websites. But, before we begin, here are some
fact checks-gt Whitehouse.gov is built using
Drupal.-gt Over 1,000 of government websites use
Drupal as their CMS.-gt More than 10 websites of
Australian government use Drupal.-gt
International organizations including UNESCO and W
orld Economic Forum use Drupal for
their websites.-gt Drupal has over 1,400 themes
and over 15,000 modules available.
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SecurityWithout a surprise, security is the
major reason why governments prefer Drupal. The
CMS security team consists of 40 security
professionals and experts who are always on the
watch for vulnerabilities and security glitches
in the code. Another task of security team is to
properly document all reported or found problems
to better identify security risks in
future.Moreover, the CMS has active community
of over a million developers, so every security
issue and error gets fixed mostly on spot without
much delay. However, there is a group of members
in the community that analyzes code for errors in
case a query isnt solved on spot.Moreover,
when Drupal is installed for the first time, its
password gets encrypted and salted. The procedure
makes a password almost impossible to crack.
Apart from all of these features, the CMS can be
configured to encrypt the database.Drupal
further enhances its security by its support for
two-factor authentication, access controls and
active security reporting.
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Cost effective Being an open source application,
Drupal is free to use, download, and share.
Drupal-based websites dont require licensing and
saves you from legal hassle. Moreover, it comes
with thousands of free extensions
and modules. This is a key attraction for
governments as they are mostly looking for
budget-friendly options and the fact that
Drupal-based websites can be customized for free,
is a big plus for them. Additionally, the CMS
receives timely updates and the governments feel
secure with latest web applications.
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Reliability Drupal is popular and reputable
enough to be among the top three CMS. Drupal 7
was a huge success and the recently-launched
Drupal 8 is already creating waves in the
industry. All the versions of the app have been
promised support for at least next five
years. Moreover, the apps code can be tailored
to attain more advanced and complex features
hence, helping Drupal emerge as a robust and one
of the most compatible CMS. Additionally, a
community of over a million people is there to
help with all sorts of glitches be it
development, customization, or any other element.
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Scalability Drupal is one of the most scalable
web applications that can be customized using
the aforementioned Drupal modules. These modules
perfectly integrate and connect with the CMS
core. The default structure of Drupal is designed
to easily get along with modules. Moreover,
Drupal modules can be created from scratch. In
other words, there are no worries if a module
doesnt already exist and the best part is that
they can be edited as well. To talk about Drupal
core, the CMS is designed to handle traffic spike
and constantly accommodate content. Collectively,
Drupal is engineered to scale users, content and
traffic, all at the same time.
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Reputation Drupal remains the choice of worlds
most popular brands such as Lamborghini, Tag
Heuer, Tesla, Disney, etc. Moreover, one of the
most prestigious educational institutes, Oxford,
uses Drupal-powered website. Other popular
Drupal-based websites include Mens Health,
Warner Bros, Magento, NBCUniversal, etc. Another
key factor why governments opt for Drupal is
because government websites all over the world
such as National Institutes of Health, U.S
Department of Education, etc use Drupal.
Similarly in Australia, the government prefers
Drupal for its websites such as NSW, Western
Australia, Human Services, National Library of
Australia, etc. If you wish to try out the
security, reliability and performance of Drupal,
Cloudways offers managed Drupal cloud
hosting that takes advantage of market leading
IaaS providers. Sign up now and enjoy a secure
and fast Drupal website hosting experience.
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