In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, Dropsolid’s enterprise-grade Experience Platform enhanced security, scalability, and performance. With ISO 27001 certification, advanced caching mechanisms, and powerful DevOps tools, Dropsolid enables businesses to build secure, scalable Digital Experience Platforms (DXPs) efficiently and reliably.
Enterprise readiness: standards, security and performance
Enterprise-Grade standards
In an era where data privacy and security breaches are ever-present concerns, enterprise-grade standards have never been more critical. Dropsolid’s hosting platform is built on the foundation of security, adhering to standards like ISO 27001, one of the globally recognized certification for information security management. This certification demonstrates that our hosting environment is designed to protect sensitive information, ensure data confidentiality, and prevent unauthorized access, giving organizations the confidence they need to entrust their digital platforms to Dropsolid.
Security features
Managing Secrets and Sensitive Data
Our environments are equipped with advanced secret management, ensuring that sensitive information like API keys, passwords, and certificates are securely stored and accessed only by authorized services. By encrypting these secrets and managing their lifecycle through automated rotation, we significantly reduce the risks of exposure during deployments or day-to-day operations.
Enterprise-Level Authentication and Encryption
Our Experience Platform incorporates robust multi-factor authentication (MFA) and role-based access control (RBAC) to secure sensitive operations and user access. Additionally, end-to-end encryption—both at rest and in transit—protects data integrity and confidentiality, ensuring that all communication between services is secured using advanced cryptographic standards such as TLS.
Network-Level Security
To safeguard our infrastructure from network-based attacks, we implement a comprehensive range of network security controls, such as Firewalls and Network Segmentation.
We use sophisticated firewalls to control traffic into and out of our hosting environments. By creating virtual private clouds (VPCs) and network segmentation, we isolate different services and environments to limit the impact of potential breaches. Only the necessary services and ports are exposed, drastically reducing the attack surface.
We also use the principle of defence in depth, which means we don't rely on a single component to ensure security requirements are met.
Performance measures
In addition to top-tier security, Dropsolid’s enterprise-grade platform is designed to deliver outstanding performance, ensuring your Digital Experience Platform (DXP) can handle high traffic volumes and provide a seamless experience for users. Performance optimization is crucial for both user experience and operational efficiency, and at Dropsolid, we utilize a combination of caching, system tuning, and modern software solutions to maximize speed and responsiveness.
Caching
Caching is one of the most effective ways to reduce server load, speed up application response times, and improve the overall performance of web applications. At Dropsolid, we implement several caching layers:
Varnish Cache: Varnish is a powerful HTTP reverse proxy that caches dynamic content, enabling faster load times for frequently requested pages. By caching content at the edge, Varnish reduces the need to retrieve data from the backend on every request, offloading traffic from the server and allowing for quicker delivery of web pages.
Redis and Memcached: Both Redis and Memcached are key-value stores used for caching frequently accessed data. These in-memory caching systems dramatically reduce database load by storing critical data—such as user sessions, application configurations, and query results—in memory, where it can be accessed much faster than from disk-based storage.
System tuning
System performance isn’t just about caching; fine-tuning system components can yield significant improvements in speed and efficiency. At Dropsolid, we fine-tune multiple layers of the server architecture to ensure maximum performance. Some of the layers we take action are the following:
OPcache is a PHP extension that improves performance by caching precompiled script bytecode in memory, eliminating the need for PHP to load and parse scripts on each request. By reducing the overhead of repeated script executions, OPcache enhances PHP application performance significantly, resulting in faster response times.
APCu is a data cache that stores user data in memory, allowing PHP applications to store and retrieve cached data more efficiently. This allows for quicker access to frequently used application data, reducing the need to query the database or regenerate content on each request.
Database query optimization: Performance improvements extend to the database layer, where query optimization plays a key role. By analyzing and tuning database queries, Dropsolid ensures that applications can retrieve data as efficiently as possible. Techniques such as query indexing and limiting the retrieval of unnecessary data are part of this ongoing optimization.
Performance Monitoring
Dropsolid has support for continuous performance monitoring with tools like New Relic and Prometheus, which offer real-time insights into the performance of every application component. These monitoring systems allow us to identify bottlenecks, address performance issues proactively, and ensure optimal system performance under all conditions.
Business impact of Enterprise readiness
When security is integrated across every layer of your hosting infrastructure, the impact is profound. These network-level protections, combined with enterprise-grade security features, translate into enhanced uptime, scalability, and cost-efficiency. Organizations can confidently operate knowing their sensitive data is secure, that their platforms are resilient to external attacks, and that compliance with stringent industry standards is met.
Dropsolid’s commitment to end-to-end security ensures that even in the face of evolving threats, your Digital Experience Platform remains robust, protected, and ready for growth.
Secure development with industry-standard tooling
A crucial part of delivering reliable and secure digital experiences lies in the development process itself. At Dropsolid, we leverage industry-standard development tools to ensure code quality, security, and operational efficiency.
Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) with GitLab
GitLab is a key part of our CI/CD pipeline, enabling continuous integration and automated deployment of code changes. By using GitLab’s CI/CD tooling, our teams can ensure that every code update is tested, validated, and securely deployed without human intervention. This not only speeds up the development process but also minimizes the chances of errors making it into production environments.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
To manage infrastructure in a scalable and repeatable manner, we rely on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices. Using tools like Terraform and Ansible, we automate the provisioning and management of infrastructure, ensuring that environments are consistent and secure. IaC allows us to define our infrastructure in code, track changes via version control, and ensure that configurations are applied in a standardized way across all environments.
Secure coding practices
Dropsolid places a strong emphasis on secure coding practices across all development workflows. With automated security checks integrated into our CI/CD pipeline, every code commit is scanned for vulnerabilities using tools like SonarQube and OWASP ZAP. These tools help detect and fix potential security issues early in the development cycle, ensuring that only secure code makes it into production.
Monitoring and Observability
For ongoing reliability, monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana are used to keep an eye on system performance, ensuring that potential issues are detected and resolved quickly. By setting up real-time monitoring dashboards, our team can track the health of every component, allowing for proactive troubleshooting and optimization.
Automated Testing and Quality Assurance
Automated testing, using frameworks like Selenium and JUnit, is an integral part of our CI/CD pipeline. This ensures that every code change goes through a comprehensive testing process before deployment, reducing the risk of introducing bugs or breaking existing functionality.
Building DXPs with Drupal & Mautic
Why Drupal and Mautic for DXPs?
At the heart of modern DXPs, Drupal and Mautic stand out as two of the most powerful open-source technologies for delivering personalized and seamless digital experiences. Drupal, with its flexible content management system (CMS) architecture, and Mautic, with its marketing automation prowess, form a dynamic duo capable of powering sophisticated digital platforms.
Core Features Enabling DXPs
Managing Complex Products and Organizations: Drupal’s flexible architecture allows businesses to manage multiple products, services, or organizational structures with ease. This is crucial for large enterprises or multi-brand companies that require unified management of complex digital ecosystems.
Supporting Headless CMS and CRM Integration: Drupal’s support for headless architecture means it can serve as the back-end for a wide variety of front-end experiences, whether it's websites, mobile apps, or IoT devices. Paired with Mautic, which handles customer data and marketing automation, the two platforms together provide a holistic view of the customer journey.
Open-Source Power: As open-source solutions, Drupal and Mautic are constantly evolving, with vibrant developer communities contributing innovative features and improvements. This means organizations using Dropsolid’s platform can benefit from cutting-edge functionality while maintaining the flexibility to adapt and innovate at their own pace.
How Dropsolid Enhances the DXP Building Experience
At Dropsolid, we streamline the process of building DXPs by integrating containerized hosting, DevOps tooling, and automation. Our platform ensures:
Streamlined Workflows: With containers, deployments and updates are faster and more reliable, reducing friction for development teams.
Robust Hosting Environment: Our enterprise-ready hosting platform guarantees high availability, security, and scalability, so your DXP performs optimally under any conditions.
Integrated Marketing Automation: Mautic is fully integrated into our platform, making it easier for businesses to automate and personalize marketing at scale, driving engagement and customer loyalty.
Contributions to the Community
Open-Source Contributions
Dropsolid is a firm believer in the power of the open-source community. We actively contribute back to Drupal and Mautic by developing new features, fixing bugs, and improving documentation. This not only strengthens the platforms themselves but also ensures that our customers benefit from the latest advancements in the open-source world.
Collaborative Spirit
We also support a range of initiatives within the open-source community, fostering collaboration and innovation. Whether it’s organizing local meetups, sponsoring global events, or contributing code, Dropsolid is committed to ensuring that the open-source ecosystem continues to thrive and evolve.