Nasdaq – Elevating Web Infrastructure for a Global Financial Leader
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Nasdaq – Elevating Web Infrastructure for a Global Financial Leader
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Drupal
Security & Compliance
Audit
Overview
Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) is a global leader in trading, clearing, exchange technology, listing, market intelligence, and public company services. The organization equips clients with cutting-edge technologies to plan, optimize, and execute business strategies with transparency and precision in today’s capital markets.
As part of a digital modernization initiative, Nasdaq Corporate Solutions sought to upgrade its Investor Relations and Newsroom website platforms. Drupal 8 was selected as the foundation for this next-generation infrastructure to deliver enhanced scalability, editorial flexibility, and long-term maintainability.
Objective
The primary objective was to establish a secure, scalable, and future-ready content management platform that could support Nasdaq’s dynamic communications ecosystem. The solution needed to align with stringent enterprise-grade security and performance benchmarks, integrate with legacy systems, and serve as a sustainable platform for future digital growth across Nasdaq’s web properties.
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Our Solution
Our team collaborated closely with Nasdaq to support the audit, transition, and stabilization of its Drupal 8–based platform. The engagement focused on evaluating the implementation across several technical and operational dimensions. Each area was reviewed, documented, and assessed with targeted recommendations for optimization.
Key focus areas included:
Acquia Components & Infrastructure
Assessed the number and purpose of deployed domains and environments
Reviewed usage of Acquia Remote Administration (RA) support for security updates
Analyzed performance insights from New Relic and Acquia Connector tools
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Security
Audited user roles and permissions, with special attention to untrusted user roles (visitors, logged-in users).
Compiled and analyzed views with associated permissions.
Evaluated custom modules against a security checklist.
Identified and reviewed all exposed APIs and endpoints.
Audited custom code for optimization opportunities based on slow queries and New Relic logs.
Verified use of best practices, including asset aggregation and compression.
SEO Best Practices
Evaluated SEO-related modules and configurations for discoverability and crawlability.
Documentation & Tooling
Contributed to the creation of technical documentation for a custom-built site health check tool.
Training & Support
Delivered focused training sessions and technical guidance to Nasdaq’s internal teams, with a strong emphasis on Drupal 8 best practices - Admin level, Developer level and Content authoring level custom training.
Technology Highlights
CMS: Drupal 8
Search: Apache Solr
Personalization: Acquia Lift integration
DevOps: Vagrant-based development environments
Architecture: Component-based theme architecture
Hosting: Acquia-managed cloud infrastructure
Integrations: Multiple third-party service integrations
Results
Seamless handover to Nasdaq’s internal technology team, enabling autonomous management of the platform.
Creation of a comprehensive technical knowledge base to support future iterations of platform development, optimization, and support.
