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ArchitectureApr 1, 202613 min read

Building a 16-Module Security Scanning API: Architecture Decisions

16 security scanners running concurrently against a single domain in under 60 seconds. Here's how ComplianceLayer's scanning architecture works — from asyncio.gather to Redis job queues to the scoring algorithm.

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Daniel Groves
Head of Security Research · ComplianceLayer
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Daniel Groves
Head of Security Research · ComplianceLayer
ComplianceLayer research team analyzing security frameworks, compliance standards, and emerging threats.
TopicsArchitectureAPI DesignPythonFastAPISecurity Scanning
On this page
  • The 16 Scanner Modules
  • Architecture Overview
  • Why Async Python
  • The Parallel Execution Model
  • Why Redis Queue Instead of Celery
  • The Scoring Algorithm
  • Scaling the Worker Pool
  • Result Storage and Historical Data
  • The Middleware Stack
  • What I Would Do Differently
  • Try It
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