diff --git a/.github/workflows/api-container-build-push.yml b/.github/workflows/api-container-build-push.yml
index 69edd64e64..e013329e32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/api-container-build-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/api-container-build-push.yml
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
+      - name: Pin prowler SDK to latest master commit
+        if: github.event_name == 'push'
+        run: |
+          LATEST_SHA=$(git ls-remote https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler.git refs/heads/master | cut -f1)
+          sed -i "s|prowler-cloud/prowler.git@master|prowler-cloud/prowler.git@${LATEST_SHA}|" api/pyproject.toml
+
       - name: Login to DockerHub
         uses: docker/login-action@c94ce9fb468520275223c153574b00df6fe4bcc9 # v3.7.0
         with:
diff --git a/api/CHANGELOG.md b/api/CHANGELOG.md
index 7cd4fce52f..17acf2155a 100644
--- a/api/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/api/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,11 +2,28 @@
 
 All notable changes to the **Prowler API** are documented in this file.
 
+## [1.23.0] (Prowler UNRELEASED)
+
+### 🔐 Security
+
+- Replace stdlib XML parser with `defusedxml` in SAML metadata parsing to prevent XML bomb (billion laughs) DoS attacks [(#10165)](https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler/pull/10165)
+
+---
+
+## [1.22.1] (Prowler v5.21.1)
+
+### 🐞 Fixed
+
+- Threat score aggregation query to eliminate unnecessary JOINs and `COUNT(DISTINCT)` overhead [(#10394)](https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler/pull/10394)
+
+---
+
 ## [1.22.0] (Prowler v5.21.0)
 
 ### 🚀 Added
 
 - `CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS` configurable via environment variable [(#10355)](https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler/pull/10355)
+- Finding groups support `check_title` substring filtering [(#10377)](https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler/pull/10377)
 - Attack Paths: Tenant and provider related labels to the nodes so they can be easily filtered on custom queries [(#10308)](https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler/pull/10308)
 
 ### 🔄 Changed
@@ -21,6 +38,7 @@ All notable changes to the **Prowler API** are documented in this file.
 ### 🔐 Security
 
 - Use `psycopg2.sql` to safely compose DDL in `PostgresEnumMigration`, preventing SQL injection via f-string interpolation [(#10166)](https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler/pull/10166)
+- Replace stdlib XML parser with `defusedxml` in SAML metadata parsing to prevent XML bomb (billion laughs) DoS attacks [(#10165)](https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler/pull/10165)
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/api/poetry.lock b/api/poetry.lock
index 6fbdb874bc..0b0da9c853 100644
--- a/api/poetry.lock
+++ b/api/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.1.4 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.3.2 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "about-time"
@@ -2699,6 +2699,18 @@ files = [
     {file = "decorator-5.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:65f266143752f734b0a7cc83c46f4618af75b8c5911b00ccb61d0ac9b6da0360"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "defusedxml"
+version = "0.7.1"
+description = "XML bomb protection for Python stdlib modules"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*"
+groups = ["main"]
+files = [
+    {file = "defusedxml-0.7.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a352e7e428770286cc899e2542b6cdaedb2b4953ff269a210103ec58f6198a61"},
+    {file = "defusedxml-0.7.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1bb3032db185915b62d7c6209c5a8792be6a32ab2fedacc84e01b52c51aa3e69"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "deprecated"
 version = "1.3.1"
@@ -2971,7 +2983,7 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 autopep8 = "*"
 Django = ">=4.2"
-gprof2dot = ">=2017.09.19"
+gprof2dot = ">=2017.9.19"
 sqlparse = "*"
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4579,7 +4591,7 @@ files = [
 
 [package.dependencies]
 attrs = ">=22.2.0"
-jsonschema-specifications = ">=2023.03.6"
+jsonschema-specifications = ">=2023.3.6"
 referencing = ">=0.28.4"
 rpds-py = ">=0.7.1"
 
@@ -4787,7 +4799,7 @@ librabbitmq = ["librabbitmq (>=2.0.0) ; python_version < \"3.11\""]
 mongodb = ["pymongo (==4.15.3)"]
 msgpack = ["msgpack (==1.1.2)"]
 pyro = ["pyro4 (==4.82)"]
-qpid = ["qpid-python (==1.36.0-1)", "qpid-tools (==1.36.0-1)"]
+qpid = ["qpid-python (==1.36.0.post1)", "qpid-tools (==1.36.0.post1)"]
 redis = ["redis (>=4.5.2,!=4.5.5,!=5.0.2,<6.5)"]
 slmq = ["softlayer_messaging (>=1.0.3)"]
 sqlalchemy = ["sqlalchemy (>=1.4.48,<2.1)"]
@@ -4808,7 +4820,7 @@ files = [
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-certifi = ">=14.05.14"
+certifi = ">=14.5.14"
 durationpy = ">=0.7"
 google-auth = ">=1.0.1"
 oauthlib = ">=3.2.2"
@@ -7170,7 +7182,7 @@ files = [
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-astroid = ">=3.2.2,<=3.3.0-dev0"
+astroid = ">=3.2.2,<=3.3.0.dev0"
 colorama = {version = ">=0.4.5", markers = "sys_platform == \"win32\""}
 dill = [
     {version = ">=0.3.7", markers = "python_version >= \"3.12\""},
@@ -8184,10 +8196,10 @@ files = [
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-botocore = ">=1.37.4,<2.0a.0"
+botocore = ">=1.37.4,<2.0a0"
 
 [package.extras]
-crt = ["botocore[crt] (>=1.37.4,<2.0a.0)"]
+crt = ["botocore[crt] (>=1.37.4,<2.0a0)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "safety"
@@ -9382,4 +9394,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = ">=3.11,<3.13"
-content-hash = "6e38c38b1f8dc05b881f49703fa445eec299527e6697992b18e4613534fbcdb6"
+content-hash = "2ed5b4e47d81da81963814f21702220ac5619f50cd605fd779be53c8c46ffca5"
diff --git a/api/pyproject.toml b/api/pyproject.toml
index bc9c742a6c..3a89f52e05 100644
--- a/api/pyproject.toml
+++ b/api/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "drf-nested-routers (>=0.94.1,<1.0.0)",
   "drf-spectacular==0.27.2",
   "drf-spectacular-jsonapi==0.5.1",
+  "defusedxml==0.7.1",
   "gunicorn==23.0.0",
   "lxml==5.3.2",
   "prowler @ git+https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler.git@master",
diff --git a/api/src/backend/api/filters.py b/api/src/backend/api/filters.py
index a64cc0ea13..d8b803d475 100644
--- a/api/src/backend/api/filters.py
+++ b/api/src/backend/api/filters.py
@@ -926,6 +926,9 @@ class FindingGroupSummaryFilter(FilterSet):
     check_id = CharFilter(field_name="check_id", lookup_expr="exact")
     check_id__in = CharInFilter(field_name="check_id", lookup_expr="in")
     check_id__icontains = CharFilter(field_name="check_id", lookup_expr="icontains")
+    check_title__icontains = CharFilter(
+        field_name="check_title", lookup_expr="icontains"
+    )
 
     # Provider filters
     provider_id = UUIDFilter(field_name="provider_id", lookup_expr="exact")
@@ -1025,6 +1028,9 @@ class LatestFindingGroupSummaryFilter(FilterSet):
     check_id = CharFilter(field_name="check_id", lookup_expr="exact")
     check_id__in = CharInFilter(field_name="check_id", lookup_expr="in")
     check_id__icontains = CharFilter(field_name="check_id", lookup_expr="icontains")
+    check_title__icontains = CharFilter(
+        field_name="check_title", lookup_expr="icontains"
+    )
 
     # Provider filters
     provider_id = UUIDFilter(field_name="provider_id", lookup_expr="exact")
diff --git a/api/src/backend/api/models.py b/api/src/backend/api/models.py
index 7b7ccb9061..78bfec5262 100644
--- a/api/src/backend/api/models.py
+++ b/api/src/backend/api/models.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import json
 import logging
 import re
-import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from uuid import UUID, uuid4
 
@@ -9,6 +8,8 @@ from allauth.socialaccount.models import SocialApp
 from config.custom_logging import BackendLogger
 from config.settings.social_login import SOCIALACCOUNT_PROVIDERS
 from cryptography.fernet import Fernet, InvalidToken
+import defusedxml
+from defusedxml import ElementTree as ET
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractBaseUser
 from django.contrib.postgres.fields import ArrayField
@@ -2067,6 +2068,8 @@ class SAMLConfiguration(RowLevelSecurityProtectedModel):
             root = ET.fromstring(self.metadata_xml)
         except ET.ParseError as e:
             raise ValidationError({"metadata_xml": f"Invalid XML: {e}"})
+        except defusedxml.DefusedXmlException as e:
+            raise ValidationError({"metadata_xml": f"Unsafe XML content rejected: {e}"})
 
         # Entity ID
         entity_id = root.attrib.get("entityID")
diff --git a/api/src/backend/api/tests/integration/test_authentication.py b/api/src/backend/api/tests/integration/test_authentication.py
index 2abf725124..26d5b8e108 100644
--- a/api/src/backend/api/tests/integration/test_authentication.py
+++ b/api/src/backend/api/tests/integration/test_authentication.py
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ class TestTokenSwitchTenant:
         assert invalid_tenant_response.status_code == 400
         assert invalid_tenant_response.json()["errors"][0]["code"] == "invalid"
         assert invalid_tenant_response.json()["errors"][0]["detail"] == (
-            "Tenant does not exist or user is not a " "member."
+            "Tenant does not exist or user is not a member."
         )
 
 
@@ -912,10 +912,9 @@ class TestAPIKeyLifecycle:
         auth_response = client.get(reverse("provider-list"), headers=api_key_headers)
 
         # Must return 401 Unauthorized, not 500 Internal Server Error
-        assert auth_response.status_code == 401, (
-            f"Expected 401 but got {auth_response.status_code}: "
-            f"{auth_response.json()}"
-        )
+        assert (
+            auth_response.status_code == 401
+        ), f"Expected 401 but got {auth_response.status_code}: {auth_response.json()}"
 
         # Verify error message is present
         response_json = auth_response.json()
diff --git a/api/src/backend/api/tests/test_apps.py b/api/src/backend/api/tests/test_apps.py
index 712bc33882..5889b4e2cb 100644
--- a/api/src/backend/api/tests/test_apps.py
+++ b/api/src/backend/api/tests/test_apps.py
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ from django.conf import settings
 import api
 import api.apps as api_apps_module
 from api.apps import (
-    ApiConfig,
     PRIVATE_KEY_FILE,
     PUBLIC_KEY_FILE,
     SIGNING_KEY_ENV,
     VERIFYING_KEY_ENV,
+    ApiConfig,
 )
 
 
@@ -187,9 +187,10 @@ def test_ready_initializes_driver_for_api_process(monkeypatch):
     _set_argv(monkeypatch, ["gunicorn"])
     _set_testing(monkeypatch, False)
 
-    with patch.object(ApiConfig, "_ensure_crypto_keys", return_value=None), patch(
-        "api.attack_paths.database.init_driver"
-    ) as init_driver:
+    with (
+        patch.object(ApiConfig, "_ensure_crypto_keys", return_value=None),
+        patch("api.attack_paths.database.init_driver") as init_driver,
+    ):
         config.ready()
 
     init_driver.assert_called_once()
@@ -200,9 +201,10 @@ def test_ready_skips_driver_for_celery(monkeypatch):
     _set_argv(monkeypatch, ["celery", "-A", "api"])
     _set_testing(monkeypatch, False)
 
-    with patch.object(ApiConfig, "_ensure_crypto_keys", return_value=None), patch(
-        "api.attack_paths.database.init_driver"
-    ) as init_driver:
+    with (
+        patch.object(ApiConfig, "_ensure_crypto_keys", return_value=None),
+        patch("api.attack_paths.database.init_driver") as init_driver,
+    ):
         config.ready()
 
     init_driver.assert_not_called()
@@ -213,9 +215,10 @@ def test_ready_skips_driver_for_manage_py_skip_command(monkeypatch):
     _set_argv(monkeypatch, ["manage.py", "migrate"])
     _set_testing(monkeypatch, False)
 
-    with patch.object(ApiConfig, "_ensure_crypto_keys", return_value=None), patch(
-        "api.attack_paths.database.init_driver"
-    ) as init_driver:
+    with (
+        patch.object(ApiConfig, "_ensure_crypto_keys", return_value=None),
+        patch("api.attack_paths.database.init_driver") as init_driver,
+    ):
         config.ready()
 
     init_driver.assert_not_called()
@@ -226,9 +229,10 @@ def test_ready_skips_driver_when_testing(monkeypatch):
     _set_argv(monkeypatch, ["gunicorn"])
     _set_testing(monkeypatch, True)
 
-    with patch.object(ApiConfig, "_ensure_crypto_keys", return_value=None), patch(
-        "api.attack_paths.database.init_driver"
-    ) as init_driver:
+    with (
+        patch.object(ApiConfig, "_ensure_crypto_keys", return_value=None),
+        patch("api.attack_paths.database.init_driver") as init_driver,
+    ):
         config.ready()
 
     init_driver.assert_not_called()
diff --git a/api/src/backend/api/tests/test_models.py b/api/src/backend/api/tests/test_models.py
index 13878794b1..b8b7f61dd1 100644
--- a/api/src/backend/api/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/api/src/backend/api/tests/test_models.py
@@ -243,6 +243,39 @@ class TestSAMLConfigurationModel:
         assert "Invalid XML" in errors["metadata_xml"][0]
         assert "not well-formed" in errors["metadata_xml"][0]
 
+    def test_xml_bomb_rejected(self, tenants_fixture):
+        """
+        Regression test: a 'billion laughs' XML bomb in the SAML metadata field
+        must be rejected and not allowed to exhaust server memory / CPU.
+
+        Before the fix, xml.etree.ElementTree was used directly, which does not
+        protect against entity-expansion attacks.  The fix switches to defusedxml
+        which raises an exception for any XML containing entity definitions.
+        """
+        tenant = tenants_fixture[0]
+        xml_bomb = (
+            "<?xml version='1.0'?>"
+            "<!DOCTYPE bomb ["
+            "  <!ENTITY a 'aaaaaaaaaa'>"
+            "  <!ENTITY b '&a;&a;&a;&a;&a;&a;&a;&a;&a;&a;'>"
+            "  <!ENTITY c '&b;&b;&b;&b;&b;&b;&b;&b;&b;&b;'>"
+            "  <!ENTITY d '&c;&c;&c;&c;&c;&c;&c;&c;&c;&c;'>"
+            "]>"
+            "<md:EntityDescriptor entityID='&d;' "
+            "xmlns:md='urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata'/>"
+        )
+        config = SAMLConfiguration(
+            email_domain="xmlbomb.com",
+            metadata_xml=xml_bomb,
+            tenant=tenant,
+        )
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError) as exc_info:
+            config._parse_metadata()
+
+        errors = exc_info.value.message_dict
+        assert "metadata_xml" in errors
+
     def test_metadata_missing_sso_fails(self, tenants_fixture):
         tenant = tenants_fixture[0]
         xml = """<md:EntityDescriptor entityID="x" xmlns:md="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata">
diff --git a/api/src/backend/api/tests/test_views.py b/api/src/backend/api/tests/test_views.py
index d857b2bc07..7dd14bf420 100644
--- a/api/src/backend/api/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/api/src/backend/api/tests/test_views.py
@@ -15526,6 +15526,22 @@ class TestFindingGroupViewSet:
         assert len(response.json()["data"]) == 1
         assert "bucket" in response.json()["data"][0]["id"].lower()
 
+    def test_finding_groups_check_title_icontains(
+        self, authenticated_client, finding_groups_fixture
+    ):
+        """Test searching check titles with icontains."""
+        response = authenticated_client.get(
+            reverse("finding-group-list"),
+            {
+                "filter[inserted_at]": TODAY,
+                "filter[check_title.icontains]": "public access",
+            },
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
+        data = response.json()["data"]
+        assert len(data) == 1
+        assert data[0]["id"] == "s3_bucket_public_access"
+
     def test_resources_not_found(self, authenticated_client):
         """Test 404 returned for nonexistent check_id."""
         response = authenticated_client.get(
diff --git a/api/src/backend/api/v1/views.py b/api/src/backend/api/v1/views.py
index 7878b51351..7c2de4a41c 100644
--- a/api/src/backend/api/v1/views.py
+++ b/api/src/backend/api/v1/views.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import json
 import logging
 import os
 import time
-
 from collections import defaultdict
 from copy import deepcopy
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ from decimal import ROUND_HALF_UP, Decimal, InvalidOperation
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
 import sentry_sdk
-
 from allauth.socialaccount.models import SocialAccount, SocialApp
 from allauth.socialaccount.providers.github.views import GitHubOAuth2Adapter
 from allauth.socialaccount.providers.google.views import GoogleOAuth2Adapter
@@ -76,6 +74,7 @@ from rest_framework.exceptions import (
 )
 from rest_framework.generics import GenericAPIView, get_object_or_404
 from rest_framework.permissions import SAFE_METHODS
+from rest_framework_json_api import filters as jsonapi_filters
 from rest_framework_json_api.views import RelationshipView, Response
 from rest_framework_simplejwt.exceptions import InvalidToken, TokenError
 from tasks.beat import schedule_provider_scan
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ from api.attack_paths import database as graph_database
 from api.attack_paths import get_queries_for_provider, get_query_by_id
 from api.attack_paths import views_helpers as attack_paths_views_helpers
 from api.base_views import BaseRLSViewSet, BaseTenantViewset, BaseUserViewset
-from api.renderers import APIJSONRenderer, PlainTextRenderer
 from api.compliance import (
     PROWLER_COMPLIANCE_OVERVIEW_TEMPLATE,
     get_compliance_frameworks,
@@ -199,6 +197,7 @@ from api.models import (
 )
 from api.pagination import ComplianceOverviewPagination
 from api.rbac.permissions import Permissions, get_providers, get_role
+from api.renderers import APIJSONRenderer, PlainTextRenderer
 from api.rls import Tenant
 from api.utils import (
     CustomOAuth2Client,
@@ -6777,13 +6776,29 @@ class FindingGroupViewSet(BaseRLSViewSet):
     queryset = FindingGroupDailySummary.objects.all()
     serializer_class = FindingGroupSerializer
     filterset_class = FindingGroupSummaryFilter
+    filter_backends = [
+        jsonapi_filters.QueryParameterValidationFilter,
+        jsonapi_filters.OrderingFilter,
+        CustomDjangoFilterBackend,
+    ]
     http_method_names = ["get"]
     required_permissions = []
 
     def get_filterset_class(self):
-        """Return appropriate filter based on action."""
+        """Return the filterset class used for schema generation and the list action.
+
+        Note: The resources and latest_resources actions do not use this method
+        at runtime. They manually instantiate FindingGroupFilter /
+        LatestFindingGroupFilter against a Finding queryset (see
+        _get_finding_queryset). The class returned here for those actions only
+        affects the OpenAPI schema generated by drf-spectacular.
+        """
         if self.action == "latest":
             return LatestFindingGroupSummaryFilter
+        if self.action == "resources":
+            return FindingGroupFilter
+        if self.action == "latest_resources":
+            return LatestFindingGroupFilter
         return FindingGroupSummaryFilter
 
     def get_queryset(self):
@@ -7237,6 +7252,7 @@ class FindingGroupViewSet(BaseRLSViewSet):
         and timing information including how long they have been failing.
         """,
         tags=["Finding Groups"],
+        filters=True,
     )
     @action(detail=True, methods=["get"], url_path="resources")
     def resources(self, request, pk=None):
@@ -7311,6 +7327,7 @@ class FindingGroupViewSet(BaseRLSViewSet):
         and timing information. No date filters required.
         """,
         tags=["Finding Groups"],
+        filters=True,
     )
     @action(
         detail=False,
diff --git a/api/src/backend/tasks/jobs/threatscore_utils.py b/api/src/backend/tasks/jobs/threatscore_utils.py
index a17125af46..2ef29484ee 100644
--- a/api/src/backend/tasks/jobs/threatscore_utils.py
+++ b/api/src/backend/tasks/jobs/threatscore_utils.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from django.db.models import Count, Q
 
 from api.db_router import READ_REPLICA_ALIAS
 from api.db_utils import rls_transaction
-from api.models import Finding, StatusChoices
+from api.models import Finding, Scan, StatusChoices
 from prowler.lib.outputs.finding import Finding as FindingOutput
 
 logger = get_task_logger(__name__)
@@ -35,25 +35,26 @@ def _aggregate_requirement_statistics_from_database(
         }
     """
     requirement_statistics_by_check_id = {}
-    # TODO: take into account that now the relation is 1 finding == 1 resource, review this when the logic changes
+    # TODO: review when finding-resource relation changes from 1:1
     with rls_transaction(tenant_id, using=READ_REPLICA_ALIAS):
+        # Pre-check: skip if the scan's provider is deleted (avoids JOINs in the main query)
+        if Scan.all_objects.filter(id=scan_id, provider__is_deleted=True).exists():
+            return requirement_statistics_by_check_id
+
         aggregated_statistics_queryset = (
             Finding.all_objects.filter(
                 tenant_id=tenant_id,
                 scan_id=scan_id,
                 muted=False,
-                resources__provider__is_deleted=False,
             )
             .values("check_id")
             .annotate(
                 total_findings=Count(
                     "id",
-                    distinct=True,
                     filter=Q(status__in=[StatusChoices.PASS, StatusChoices.FAIL]),
                 ),
                 passed_findings=Count(
                     "id",
-                    distinct=True,
                     filter=Q(status=StatusChoices.PASS),
                 ),
             )
diff --git a/api/src/backend/tasks/tests/test_reports.py b/api/src/backend/tasks/tests/test_reports.py
index a6a80b0891..858f4c06ca 100644
--- a/api/src/backend/tasks/tests/test_reports.py
+++ b/api/src/backend/tasks/tests/test_reports.py
@@ -169,35 +169,27 @@ class TestAggregateRequirementStatistics:
         assert result["check_1"]["passed"] == 1
         assert result["check_1"]["total"] == 1
 
-    def test_excludes_findings_without_resources(self, tenants_fixture, scans_fixture):
-        """Verify findings without resources are excluded from aggregation."""
+    def test_skips_aggregation_for_deleted_provider(
+        self, tenants_fixture, scans_fixture
+    ):
+        """Verify aggregation returns empty when the scan's provider is soft-deleted."""
         tenant = tenants_fixture[0]
         scan = scans_fixture[0]
 
-        # Finding WITH resource → should be counted
         self._create_finding_with_resource(
             tenant, scan, "finding-1", "check_1", StatusChoices.PASS
         )
 
-        # Finding WITHOUT resource → should be EXCLUDED
-        Finding.objects.create(
-            tenant_id=tenant.id,
-            scan=scan,
-            uid="finding-2",
-            check_id="check_1",
-            status=StatusChoices.FAIL,
-            severity=Severity.high,
-            impact=Severity.high,
-            check_metadata={},
-            raw_result={},
-        )
+        # Soft-delete the provider
+        provider = scan.provider
+        provider.is_deleted = True
+        provider.save(update_fields=["is_deleted"])
 
         result = _aggregate_requirement_statistics_from_database(
             str(tenant.id), str(scan.id)
         )
 
-        assert result["check_1"]["passed"] == 1
-        assert result["check_1"]["total"] == 1
+        assert result == {}
 
     def test_multiple_resources_no_double_count(self, tenants_fixture, scans_fixture):
         """Verify a finding with multiple resources is only counted once."""