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Modern ransomware doesn't just encrypt your active systems. It now targets your backups before encrypting the rest of your infrastructure. In a recent study, Sophos found that 94% of ransomware attacks target victims' backups first. That makes recovery far more difficult and raises the odds that the victim will pay. Synology's disaster recovery solution maintains an immutable backup that attackers cannot access, modify or delete. The first step toward smooth recovery is to know where you truly stand.   Take a Quick Assessment Your business isn't too small to be a target July is Ransomware Awareness Month. The most dangerous

Cybersecurity threats are no longer reserved for multinational corporations or large financial institutions. AI-powered ransomware attacks, malicious insider activities, and accidental human errors are now affecting organizations of all sizes. According to the U.S. Office of Financial Research (OFR), mid-sized organizations are the most vulnerable to cyberattacks. This creates a paradox for growing and mid-sized businesses as they also face the same issues that affect large corporations: cybersecurity concerns and operational disruption. In comparison to large companies, mid-sized businesses usually have limited IT budgets, smaller teams, and a limited storage space to store devices. When creating their backup infrastructure, teams

71% of MSPs say acquiring new customers is their biggest challenge. One reason is that customer requirements continue to diversify—from deployment preferences and budget constraints to compliance and recovery requirements. Maintaining separate backup platforms to address these needs is rarely practical. As a result, deployment flexibility has empowered MSPs to grow. The ability to support different customer needs with a single data protection platform allows service providers to expand their market share without sacrificing operational efficiency. ActiveProtect: Flexible hardware options for every need ActiveProtect is Synology's all-in-one backup appliance designed to simplify cyber resilience through tightly integrated hardware and software.

“After adopting ActiveProtect, we achieved stronger cyber resilience alongside significant operational simplification and up to 90% time reduction,” Toyota Motor Vietnam, one of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers, shared this after years of using tape backups. Due to long-term retention needs, Toyota previously relied on tape backups for its scalability. However, as their production data kept growing, traditional tape workflows became harder to manage. This led Toyota to begin its journey toward modernizing their data protection operations. What tape saved in storage costs, it cost in time Manufacturing industries experience rapid data growth as production scales, driven by large amounts

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect almost 10 years ago and has since been enforced more strictly across the European Union. Companies need to comply with GDPR to meet regulatory requirements and safeguard user data. With large companies such as Amazon, Meta, and Google all being fined for GDPR noncompliance, failing to protect user data is no longer an option. Till date, more than €2.7 billion in fines have been issued across Europe for GDPR violations. The GDPR is a European law that mandates how organizations should collect, use, and store personal data in the EU. GDPR

With the rise of sophisticated cyber threats, the Network and Information Systems 2 Directive’s (NIS2) purpose is to protect critical services and infrastructure and hold EU corporations to higher standards, as cyber attacks have risen to 46.5% in EU countries. NIS2 aims to strengthen cybersecurity for network and information systems across the European Union and builds on the NIS1 Directive. NIS2 expands the scope of the original directive, covering a wider range of industries and sectors and applying to more than 100,000 entities across the EU. It classifies businesses into Essential and Important entities and imposes stronger security requirements and

Many MSPs today offer Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) and Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) as core solutions, but often overlook the revenue potential behind them. BaaS and DRaaS comes with built-in capabilities that can be packaged and delivered as value-added services, creating new revenue streams beyond basic backup. However, while MSPs expand service offerings, these expanded services often come with additional infrastructure and operational costs that impact overall profitability. MSPs should take a more strategic approach and evaluate not just how to deliver these services, but how to do so profitably. Key features MSPs can monetize Disaster recovery (DR) testing DR testing has become increasingly

More than 93 million healthcare records were exposed or stolen in 2023, according to statistics. This highlights the importance of improving healthcare cyber resilience to prevent the misuse and unauthorized sharing of patient data. This can be done by meeting healthcare regulations such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996). HIPAA is a U.S. government mandated healthcare regulation that dictates why and how healthcare organizations need to meet patient privacy and data protection requirements in the U.S. It applies to healthcare providers such as doctors, hospitals, clinics, and healthcare plan providers such as insurance companies, and even

Microsoft Teams is widely used for organizational communication, supporting everything from project collaboration and file sharing to daily conversations. As a result, the data generated within Teams is now critical to business operations. Teams consist of multiple services that are designed for various collaboration needs, including public team channels and private 1:1 chats or group chats. However, many backup solutions focus on team channels, while private chats often go unsupported. This isn’t because chat data is unimportant, but because backing it up introduces significant technical challenges. The hidden complexity behind Teams 1:1 chat backup Although backing up private chats may