Data Protection

October is Cyber Awareness Month, and there’s never been a better time to talk about resilience. Across the UK, organisations are facing increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks that threaten not just data, but business continuity itself. From ransomware to supply chain breaches, digital threats are evolving faster than many teams can adapt. That’s why the UK government is taking major steps to strengthen national cyber resilience. Two important developments the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)’s Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) v4.0 will play a key role in shaping how organisations protect and recover their data in

Did you know that hackers are now directly targeting backups? They’re no longer only targeting servers, corporate systems, or business-critical applications. According to a Sophos study, attackers have attempted to compromise backups in over 94% of ransomware attacks. Over half of those attacks (57%) were successful, greatly undermining an organization’s ability to recover data.  Ensuring the security of their backups is now a top priority for enterprises. This is where offline backups come in. With offline backups, data is physically disconnected from the network, so ransomware cannot access the backups, thus establishing a line of defense against ransomware. Physical isolation

Up to 85% of Microsoft users have had their email data compromised. Are you sure your Microsoft 365 data is stored securely with Microsoft? Many companies tend to use Microsoft 365 as a productivity platform. However, that has also turned Microsoft 365 into a prime target for cyberattacks. Many mistakenly believe that Microsoft 365 backups aren’t a priority as Microsoft is responsible for safeguarding your data. That could not be farther from the truth. Here are a few key points for Microsoft 365 data protection: How Microsoft 365’s built-in data protection works Most users are under the impression that Microsoft

With cyberattacks on the rise, companies must implement a cyber-resilient data protection solution capable of deterring threat actors. This solution should include a multi-layered security system so businesses can maintain operations with peace of mind. However, this is not an easy task, as companies increasingly use various on-prem and cloud workloads across the board, juggle multiple data protection solutions, and may not have a strong security posture. This is where ActiveProtect comes into play. As an integrated backup appliance, Synology ActiveProtect comes with its own pre-configured hardware and operating system called ActiveProtect Manager so that companies can unify their data

With 75% of enterprises looking to prioritize SaaS backups, organizations need to be aware of costs associated with commercially available backup options when implementing Microsoft 365 data protection solutions. Microsoft 365’s productivity apps now have over 400 million active users and are widely used by companies all around the world. As SaaS services dominate our daily lives, safeguarding SaaS data is now more important than ever before. How backup vendors’ licensing works Backup vendors often entice companies by claiming to support the four main Microsoft 365 services. In reality, these backup solutions come with pricing plans and limited features that

Authored by Jia-Yu Liu, Executive Vice President at Synology and head of the Application Group behind solutions such as ActiveProtect and Synology Drive. Almost a year ago, we introduced Synology ActiveProtect with a clear vision: simplify data protection through an integrated appliance that unifies management, security, and scalability. That vision was recently validated when ActiveProtect was recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2025 Gartner® Market Guide for Enterprise Backup Storage Appliances. For us, the recognition underscores what we set out to achieve: helping enterprises move past fragmented tools, unpredictable licensing, and growing ransomware threats. Today, thousands of ActiveProtect appliances

With the evolving tech landscape, IT teams are now tasked with multiple assignments in addition to dealing with challenges such as rising costs, ransomware, long-term data retention needs, and more, according to Synology's 2025 Enterprise Data Management Survey. When asked about their confidence in recovering mission-critical data, over 90% of companies admitted they lacked confidence in being able to retrieve company data in the event of a malware attack. Cyber threats: One of today’s biggest data protection challenges Rising costs and fragmented legacy data protection solutions could lead businesses to look for new options to secure their data. IT admins

With many backup options in the market, some users might select to implement specific backup software from companies such as Veeam. Veeam Backup and Replication is a software-based backup and recovery solution that allows you to protect a wide variety of workloads, allowing you to automate, schedule, and monitor your backups on one platform. It is typically paired with a hardware appliance that would act as a backup repository to store backup data.  As Veeam Backup & Replication platform is not tied down to any particular storage option, users can select a backup repository of their choice, provided that it

In July 2025, Microsoft issued an advisory warning stating that a SharePoint vulnerability had been discovered and was actively being exploited. More than 9,000 organizations worldwide using SharePoint Server have been affected by this security breach. Attackers used server-side privileges to tamper with the machine keys and bypassed authentication methods in order to carry out the attacks. SharePoint is a core system for many companies, and if compromised, not only will sensitive company data be leaked, but the entire business process might be paralyzed. This incident highlights the need to reevaluate and optimize existing data protection strategies. Only a comprehensive,

Incremental backups are a fundamental component of efficient data protection strategies, allowing organizations to conserve bandwidth and compute resources by capturing only the changes made since the last backup. While this methodology is widely implemented, the approach to storing these incremental changes plays a critical role in determining the overall efficiency, reliability, and performance of a backup system. Traditional methods Conventional backup solutions, such as Veeam, typically operate by establishing an initial full backup followed by a sequence of incremental backups. During a restore operation, the system must reconstruct the recovery image by merging the full backup with each subsequent