Data Protection

As cybersecurity threats continue to intensify, backup strategies no longer serve as an “insurance policy” against natural disasters or human errors. Instead, backup policies have become an essential defense strategy that determines whether an organization can continue to operate without issues in the face of a ransomware attack and sudden data loss. Astra Security noted that, on average, a business somewhere in the world falls victim to a ransomware attack every 40 seconds. Interestingly, these attackers are no longer solely focusing on large enterprises. Small to mid-sized businesses, distributed units, retail outlets, and temporary sites are increasingly being hit by

With an increase of AI-powered cyberattacks, Synology understands the importance of providing businesses with a data resilient solution. This is why Synology continues to optimize our flagship data protection series: ActiveProtect appliance. Corporations need to be able to maintain business continuity, enhance their incident response readiness, and meet long-term data retention requirements. With Synology ActiveProtect, organizations can handle data protection with a purpose-built backup appliance. Companies can unify their data protection with an all-in-one appliance. With a built-in operating system called ActiveProtect Manager (APM), businesses can consolidate management, security, and scalability on one single platform. APM comes with backup, recovery,

With an explosion of data and complex data retention and compliance requirements, businesses must be certain that mission-critical corporate data is able to withstand emerging ransomware threats. Businesses must deploy flexible, diverse, and hybrid solutions to ensure the security of their data in the event of a sudden cyberattack. Synology ActiveProtect is a purpose-built backup appliance designed to safeguard, manage, and monitor backups. ActiveProtect’s latest update includes Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage integration for users to store backup copies or tier data directly to the cloud. Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage is a cloud object storage service provider that allows users to

Is tape backup dead? The rise of cyber threats has led to a long list of requirements for creating a business continuity plan. However, tape is not dead; many companies still use it to meet regulatory audits. In our view, tape has not lost its value; it has simply been mispositioned. Its strengths lie in its durability, cost efficiency, and offline storage, which make it ideal for long-term retention. The real challenge for organizations today is how to reposition tapes within a modern data protection architecture. Tapes should complement, rather than compete with, modern backup solutions. Updated role for tapes:

As cyber threats intensify and business downtime becomes increasingly costly, enterprises are rethinking how their data protection strategies fit into their cyber resilience planning. Under Safe Harbor (Cyber Recovery) principles, the focus has shifted toward one core question: can critical data still be trusted and restored when everything else fails? Backups are no longer just about storing copies of your data. It’s about ensuring those copies remain intact, verifiable, and recoverable fast enough to sustain operations. Tape once played a critical role thanks to its low cost and offline nature. But as data volumes grow and recovery expectations rise, its

For MSPs looking to stand out, providing Compliance as a Service (CaaS) might be the key. A survey by MSP Success shows that 73% of MSPs have seen increased demands for compliance services. Yet, most MSPs are struggling to keep up. Take GDPR and SOC 2 as examples: GDPR emphasizes strengthening data privacy and security for individuals in the EU, but only 32% of MSPs meet GDPR requirements; SOC 2 focuses on safeguarding customer data through ongoing, audit controls. Only 15.5% of MSPs comply, according to Infrascale. For MSPs that keep up, compliance sets them apart. However, delivering Compliance as

As we begin the new year, let’s take some time to reflect on 2025 and take a look at the year ahead. In 2025, businesses faced a wide range of challenges related to data protection, especially IT teams responsible for safeguarding corporate data. As market trends leaned towards strategies such as the 3-2-1-1-0 backup policy and disaster recovery to cyber recovery (DR to CR) methods, we introduced Synology ActiveProtect in 2025 as a way for businesses to consolidate and simplify data protection. ActiveProtect is an integrated, purpose-built backup appliance that unifies data management, security, and scalability so that businesses can

As businesses increasingly move workloads to the cloud, more organizations are realizing the importance of protecting cloud data. In fact, according to Infrascale, 76% of MSPs in the U.S. now focus on backing up cloud applications for their clients. Among these, Microsoft 365 remains the most common service customers rely on MSPs to protect. Today, most MSPs have already deployed established Microsoft 365 backup solutions for their clients. These solutions generally cover the basics, yet often lack the depth MSPs need and come with higher overall costs. It’s time to rethink whether your current Microsoft 365 backup is truly helping

Modern businesses today are facing unprecedented data security challenges. Rampant ransomware attacks, insider attacks, and malicious data deletions are occurring at an alarming rate. This could lead to corporate data vanishing overnight, causing significant financial losses and damaging corporate reputation. Most organizations today have some form of data protection in place, but storing backups alone isn’t enough. If the backups are tampered with, deleted, or encrypted by hackers, there is a big possibility that businesses won’t be able to recover their data. This is why it’s important to go beyond backing up data and start protecting backups as well. Companies

With the rate at which ransomware is evolving, companies must take into consideration key data protection concepts as they implement, revamp, or update their existing backup infrastructure. This ensures that businesses can restore data and resume operations immediately when faced with sudden data loss. Here are some key red flags to keep in mind when reviewing or crafting a cyber resilient data protection strategy: Red flag #1 Incomplete backups There’s a possibility that companies might forget to back up new workloads. If the data hasn’t been backed up, it might be forgotten. Or worse. Lost during a ransomware attack, only