Enterprise Backup Strategy with Synology and Wasabi
Expanding Cyber Resilience to the Cloud with Synology ActiveProtect
As data volumes grow and cyber threats become more advanced, businesses must go beyond traditional backup strategies. Ransomware, data corruption, and compliance requirements demand a modern, hybrid approach to data protection that extends beyond on-prem infrastructure.
To address these challenges, organizations are combining Synology ActiveProtect with cloud storage platforms like Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage. This integration allows businesses to build a cyber-resilient backup architecture that protects data across both local and cloud environments.
Why Cyber Resilience Must Extend to the Cloud
Modern IT environments are no longer centralized. Data is distributed across:
- On-prem systems
- Cloud platforms
- Remote and branch offices
- SaaS applications
At the same time, ransomware attacks are becoming more targeted and sophisticated. Businesses must ensure that their backup systems are not only available but also secure, immutable, and recoverable.
A hybrid strategy that combines on-prem backup appliances with cloud storage provides the flexibility and resilience needed to protect critical data.
What Is Synology ActiveProtect?
Synology ActiveProtect is a purpose-built backup solution that integrates hardware and software into a unified platform. It is designed to simplify data protection while providing advanced features for security, scalability, and centralized management.
ActiveProtect enables businesses to:
- Automate backup processes
- Monitor data protection across environments
- Perform fast and reliable recovery
- Implement immutable backup strategies
With its latest updates, ActiveProtect now integrates directly with Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage, enabling seamless cloud extension.
Key Benefits of Integrating Wasabi Cloud Storage
Extend Data Protection Beyond On-Prem
By integrating Wasabi cloud storage, businesses can store backup copies or tier data to the cloud. This ensures that data is protected even if on-prem systems are compromised.
Cloud integration also supports scalability, allowing organizations to expand storage capacity without investing in additional hardware.
Centralized Data Management
ActiveProtect’s centralized console allows organizations to monitor both local and cloud-based backups from a single interface.
This unified visibility ensures that:
- Backup policies are consistent across environments
- Data is not fragmented
- Administrators can quickly identify and resolve issues
Even data stored in Wasabi remains fully visible and manageable through ActiveProtect.
Immutable Backup Protection
Immutability is one of the most important defenses against ransomware. By combining ActiveProtect’s immutable backup capabilities with Wasabi’s immutable storage, businesses can ensure that backup data cannot be altered or deleted.
This protects against:
- Ransomware encryption
- Insider threats
- Accidental deletion
Client-side encryption further enhances security, ensuring that data remains protected both in transit and at rest.
Support for Long-Term Retention and Compliance
Many industries require long-term data retention for compliance and regulatory purposes. Wasabi cloud storage enables businesses to store data for extended periods while maintaining cost efficiency.
By leveraging cloud storage, organizations can:
- Meet regulatory requirements
- Ensure data residency compliance
- Retain historical data without overloading on-prem systems
ActiveProtect manages retention policies centrally, simplifying compliance management.
Building a Hybrid Backup Strategy
A hybrid backup strategy combines the strengths of both on-prem and cloud storage.
On-prem systems provide fast backup and recovery, while cloud storage ensures off-site protection and scalability. Together, they support the 3-2-1-1-0 backup strategy, which includes:
- Multiple copies of data
- Different storage media
- Off-site and immutable backups
- Verified recovery processes
This approach ensures that businesses can recover quickly from any type of data loss scenario.
Why This Matters for Modern Businesses
Cyber threats are no longer limited to large enterprises. Small and mid-sized businesses face the same risks but often lack the infrastructure to respond effectively.
By adopting solutions like Synology ActiveProtect with Wasabi cloud storage, organizations can:
- Reduce downtime during incidents
- Improve data recovery speed
- Strengthen cybersecurity posture
- Scale storage as data grows
This ensures business continuity even in the face of evolving threats.
How Epis Technology Helps Build Cyber-Resilient Infrastructure
Epis Technology helps organizations design and implement hybrid backup architectures that combine Synology ActiveProtect with cloud storage solutions like Wasabi. By aligning infrastructure with business needs, Epis Technology ensures that data protection strategies are both secure and scalable.
The company specializes in Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace backups, large storage solutions, fully managed PC backups, and Synology consulting services. Epis Technology also helps configure immutable backups, optimize storage performance, and implement compliance-ready data retention policies.
Through expert deployment and ongoing support, Epis Technology enables businesses to build resilient systems that protect critical data across on-prem and cloud environments.
About Epis Technology
Epis Technology provides enterprise IT infrastructure, Synology consulting, and data protection solutions for organizations of all sizes. The company specializes in Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace backup solutions, large-scale storage systems, fully managed PC backups, and Synology deployment and support. Through expert design, implementation, and optimization, Epis Technology helps businesses secure, manage, and recover their critical data while ensuring performance, scalability, and cybersecurity resilience.