How Epis Technology Makes Enterprise Data Security Stronger by Using Synology’s Safe Development Practices

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Cybersecurity threats are changing faster than ever before. The SolarWinds incident, which affected more than 18,000 businesses, and the global Log4j vulnerability, which affects almost half of all businesses, show that companies need to spend money on IT systems that are strong and safe. Today, software flaws are one of the most common ways for hackers to get into systems, and vendors are being watched more closely than ever for their ability to reduce risk.

Epis Technology helps businesses set up Synology-powered infrastructure that is secure at every level. Synology’s focus on security in software development and Epis Technology’s experience with enterprise deployment work together to keep your most important data safe, compliant, and able to withstand modern attacks.

This article talks about how Synology makes safe products by following its Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) and how Epis Technology makes these protections even stronger by designing, implementing, monitoring, and providing support at the enterprise level.

Why Secure Development is Important for Business IT

Most companies focus on what to do after a breach happens, which is called incident response. But to really be cyber resilient, you need to have security built in from the start. Synology uses the NIST Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) and has created a multi-layer Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) to systematically lower vulnerabilities before products get to your environment.

Epis Technology then builds on this by setting up secure Synology systems, configuring advanced protections, and using tested backup, recovery, and monitoring frameworks in business environments.

How Synology Makes Safe Software—With the Help of Epis Technology Deployment

1. Design Phase: Secure by Design and Planning the Epis Technology Architecture

The architecture of a secure product is the first step. The Product Security Assurance (PSA) program from Synology looks at risks as soon as a product is designed. To enforce least-privilege access, big changes were made, like taking away root privileges in DSM 7.0.

Where Epis Technology is useful:
We build your storage, backup, and surveillance system on Synology according to the best practices in the field:

Models for access with no trust
Separation of privileges
Encrypted shared folders and encrypted volumes
Setting up firewalls and dividing networks
Configuration that meets compliance standards (HIPAA, FERPA, SOC 2, FINRA)

This makes sure that the secure-by-design foundation is backed up by secure deployment.

2. Development Phase: Automated Security Testing and Controls for Implementing Epis Technology

Synology uses tools that work automatically, such as:

SAST (Testing the Security of Static Applications)
DAST stands for Dynamic Application Security Testing.

These tools find insecure code and vulnerabilities long before the software is released.

How Epis Technology helps your environment:
We make sure that your deployed systems stay at this high level of security with:

Confirmed installation of firmware and DSM
Policies for safe updates and patch management
Synology NAS, Active Backup, C2, and Surveillance Station hardening guidelines
Ongoing checks for security holes and configuration drift

Your system stays safe for a long time after you install it.

3. The verification phase includes Red Team Testing and Epis Technology Penetration Hardening.

Before Synology products are sent to customers, they are tested by the company’s internal Red Team, which is made up of ethical hackers who know how to take advantage of weaknesses from the point of view of an attacker. In just six months, the team found 21% of all bugs, which kept them from being used in the real world.

Synology also works with the global security community in the following ways:

Programs that pay people to find bugs
Pwn2Own events
TienFu Cup
Researchers on external penetration

How Epis Technology makes this layer stronger:
We use enterprise configuration and security hardening on Synology systems, which include:

Identity and access controls (2FA, FIDO2, and SSO integration)
IP allowlists and secure firewall rules
Backup isolation for multiple sites
Backup settings that can’t be changed
Features that help protect against ransomware (Snapshot Replication, WORM storage, ActiveProtect)

Epis Technology takes Synology’s strict testing and applies it to real-world business use.

4. Release Phase: The best 24-hour patch response in the business, plus Epis Technology Patch Governance

The Blue Team at Synology keeps an eye on threat intelligence feeds and looks for possible weaknesses. When a serious security hole is found:

The first assessment happens within eight hours.
Patches are sent out within 24 hours, which is much faster than the industry average of 60 days.
After a patch is released, Synology sends out security advisories and instructions on how to update.

Epis Technology protects your infrastructure in the following ways:

Automatic scheduling of patches for DSM, apps, and services
Check for compatibility before rollout
Planning for rollback in environments that are critical to the mission
Checking and watching after the patch
Help with emergency updates 24 hours a day, seven days a week

This makes sure that your systems get patches quickly and without any problems.

Epis Technology and Synology SBOM Transparency Help Keep MTTR Low

Synology keeps a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) with more than 1,600 open-source parts that are used in DSM. This makes it easy to find components that are affected by CVEs and cuts the average time it takes to fix them by half.

Epis Technology makes MTTR reduction even stronger by:

Information about system health in real time
Rules for checking backups
Monitoring and alerting that happens automatically
Controls for a zero-trust network
Ongoing assessments of vulnerabilities

This combined approach makes businesses stronger than ever.

A Shared Security Responsibility Made Stronger by Epis Technology

Even the strongest infrastructure requires ongoing maintenance and a strategic security posture. Synology embeds security into every layer of development—but Epis Technology ensures your deployment, configuration, backup, monitoring, and recovery environments are equally secure.

Our teams provide:

Enterprise Synology deployment
Ransomware-resilient backup architectures
Google Workspace & Microsoft 365 backup solutions
Large-scale storage architecture design
Immutable backup storage
Full disaster recovery planning
Continuous system monitoring and optimization

Together, Synology’s secure development and Epis Technology’s enterprise implementation help protect your organization from software vulnerabilities, operational disruptions, and cybersecurity threats.

About Epis Technology

Epis Technology specializes in enterprise IT infrastructure, Synology consulting, hybrid cloud backup, business continuity, and large-scale storage deployments. We help organizations reduce risk, improve performance, and secure critical data through Synology-backed solutions, including Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace backups, fully managed PC backups, ActiveProtect configurations, and advanced Synology support.