BELLEVUE, Wash—Jan. 28, 2022—Synology® Inc., a leader in data storage and backup, announces today the importance of safeguarding your personal data by celebrating Data Privacy Day. With more than 4.66 billion people in the world who are active internet users, Data Privacy Day seeks to raise awareness and promote best practices for privacy and data protection.
So far in 2021, 6.3 million data breaches were sent to Washingtonians according to the AG's office in Olympia1. Nationally, businesses are hacked every 11 seconds in this country. In addition, more than four-fifths of data breaches (86%) occurred in 2021 were financially motivated2.
Synology recommends three crucial steps users should do to protect vital data:
The exclusive DiskStation Manager, offered only in Synology NAS', allows users to keep a good overview of their data encryptions and exports. Admins can easily monitor data and user's settings from a central consul, ensuring that a businesses' data is safe without taking up a lot of their time.
Learn more about Data Privacy Day, DiskStation Manager and encrypting files and other folders to keep vital data safe and secure.
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1. Washington Attorney General's Office-Dec. 20, 2021
2. Cobalt – April 2021