A better way to protect data stored on Synology NAS

For many businesses and MSPs, Synology is not just “a NAS box.” It is where shared files live, branch office data accumulates, backups land and teams expect fast local access to critical information. Synology itself positions its portfolio squarely around NAS and data protection for business use, and its Package Center supports both Synology-developed and third-party applications.

That matters because data on NAS devices represents operational data. File shares, project folders, departmental repositories, archived records and backup copies are all high-value targets. Synology’s own backup guidance makes the point clearly: local copies alone are not enough, and off-site protection remains essential to reduce exposure to theft, disaster and single points of failure.

This is exactly why Acronis matters for Synology environments.

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is built for organizations that do not want to treat NAS protection as a side task. Acronis offers unified cyber protection solutions that combine backup and recovery with security capabilities, flexible storage options and centralized management across physical, virtual, cloud and other workloads. For IT teams and MSPs, that means Synology protection can fit into the same operational model used to protect endpoints, servers, virtual machines and cloud data.

Acronis has now extended that story with a simpler deployment path: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is now available through Synology’s Package Center, making it easier for customers and partners to deploy NAS agents directly from the Synology environment. Synology’s Package Center. Synology’s Package Center is the standard mechanism for installing third-party applications, and Acronis now announces Synology agent availability in Package Center, including SPK-based delivery for Synology DSM environments.

For MSPs, this is more than a packaging update. It reduces friction. Faster agent deployment means faster onboarding, more consistent rollouts across customer environments, and less time spent on manual setup. For internal IT teams, it means Synology protection can be operationalized in a way that aligns better with existing NAS administration processes.

Synology is popular because it is practical. It is widely used as primary shared storage, secondary storage, and backup repository infrastructure across small and midsize businesses and distributed environments. Synology has said its systems are deployed at tens of thousands of companies worldwide, including nearly half of Fortune 500 companies, for business-critical data and backups.

That popularity also makes NAS data strategically important. If a business loses access to a Synology system, the impact is not limited to one application or one team. It can affect shared files, restore points, archived data, and core workflows. Protecting NAS data therefore needs more than “a copy somewhere.” It needs recoverability, policy control and integration with the rest of the protection stack.

The Acronis agent for Synology NAS brings backup and restore for Synology NAS data, preservation of ACLs and NAS-specific share permissions during recovery, and off-host data processing designed to improve performance. Acronis also documents support for Synology DSM 7.x through its newer agent approach.

That is an important distinction. In production environments, recovery quality matters as much as backup success. Recovering data without the right permissions or share settings can create delays, access issues and cleanup work during an incident. Acronis is designed to recover not only the files, but the usable context around those files.

For MSPs, the value goes beyond Synology alone. Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is built around service delivery efficiency: a single console, modular services, and vendor consolidation across backup, disaster recovery, security and management. That gives providers a way to protect NAS alongside endpoints, servers and cloud workloads without forcing customers into separate point products for each data source.

For corporate IT, the same model reduces fragmentation. Acronis supports multiple storage targets and deployment models while combining backup with features such as immutable backup, continuous data protection, anti-malware scanning of backups and safe recovery. In other words, Synology protection becomes part of a broader resilience strategy, not a silo.

A business does not run on NAS alone. It runs on endpoints, VMs, cloud services, branch servers, SaaS data and the shared storage that ties them together. That is why the best Synology backup story is not a NAS-only story. It is a platform story.

Acronis is well positioned here because it protects across data sources with one architecture and one operational model. Synology NAS is part of that estate, not an exception to it. The result is simpler policy management, more consistent recovery processes and fewer blind spots between infrastructure teams, security teams and service providers.

Synology remains one of the most widely used NAS choices in business because it is flexible, accessible, and well suited to real operational workloads. But popular storage is still vulnerable storage if it is not properly protected. The data on NAS devices is too important to leave with limited recovery options or disconnected tooling.

With Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud now easier to deploy through the Synology Package Center, customers and partners have a more direct way to bring enterprise-grade cyber protection to Synology environments. And because Acronis protects more than NAS, it gives IT teams and MSPs a stronger answer for the full data estate, from endpoints and servers to cloud workloads and shared storage.