Synology WriteOnce (WORM) White Paper
Introduction
Ensuring the safety of crucial information against unforeseen disasters, unauthorized access, and compliance risks is essential in today's digital landscape, regardless of the storage device or system you're using. This is where WORM technologies may prove useful.
WORM (Write Once, Read Many) is a data storage technology that allows data to be written to a storage device only once and prevents it from being wiped or changed. Any data stored on a WORM-compliant device is immutable, meaning that after the data is written to storage, changes can no longer be made to it. This plays a key role when it comes to addressing data security and compliance requirements, as well as protecting against ransomware and other attacks.
Why implement WORM technology?
There are a number of reasons why organizations implement WORM data storage, including:
- Additional security: WORM serves as an additional layer of protection, shielding valuable assets like intellectual property and trade secrets from unauthorized access and potential data breaches.
- Regulatory compliance: WORM ensures compliance in industries like finance and healthcare, where immutable data storage is mandated for enhanced security and privacy.
- Active file protection: WORM acts as a robust defense against unauthorized alterations or accidental changes to critical business documents, ensuring that only authorized personnel can access and modify files.
- Archive integrity: WORM preserves the integrity of important historical documents and records, safeguarding them from any modifications while stored.
WriteOnce: Synology's WORM solution
To address the evolving needs of businesses for robust WORM data storage, Synology presents WriteOnce, a WORM-based solution for Synology NAS designed to ensure the permanence and integrity of essential files. With this feature, you have the power to configure files on your NAS with WORM functionality, essentially locking them once they are written, and preventing any future alterations or deletions.
By embracing Synology WriteOnce, businesses can gain the confidence to fortify their data against unauthorized access, accidental alterations, and compliance risks, guaranteeing that critical information remains invulnerable to tampering. Whether you're safeguarding sensitive financial records, confidential customer data, or invaluable intellectual property, WriteOnce offers a solution to keep your data secure.
This document introduces some of WriteOnce's features, explains how they work, as well as outlines different implementation strategies and integrated services.
To see if your device is supported, refer to which NAS models support WriteOnce and immutable snapshots.
For tutorials and other information on WriteOnce, refer to Synology's Knowledge Center.