Qnap Extends Security Updates for EOL Products

Qnap Systems, Inc. extended the end date of ‘Technical Support and Security Updates’ for some End of Life (EOL) models, helping users to defend against evolving security threats and allowing users to have more time to implement device upgrades.

EOL models may lack computational capabilities, be short on operational memory, be unable to receive up-to-date component drivers, or possess other technical constraints or deprecated technology. Due to these reasons, the company normally maintains security updates for four years after a product passes its EOL date. As a special effort to help users protect their devices from today’s security threats, Qnap has extended security updates for some EOL models till October 2022.

Extended end date of technical support and security updates applies as below:

The support for EOL models will be limited to high or critical security updates until the end of ‘Technical Support and Security Updates’ date. For users to protect data from security threats growing along with the technology, the company recommends that users do not connect the EOL device to the internet while following the advice in ‘What is the best practice for enhancing NAS security?’.

See the end date on the ‘Technical Support and Security Updates’ column for each EOL model.