Now is the time to move past traditional 3-2-1 back-ups
Florian Malecki · Network Security · 2021
Strangely enough, we have a professional photographer to thank for the 3-2-1 back-up strategy that many organisations around the world employ today. Peter Krogh originally shared the concept in his 2009 book, The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers . 1 This back-up strategy has helped to prevent data losses for an untold number of organisations. However, in the world of digital, 11 years is a very long time and, arguably, the strategy is now ripe for an update, particularly in the face of the ongoing and growing scourge of ransomware attacks.