Cybersecurity Awareness Month will soon draw to a close, ending the 20th iteration of the event at a time when cybersecurity risks have never been higher. A July report from IBM Security found that the global average data breach cost increased to $4.45 million, up 15% over the last three years.The landscape and the attack surface from a data perspective are huge these days. That’s especially true given the ransomware and other cyber threats occurring right now, according to theCUBE industry analyst Rob Strechay (pictured, right)

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the United States and elsewhere, coming at a point in time in which there has been no shortage of high-profile hacks, such as the ransomware attack that crippled services at MGM Resorts International Inc. It’s a big challenge for organizations and industry leaders.One of the primary targets for bad actors is data. That’s one of the focuses for Ram Parasuraman (pictured), executive director of IBM Corp.“What does it take to deliver end-to-end data resiliency? We heard this quite a bit. But what does that entail, and how can we bring it to market?” Parasuraman said. “That’s my primary responsibility