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)

Wherever cyberattacks loom like an ever-present threat, achieving data resilience has become crucial for modern enterprises.It’s important for organizations to prioritize and understand the significance of data resilience, according to Del Hoobler (pictured), principal storage software advanced technology specialist at IBM Corp.“It’s different nowadays — there’s a serious threat against us,” Hoobler said. “These guys are after our data. And to be data resilient, you have to keep the bad guys out, but you have to assume they’ll get in. So, you have to put your perimeter defenses up, but you need to make sure your copies of data are secure and cannot be messed with