Immediately following the outbreak of COVID-19, cyber attacks swept across the Middle East, leaving public and private entities highly vulnerable and transforming the pandemic into both a physical and a digital threat. Despite worldwide physical isolation, many people were more digitally connected than ever before, which vastly expanded the attack surface for eager cyber threat actors. Ransomware attacks, in particular, hit the Middle East rapidly and in great numbers, especially the UAE.
Joe Biden’s executive order on cyber-security largely applies to federal agencies. But its core message that the public and private sectors must collectively defend against increasingly malicious ransomware attacks should not be lost on companies.
Joe Biden’s executive order on cyber-security largely applies to federal agencies. But its core message that the public and private sectors must collectively defend against increasingly malicious ransomware attacks should not be lost on companies.