The COVID-19 pandemic forced the world to lock themselves inside, leading organizations to embrace the remote working arrangement. As a result, several security measures were neglected, and cyber-attackers found a brilliant new way to exploit system vulnerabilities.
In just two months after the pandemic struck, Saudi Arabia saw over 7 million attacks. The gateway to these attacks was primarily remote desktops and the protocols that employees used to access their resources, increasing the need for a more robust cybersecurity posture.