The new normal as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic which has forced people from all over the world to embrace remote working has seen billions of people working from home, which means video conferencing apps have exploded in popularity. At the forefront is the service Zoom. However, with Zoom’s explosive popularity came a series of highly publicized security issues. According to Gabe Goldhirsh, Vice President, MEA at digital risk protection company, ZeroFOX, Zoom administrators are responsible for establishing security parameters that affect internal employees as well as any external parties that may join the organization’s Zoom meetings. To keep hackers off your Zoom meetings, Goldhirsh suggests the following five steps to take:
Enable password requirements for all remote meetings whenever possible within the tool. Password enforcement at the administrative level is a primary requirement for risk mitigation and protection of the business.
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Do NOT allow proactive entry of a meeting by participants.
Use Administrator locks at an organization level to prevent user changes.
Utilize notification capabilities within the app for your organization to proactively identify potential malicious activity.
Require user authentication when utilizing Web clients and allowing users to join meetings from outside the application.
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The future of meetings and virtual group hangouts going in 2021
Despite progress toward pandemic control, Goldhirsh believes remote work is here to stay. Most likely, organisations will adopt hybrid work models (some time spent remote, some time in office) that will challenge security teams to ‘control’ the fluid work environment. This will further increase cloud/SaaS adoption, allowing attackers to have near equal access to employees, customers and stakeholders.
Kelechi Deca
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