Cybersecurity

Zoom security: Your meetings will be safe and secure if you do these 10 things

We've covered the basics and some useful tips for experienced users in a guide here. To maintain the security of your next meeting, our recommendations are below:

1. PASSWORD PROTECT YOUR MEETINGS

The simplest way to prevent unwanted attendees and hijacking is to set a password for your meeting. Passwords can be set at the individual meeting, user, group, or account level for all sessions. In order to do so, first sign in with your account at the Zoom web portal. If you want to set up a password at the individual meeting level, head straight over to the "Settings" tab and enable "Require a password when scheduling new meetings", which will ensure a password will be generated when a meeting is scheduled. All participants require the password to join the meeting. Subscription holders can also choose to go into "Group Management" to require that everyone follows the same password practices. 

2. AUTHENTICATE USERS

When creating a new event, you should choose to only allow signed-in users to participate. 

3. JOIN BEFORE HOST

Do not allow others to join a meeting before you, as the host, have arrived. You can enforce this setting for a group under "Account Settings." 

4. LOCK DOWN YOUR MEETING

Once a session has begun, head over to the "Manage Participants" tab, click "More," and choose to "lock" your meeting as soon as every expected participant has arrived. This will prevent others from joining even if meeting IDs or access details have been leaked....