INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
As part of its 90-day plan to enhance the security and privacy capabilities of its platform, Zoom has announced a number of new security
enhancements as well as the general availability of Zoom 5.0.The biggest of which is the addition of support for AES 256-bit GCM encryption
which will provide increased protection for meeting data and resistance against Zoom-bombing and other forms of tampering.CPO of Zoom, Oded
From our network to our feature set to our user experience, everything is being put through rigorous scrutiny
This takes our security features, existing and new, and puts them front and center for our meeting hosts
made it much easier for users to access its security features which were previously spread throughout its meeting menus
Now they are all grouped together and found by clicking the Security icon in the meeting menu bar on the host's interface.Hosts now have
more control over the meetings and can report users to Zoom through the Security icon as well
They can even disable the ability for participants to rename themselves and for education customers, screen sharing now defaults to the host
only.Zoom's existing virtual waiting room feature is now on by default for all education, Basic and single-Pro accounts
Hosts can also turn on the waiting room while their meeting is already in progress to allow participants to take breaks.Meeting passwords
have also been turned on by default for most customers while for administered accounts, account admins now have the ability to define
password complexity for additional security
Accessing cloud recordings will also now require a complex password though meeting hosts can access them without one.Zoom's recent surge
in popularity did reveal some of the platform's privacy and security issues but CEO Eric S
Yuan and the rest of the company have certainly taken the necessary steps to rectify them.
