Zoom Cloud Meeting version 5.0 details

After the strong wave of downloads and the increase in the number of users, Zoom Cloud Meeting received a hard blow for having security flaws that protect the personal data of the plaintiffs of the platform. Although the company justified that it was due to its massive use due to the pandemic, the number of people affected was too great.
The platform took severe measures to deal with all of this as it set itself a maximum of 90 days to solve all the problems and regain the trust of the users. He also announced that he was not going to add new functions in this period and thus dedicate himself fully to solving security problems. As a result of the measure, the Zoom Cloud Meeting update arrives.

Secure and encrypted meetings

Among the latest news about Zoom Cloud Meeting and its new content we find that the platform developed a new system to protect user connections. It will be enabled on May 30, 2020 and will be through a 256-bit GCM AES encryption system, which translates into greater resistance to manipulation and additional protection. The GCM (Galois Counter Mode) is a more renewed alternative to the ECB. This system guarantees the integrity of the account data and greater security.
The new way of protection in Zoom Cloud Meeting will be available to all users and will be enabled when a shield is displayed in the call window that will be shown in green. This improved encryption will also provide us with the option of having a Statistics page and being able to know additional details of the tool. Zoom users with versions prior to 5.0 will no longer be able to use the services, as from the appointed day, encryption will begin to work in all meetings.

Version 5.0 and security in our meetings

This new version of Zoom Cloud Meeting forces users and IT administrators to take certain actions before May 30. Some of the updates that we will have are:

• New functions within meetings, having more security and administration in their menu, enabling waiting rooms by default. Hosts are kept in individual waiting rooms before accepting their meeting entrance. Zoom recommends that all customers always have this option enabled.
• Once all participants enter the connection, the call can be blocked to avoid interruptions from other users.
• The host may expel participants who will not be able to join the meeting again.
• A user can be reported within Zoom with the new security icon in the lower toolbar. Within the trust and security team they will analyze all the data to take the appropriate measures.
• The platform has created watermarks to keep our privacy and be detailed if at any time our videoconference was recorded by any means.
• New options with which you can decide whether to leave or end the meeting. In the event that the host decides to leave the meeting room, you can choose another host to grant the call administration privileges.

Additional security

Any improvement in the protection of users of the popular video calling application is probably not enough for users who have suffered the previous attacks due to the errors that left them unprotected. However Zoom is at the foot of the canyon and developed quite quickly new tools that allow us to have control over our privacy. Some of them are:

• Increase in the length of passwords, which improves their quality and makes it more difficult for them to be taken by external users.
• Protected cloud recordings. Hosts and users have the option to set an expiration date for content they share through the cloud.
• You can restrict the option to display the profile picture of users in a meeting.

The latest news around the security flaws of Zoom Cloud Meeting and the measures taken through the new version of the application, make it clear that the platform is here to stay and battle its competitors in terms of connections and calls. To be successful you must work the same way you did in your last update.