Zoom is a videotelephony and online chat services through a cloud-based peer-to-peer software platform and is used for teleconferencing, telecommuting, distance education, and social relations. With most of the country working from home and using Zoom as well as other cloud-based communications there has been an uptick in hacking stories. So, what are we to do? Let’s look at a few ways we can practice Zoom Safety. At designDATA we believe the following best practices will help:
- Create separate passwords for each virtual meeting;
- Establish a Zoom waiting room for meeting participants
- Lockdown the meeting once everyone invited to attend has joined
- Do not publicly post-meeting links on social media or any other public forum
