Zoom offers a more secure environment in the new update of its video conferencing platform

The version 5.0 incorporates support for AES encryption 256 GCM bits and security functions, previously accessed through meeting menus, They are now grouped in the security icon, in the meeting menu bar in the hosts interface.

Zoom Video Communications has faced the security and privacy challenges of its platform with the implementation of a plan 90 that seeks to identify, proactively address and improve these challenges.

The result of this strategy is the version 5.0 of its Zoom video conferencing platform to which support for AES encryption has been added. 256 GCM bits in order to provide a more secure environment. This provides guarantees of confidentiality and integrity in the meeting, Zoom Phone Video and Data Webinar.

Starting from a holistic vision of the privacy of its users and the security of the platform, everything is undergoing rigorous analysis. An electric back-end, AES encryption 256 GCM bits will raise the bar for protecting data in transit.

On the front end, A security icon is now available in the meeting menu bar in a combination of security features, existing and new that are now front and center for meeting hosts. With millions of new users, This offers the certainty of having instant access to important security controls in your meetings.

At the network level, data routing control has also been incorporated. The account administrator can choose which data center regions their account-hosted meetings and webinars use for real-time traffic at the account level, group or user.

The version 5.0 It also incorporates new functionalities that simplify its handling and reinforce its security..

Zoom security features, previously accessed through meeting menus, They are now grouped together and found by clicking the security icon in the meeting menu bar in the hosts interface.

Hosts will be able to “Report a user” to Zoom via the security icon. They can also disable participants' ability to change their name. For education clients, screen sharing now only defaults to the host.

Waiting room, an existing feature that allows a host to keep participants in individual virtual waiting rooms before they are admitted to a meeting, now enabled by default for education Pro accounts, basic and single license. All hosts can now also activate the waiting room while their meeting is already in progress.

Meeting passwords, a Zoom feature that already existed, are now enabled by default for most clients, including all Basic clients, Single License Pro and K-12.

For managed accounts, Administrators have the ability to define password complexity (like the length, alphanumeric and special character requirements). Besides, Zoom Phone administrators can adjust the length of the pin needed to access voicemail.

Passwords are now set by default for everyone accessing cloud recordings other than the meeting host and require a complex password.

Zoom 5.0 supports new data structure for larger organizations, allowing you to link contacts across multiple accounts so people can search and find meetings, chats and telephone contacts easily and securely.

Business and education administrators can see how their meetings connect to Zoom data centers in their Zoom dashboard. This includes all data centers connected to HTTP tunnel servers, as well as conference room connectors and gateways.

Users can now opt out of having their Zoom Chat notifications show a snippet of their chat; new non-PMI meetings now have meeting IDs 11 digits for greater complexity; and during a meeting, The Meeting ID and Invite option have been moved from the main Zoom interface to the Participants menu, making it difficult for a user to accidentally share their meeting ID.