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Google Steps Up Meet Security, Prohibits Anonymous Users from Joining meetings

Google Meet, popular among educators, is rolling out a feature that will prevent users without a Google account from joining meetings.

July 17, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

This spring, when the world was just getting familiar with videoconferencing platforms, security quickly became a big issue. Unauthorized users were gaining access to video calls and disrupting meetings, conferences, and classes. With children involved, security for the educational use of videoconferencing became very important. Many school districts banned the use of Zoom because of […]

Webex Unveils Virtual Background, Blur

Webex hopes to catch up with Zoom, Teams with a virtual background and blur feature to help limit distractions and maintain privacy during video meetings.

July 13, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Most videoconferencing providers like Zoom and Microsoft Teams already allow users to choose a virtual background to keep focus on themselves and now their messy home offices. However, one of the earliest videoconferencing applications, Webex, hasn’t offered that feature until now. Last week, Cisco announced Webex users can choose a preset virtual background or blur […]

Cyberseucirty Firm Discloses Zero-Day Vulnerability in Zoom

Zoom is working on a patch for a zero-day vulnerability disclosed by a security firm just days after the conclusion of a 90-day non-security feature freeze.

July 9, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Zoom is reportedly working on a patch for a zero-day vulnerability that was disclosed Thursday by a cybersecurity firm. The vulnerability, detected by ACROS Security, affects users running Zoom Client for Windows on older versions of Windows, specifically Windows 7 and older. Microsoft ended support for Windows 7 in January, but there are still many […]

Zoom CEO Issues Report on End of 90-Day Security Plan

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan issued a lengthy report on the company's 90-day security plan, including how it will respond to data requests from government.

July 7, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Zoom has completed its 90-day plan to address security and transparency issues and is now planning to issue a transparency report that details requests for information and create a framework for how the company responds to requests from governments. In a blog post last week, CEO Eric Yuan detailed the dozens of security and transparency […]

Redrock Biometrics Releases PalmID Agent in Apple App Store

Redrock Biometrics developed the PalmID Agent app as a front-end component of PalmID Identity Provider to deliver a passwordless sign-in.

July 2, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Redrock Biometrics, a provider of palm-print based biometrics for authentication and identification, announces it has released PalmID Agent software in the Apple App Store as the final step in its integration with the Microsoft Active Directory platform. Redrock Biometrics developed the app as a front-end component of PalmID Identity Provider to deliver a passwordless sign-in experience for online users. As the user is challenged for their palm on their phone, the access […]

With E-Learning Platforms, School Districts are Building the Foundation for Better Outcomes

A broad overview of how e-learning platforms are changing school districts and helping to achieve better educational outcomes.

July 2, 2020 Jeremy Dolby Leave a Comment

When Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker ordered schools closed throughout the state in response to the coronavirus pandemic, sending home millions of students to learn remotely, Cicero School District 99 was ready. The K-8 district of 14,000 students, southwest of Chicago, was already five years into its mission, driven by Superintendent Rudy Hernandez, of changing the […]

Zoom Hires Former Salesforce, Microsoft Security Exec as CISO

Zoom has hired a former Salesforce and Microsoft security expert as its CISO as the company narrows in on the end of a 90-day security improvement plan.

June 26, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Videoconferencing platform Zoom has hired a former Salesforce and Microsoft security expert as its chief information security officer as the company narrows in on the end of a 90-day security improvement plan. Zoom earlier this week announced the hire of Jason Lee, most recently the senior vice president of security operations at Salesforce. Lee, with […]

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 88: Zoom’s Response to COVID-19, Security Issues

Laura Padilla, head of global business development for videoconferencing platform Zoom, joins the podcast to talk about the company's security plans.

June 19, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Laura Padilla, head of global business development for videoconferencing platform Zoom, joins the podcast to talk about the company’s security plans.

Zoom Reverses Course, Will Offer E2E Encryption to Free Users

Zoom reversed course Wednesday, saying that users with free accounts will receiving end-to-end encryption once the enhanced security feature is released.

June 17, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Zoom reversed course Wednesday, saying that users with free accounts will receiving end-to-end encryption once the enhanced security feature is released. In a blog post, CEO Eric Yuan gave an update on the company’s security and encryption plans that apparently now include end-to-end encryption for free users after recently saying only paid users will have […]

Lifesize Brings Alexa for Business to Meeting Rooms for Hands-Free Conferencing

Lifesize's new integration with Alexa for Business is a play designed to help organizations use conference rooms after the coronavirus-induced lockdown.

June 9, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Video and audio communications solution provider Lifesize has announced a new native integration with Alexa for Business, bringing Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) intelligent assistant to the conference room in a play designed to help offices reopen with hands-free technology after the coronavirus-induced lockdown. The integration – which Lifesize says is an industry first – brings a […]