{"id":36425,"date":"2020-07-02T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2630991"},"modified":"2020-07-02T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T13:00:00","slug":"zoom-ceo-sets-out-whats-next-for-privacy-and-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/02\/zoom-ceo-sets-out-whats-next-for-privacy-and-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoom CEO sets out what\u2019s next for privacy and security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3998-ICN.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<header>\n<div class=\"byline-social\">\n<p class=\"strapline\">In the past 90 days Zoom has enhanced its bug bounty program, conducted penetration tests and more<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"box less-space\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" block-image-ads hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/4Ko3MCwnkAXVCPPerUcsW9-320-80.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/4Ko3MCwnkAXVCPPerUcsW9.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/4Ko3MCwnkAXVCPPerUcsW9.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Shutterstock \/ soul_studio)<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\" class=\"text-copy bodyCopy auto\">\n<p>During the early stages of the pandemic,&nbsp;<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/best\/best-video-conferencing-software\" data-component-tracked=\"1\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"1041629006313473300\">video conferencing software<\/a>&nbsp;saw record downloads though no company experienced the massive growth and influx of new users that&nbsp;<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/what-is-zoom-how-does-it-work-tips-and-tricks-plus-best-alternatives\" data-component-tracked=\"1\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"1416393140045671700\">Zoom<\/a>&nbsp;did.<\/p>\n<p>The sudden and increased demand on the company&#8217;s systems was unlike anything most companies have ever experienced which is why Zoom&nbsp;<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/zoom-picks-oracle-cloud-to-help-meet-surge-in-demand\" data-component-tracked=\"1\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"6088114567850455000\">turned to Oracle Cloud<\/a>&nbsp;in addition to AWS to help meet this surge in demand. However, privacy and security concerns still remained which is why the company&#8217;s CEO Eric S. Yuan announced a&nbsp;<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/zoom-could-be-stealing-your-windows-password-hacking-your-webcam\" data-component-tracked=\"1\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"9233852827948956000\">90-day freeze<\/a>&nbsp;on all new features not related to privacy, safety or security.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-widget\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" data-widget-id=\"1023931444303347000\" data-result=\"missing\"><\/aside>\n<p>Zoom&#8217;s 90-day program has come to an end and today, Yuan released a new&nbsp;<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.zoom.us\/ceo-report-90-days-done-whats-next-for-zoom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-original-href=\"https:\/\/blog.zoom.us\/ceo-report-90-days-done-whats-next-for-zoom\/\" data-component-tracked=\"1\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"8633335532983556000\">blog post<\/a>&nbsp;in which he reflected on the changes and improvements the company made during that time to improve the privacy and security of its video conferencing platform.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zoom is&nbsp;<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/zoom-is-finally-bringing-this-great-feature-to-all-users\" data-component-tracked=\"1\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"8271490682833763000\">finally bringing this great feature to all users<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/billions-will-be-spent-on-video-conferencing-in-2020\" data-component-tracked=\"1\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"1374719961978834000\">Billions will be spent on video conferencing<\/a>&nbsp;in 2020<\/li>\n<li>Google Meet update&nbsp;<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/google-meet-update-is-finally-catching-up-to-zoom-microsoft-teams\" data-component-tracked=\"1\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"1342422365891991800\">finally catches up with Zoom, Microsoft Teams<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These changes include conducting a comprehensive review of its systems with third-party experts, preparing a transparency report, enhancing its bug bounty program, launching a CISO council, conducting white box penetration tests and hosting a weekly webinar to provide privacy and security updates to its community.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"security-and-privacy-review\">Security and privacy review<\/h2>\n<p>During its 90-day program, Zoom worked with a group of third-party experts to review and make enhancements to its products, practices and policies. The company also launched a&nbsp;<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/the-digital-transformation-of-the-ciso-from-backroom-to-boardroom\" data-component-tracked=\"1\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"7377837738480733000\">CISO<\/a>&nbsp;council composed of 36 CISOs from SentinelOne, Arizona State University, HSBC, Sanofi and other organizations. The CISO council has met four times over the past three months and advised Zoom on a number of important matters including regional data center selection, encryption, meeting authentication and features such as Report a User, Passwords and Waiting Rooms.<\/p>\n<p>Zoom also worked to enhance its current&nbsp;<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/playstation-announces-bug-bounty-program\" data-component-tracked=\"1\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"5682226580979969000\">bug bounty program<\/a>&nbsp;by developing a Central Bug Repository that aggregates vulnerability reports from HackerOne, Bugcrowd and security@zoom.us. The company also hired a Head of Vulnerability and Bug Bounty, several additional appsec engineers and it is in the process of hiring more security engineers.<\/p>\n<p>Zoom asked multiple firms including Trail of Bits, NCC Group and Bishop Fox to review its entire platform. These organizations looked at Zoom&#8217;s production environment, its core web application and corporate network and its public API for its mobile and desktop clients.<\/p>\n<p>While the 90-day feature freeze may be over for Zoom, privacy and security are ongoing priorities for the company according to Yuan and the steps it has taken could serve as a guideline for any organization looking to improve the privacy and security of its platform.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/best\/best-video-conferencing-software\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/best\/best-video-conferencing-software<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Anthony Spadafora <\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Anthony Spadafora <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3998-ICN.png\" alt=\"\">In the past 90 days Zoom has enhanced its bug bounty program, conducted penetration tests and more (Image credit: Shutterstock \/ soul_studio) During the early stages of the pandemic,&nbsp;video conferencing software&nbsp;saw record downloads though no company experienced the massive growth and influx of new users that&nbsp;Zoom&nbsp;did. The sudden and increased demand on the company&rsquo;s systems &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/02\/zoom-ceo-sets-out-whats-next-for-privacy-and-security\/\">Continue reading <span>Zoom CEO sets out what&rsquo;s next for privacy and security<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/02\/zoom-ceo-sets-out-whats-next-for-privacy-and-security\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zoom CEO sets out what\u2019s next for privacy and security - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/02\/zoom-ceo-sets-out-whats-next-for-privacy-and-security\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zoom CEO sets out what\u2019s next for privacy and security - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the past 90 days Zoom has enhanced its bug bounty program, conducted penetration tests and more (Image credit: Shutterstock \/ soul_studio) During the early stages of the pandemic,&nbsp;video conferencing software&nbsp;saw record downloads though no company experienced the massive growth and influx of new users that&nbsp;Zoom&nbsp;did. 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