Apr 6, 2020
Welcome,
Good Monday morning, everybody. Craig Peterson here. I was on with Jack Heath this morning. We discussed video conferencing and the problems with the Zoom platform. We also talked about Zoom bombing and how you can prevent it if you insist on using the Zoom platform. I do recommend the WebEx teams platform because it is currently the only one that meets the security required by these regulatory standards for businesses. Here we go with Jack.
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Craig
But if you want to stop these Zoom bombs, there's a couple of
things to do. First of all, every Zoom meeting has this nine-digit
meeting ID. So number one, don't post that up online. Don't share
that everywhere.
Craig
Hey, good morning, Craig Peterson here with Jack Heath this
morning. I went through the productivity and collaboration tools
that you should and those you should not use. You know, my opinions
about Zoom, I'll even tell you some of the things you can do to
help secure it. So here we go with Jack.
Jack
Welcome, Craig Peterson of Tech Talk. Craig, if you're on Zoom and
doing some of these other things that people are looking into, how
can we avoid that?
Craig
Yeah, there's a lot of people that started using Zoom. It's been
around for a while. A video conferencing platform that allows you
to get many people together to talk in separate offices. I've been
using it off and on fact, and used it for some of the FBI InfraGard
training that I did for years. It is the default chat platform, and
what you're talking about is something that's become known as Zoom
bombing. It is where someone joins in on your Zoom meeting that you
did not invite. Schools that have been using Zoom have seen people
get in and shout profanities at the teacher and then drop off. Some
of the meetings have had pornography dropped into the middle of
them. There are some things you can do to stop that. But first, you
must understand that you should never, ever use Zoom for any
meeting where you are discussing confidential information. It is
illegal under most Federal regulations or for any regulated
industry. So keep that in mind. If you want to stop these Zoom
bombs, there's a couple of things to do. First of all, every Zoom
meeting has this nine-digit meeting ID. So number one, don't post
that up online, don't share that everywhere. And Zoom does have an
option to generate a new random meeting number for every meeting.
So check that out as well make sure you use a random meeting
number, never use the standard meeting number that you use for your
private room. Then the next thing you want to do is turn on the
waiting room option so that people can't just join in before you
show up and then sit there and lurk, which can be a bit of a
problem. And then you're going to want to set a password on the
meeting as well so that people need the meeting number they need
the password to make sure that they are And hopefully authorized to
be there at the conference. And then you can also if you want to
lock it down once your session started and people have joined, you
can click on lock meeting. Now, remember there are recordings of
these meetings. If you're downloading your chat log is going to
include private chat that you had in that particular Zoom meeting.
So you might not want to share that log with everybody out there.
And if you are looking for more security or even more simplicity,
consider FaceTime, which comes with all of your Apple's iPhones,
etc. There, they now have group chats of up to 32 people with end
to end encryption, which by the way, Zoom does not have and then
the best option for online meetings that are needed to be secure.
And this is according to wired. And although I do sell WebEx, it is
WebEx and Cisco. It's a group calling tool. It gives you video
calls for up to 100 people for the lower end, aside and all up to
10,000. So there you go. Those are the basic Oh, and one more.
Google has something called duo. And that will give you a group
chat of up to 10 people. So FaceTime, if I were putting together ad
hoc meetings afterward, I would use the Zoom use random meeting IDs
set passwords. What about and don't let?
Jack
Go ahead? No, Craig, what about what about Microsoft Teams?
Craig
Microsoft Teams is something some people have been using a lot of
schools have moved away from Zoom because of the problems. And
we've been helping some schools with the WebEx teams. Microsoft has
it's a relatively new product, called Teams. I know schools and
other organizations that have moved to it. The advantage to one of
these teams platforms over something like the Zoom is that But it
gives you a collaboration tool as well. So you can have those
meetings have face to face meetings. You can share files, and you
can have conversations, you can have multiple spaces or team rooms.
Again, WebEx is the only one certified for secure communications.
But Microsoft Teams and WebEx teams are both excellent
platforms.
Jack
Alright, Craig Peterson, excellent, excellent stuff this morning.
Craig Peterson with an "ON" dot com for more. Thank you, Craig.
Take care. Hey, w
Craig
Hey, we are going to be starting up again this week. For those of
you who have already been attending some of my little video
conferences, some of the training. Because it's all linked
together, I decided to do something a little different. If you
haven't already signed up for one of these webinars. I am not going
to be notifying you about the upcoming webinars this week. We'll
repeat them here. Probably Another week or two, but you missed the
boat on that I'm afraid. We'll have some replays up and stuff for
those people, again who have been attending. There's like 150 or
so. And that's as big as I want it to be right now. Because I want
to be able to answer people's questions in real-time and before we
hang up and keep these to a maximum of an hour and a half. So, if
you have been on them before, you will probably get an email from
me unless I've messed something up, in which case you probably want
to reach out to me, but I'm going to be doing some webinars and
some pieces of training and stuff every day. This week for those
people. Yeah, those people. I guess that's better than you people,
right. Take care, guys. Have a great day. I will be back tomorrow
with Mr. Jim Polito. Bye-bye.
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