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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell notified every team that the 2020 NFL Draft will be held virtually due to continued concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. This means that that coaches and general managers will be switching to what mirrors a fantasy football draft and will be drafting players remotely via teleconferencing. This may inconvenience NFL personnel and damper what has grown into one of the largest sports spectacles in modern day, but it has also raised legitimate security concerns related to video conference technology. A number of NFL personnel have expressed unease with the virtual arrangement, including Baltimore Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh, who called the security of teleconferencing and so called “Zoombombing” a “big concern”.
Harbaugh’s concerns were not without merit as the FBI issued a warning to all Zoom Video Communications users on March 30, 2020 related to security of their very popular teleconferencing application. The warning focused on Zoombombing incidents in college classes related to a hackers gaining access to Zoom meetings and broadcasting offensive or explicit material to the class. Zoom has reached 200 million users and is being used by a wide range of users from families to the US Department of Defense. With the spike in users on Zoom’s platform, multiple security issues were exposed and the CEO, Eric Yuan, was forced to address them in a recent blog post. These concerns relate to misleading encryption practices, the sale of user information to Facebook, password cracking problems, and more.
Despite Zoom becoming one of the most popular teleconferencing platforms, alternatives exist with different security features that merit consideration. Other platforms that support end-to-end encryption include Google Duo (only supports 12 users), FaceTime (Apple devices only), WebEx from Cisco, GoToMeeting, and Microsoft Teams. Not all of these platforms are free and offer the same convenience as Zoom, but the heightened security is certainly worth the investment especially when the contents of a meeting is sensitive.
No matter what video conferencing platform is used, basic steps should be taken to keep the meeting private and secure. Here are some of the most basic protection steps that should always be taken:
For more information on cybersecurity concerns surrounding Zoom read our follow-up article, Zoom! Goes the Dynamite
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