Recently, IT administrators have been receiving notices about Zoom meetings that have been posted to Twitter. Social media is a great way to advertise your event! We do want to caution you, however, that if you are going to post the meeting link publicly, you make sure to take a second to take a look at the security settings.
You probably know why we make this caution: “Zoom Bombings” have become a problem both locally and nationally. Troublemakers have shown their stripes, and we need to be vigilant about keeping disruptions out.
It is strongly recommended that you enable the following settings to reduce the risk of a malicious meeting interruption:
Please also change meetings to requiring “authenticated users only.”
To enable this setting when creating a meeting:
- Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
- Schedule a meeting or webinar.
- Under Meeting Options or Webinar Options, click Only authenticated users can join.
- Choose Sign in as MiamiOH.edu user.
Please also visit our new and improved security site for web conferencing tools. The site includes much more information about both Webex and Zoom security options.
Stay safe out there, folks!