Protecting your Zoom Meetings

With so many people working remotely now I thought I would share some more tips I have learned by trial and error. I have used Zoom for many years now and below are some tips you might want to consider when having meeting.

• Enable Waiting Rooms: Control who can join the meeting. Users wait in a virtual waiting room until you approve them.
  • Standard User: https://zoom.us/profile/setting
  • Admin: https://zoom.us/account/setting
  • More info: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115000332726-Waiting-Room
• Require a password when joining by phone: This option is off by default.
  • https://zoom.us/profile/setting
  • More info: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360033331271-Account-Setting-Update-Password-Default-for-Meeting-and-Webinar
• Do not use a personal meeting ID
  • When you are setting up a meeting under the Meeting ID select the “Generate Automatically” option. This will generate a random meeting id that is only good for that meeting.
• Lock meeting when everybody is in
  • This is an option I use when the meeting is confidential and I want to make sure no one else can join. Once the meeting has started and you know everyone is on in the bottom right hand corner select the “More” drop-down and select “Lock Meeting” this will prevent anyone else from joining your meeting.
• Some other settings you might want to look at are: https://zoom.us/profile/setting
  • Always require a password
  • Disable file transfer
  • Mute participants upon entry
  • Screen sharing – Host Only
  • Require a password for Personal Meeting ID (PMI)