How to Secure the Zoom Cloud Meeting Application from Uninvited People

Since the outbreak of the corona virus or COVID-19 in Indonesia, a policy has been issued work from home (WFH) to maintain safety together. So that as an alternative to support the activities of working from home, many of us use the Zoom application. Do you know how to download Zoom Cloud Meeting yet? If you don’t know, you can see via the link below.

Now the Zoom app has become a popular home teleconferencing tool. Although this application is considered quite reliable and rarely down, Zoom certainly has a gap that can interfere with the comfort of its users.

One of them is like an uninvited person also taking part in a conference to do disturbing things such as sending inappropriate pictures. Or a phenomenon like this is quite known as ‘zoombombing’.

Usually this activity is due to the host’s less caution in spreading the teleconference invitation link. So that everyone can see, like through social media.

“Zoom Bombing is a big problem for several parties. The way to overcome this requires the right arrangement to prevent piracy, “said IT Security Consultant PT Prosperita ESET Indonesia, Yudhi Kukuh.

How to Secure the Zoom App from Uninvited People

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There are several ways to secure unknown people from accessing the Zoom application. One of them is using the participant application, where participants have to wait for permission from the host. That way the teleconference program can be more selective in choosing who can participate in the session.

In addition, to secure the Zoom application from uninvited people, you can see the following tips below.

Activate Waiting Room

After opening the Zoom application, click on the image icon in the upper right corner of the screen and then on Settings.
After clicking, there will be a new look. On the ‘General’ tab select ‘View More Settings’. Then you will be directed to Zoom’s official website automatically.
Log in by signing in to the Zoom application with your account.
Then hovering the cursor down you will find an option to activate the ‘Waiting Room’ feature. Then activate the feature.
You can also place all participants in Waiting Woom by selecting ‘All participants’ or you can add only a few people by selecting ‘Guest participants only’.

But what you need to note is that this application only appears for paid account users. whereas for free accounts there will be no such feature.

How to Activate Waiting Room During Scheduled Meeting

If the ‘Waiting Room’ feature is active, then you can use this feature every time you do a video conference that you create. After compiling a meeting schedule, then on the ‘Waiting Room’ page you can select ‘Schedule a Meeting’ which is in the row of your profile photo.

On that page, you can also schedule a video conference meeting that you will hold later.

When finished, hover the cursor down and you will find the option ‘Enable Waiting Room’. Also make sure that this option is active and immediately schedule the meeting you want to make then end by pressing the ‘Save’ button.

How to Activate Waiting Room During Private Meeting

Apart from the tips above, you can also activate this ‘Waiting Room’ for all your private meetings.

You do this by selecting the ‘Meetings’ option on the left of the screen.
Then select the ‘Personal Meeting Room’
Navigate down and find the ‘Edit this Meeting’ menu.
Then on that page select ‘Enable waiting room’ then save the settings by pressing the ‘Save’ button.

How to Control the Waiting Room

Hosts who wish to organize video conferencing events can also arrange a ‘Waiting Room’. You do this by selecting ‘Manage Participants’ when the host has started the video meeting.

Then in the ‘More’ option, select ‘Put attendance in Waiting Room on Entry’. With this arrangement, all selected participants will immediately enter the ‘Waiting Room’.

Those are the ways or tips to secure the Zoom application from people who are not invited to join the ongoing video meeting. So, have you ever experienced something unpleasant in the Zoom application? if there is, let’s share it via the comments column below.

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