[technology taskforce] ZOOM 90-Day Security Plan Progress Report: April 15
Alan Greenberg
alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca
Sat Apr 18 23:44:34 UTC 2020
Daniel, you have been involved in technology long
enough to know that there are never any real
guarantees. All we can do is identify systems
that SEEM to be good, and then do our best to
avoid/bypass/fix problems as they are discovered.
As Olivier implies, the folks at Zoom seem to be
taking this seriously, and that is a MAJOR asset.
I recall many decades ago (in a universe far far
away?) a new product was delivered (it was a text
editor). Within weeks of its delivery, there we
an enormous number of bugs reported. Management
almost killed the product before they were made
to realize that bugs are normal in any new
product (even one like this editor which had been
subject to a large amount of pre-shipment usage
and testing). What was unique in this case was
that the product was SO GOOD (both powerful and
easy to use) compared to other editors out there,
that it was quickly adopted by many users and was
being subject to unusually heavy use so soon
after shipment. And bugs were discovered (and
incidentally fixed in record time by the development team).
I think that what we are seeing with Zoom at the moment is quite comparable.
Alan
At 2020-04-18 05:33 PM, DANIEL NANGHAKA wrote:
>Are we still safe with zoom amidst all the flaws that have been identified?
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>There was a time when a simple flaw was discover
>during an ICANN meeting, and Adobe Connect was
>shutdown. Is there an analysis of the effects.
>What is the security guarantee that we have on zoom?
>
>Daniel KN
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>On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 at 17:17, Alfredo
>Calderon-Serrano via ttf
><<mailto:ttf at atlarge-lists.icann.org>ttf at atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:
><https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/04/15/90-day-security-plan-progress-report-april-15/>https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/04/15/90-day-security-plan-progress-report-april-15/
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>The newly released
><https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/04/08/zoom-product-updates-new-security-toolbar-icon-for-hosts-meeting-id-hidden/>Security
>icon in the toolbar provides Zoom Meetings hosts
>and co-hosts with one-click access to a number
>of existing Zoom security features, including
>Lock Meeting and Enable the Waiting Room.
>
>Changes to Zoomâs default settings
>
>Weâve made changes to Zoomâs default meeting
>settings to improve security before a meeting
>starts. Both meeting passwords and Waiting Rooms
>are enabled by default for our free Basic users
>and single Pro users, while those in our K-12
>education program need a password to join a
>meeting. Waiting Rooms also are on by default for those K-12 users.
>
>Enhanced meeting password complexity
>
>Account owners and admins can now configure
>minimum meeting password requirements to include
>numbers, letters, and special characters, or
>allow only numeric passwords. Free Basic account
>users will now use alphanumeric passwords by
>default instead of numeric passwords.
>
>Changes to data center routing
>
>Starting April 18, account admins will have the
>ability to choose whether or not their data is
>routed through specific data center regions,
>giving users more control of their interactions
>with Zoomâs global network. Learn more about
>the process in our
><https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/04/13/coming-april-18-control-your-zoom-data-routing/>blog
>post.
>
>Bug bounty program with Katie Moussouris of Luta Security
>
>Zoom will be working with Luta Security to
>reboot our bug bounty program. Luta Security was
>founded by Katie Moussouris, who created some of
>the most important vulnerability programs still
>running today. She started Microsoft
>Vulnerability Research and Symantec
>Vulnerability Research, and also started
>Microsoftâs and the Pentagonâs bug bounty
>programs. Luta Security will be assessing
>Zoomâs program holistically with a 90-day
>âget wellâ plan, which will cover all
>internal vulnerability handling processes. Read
>more in Katieâs
><https://www.lutasecurity.com/post/luta-security-and-zoom>blog post.
>
>Alfredo Calderón
>
>Sent from my iPad
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