Zoom Web Conferencing - Preventing Zoombombing (Intentional Disruptions or Intrusions of Zoom Meetings)

Summary

Zoom meetings can be protected against unwanted screen sharing, or Zoombombing. This article details how.

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What is Zoombombing?

Zoombombing is when someone joins a random Zoom meeting and shares their screen, taking over the meeting and bombarding the attendees with unpleasant (at best) images or video. The risk of Zoom bombing can be mitigated by requiring passwords to join sessions and by changing certain security settings for the application.

MSU has taken the preventative step of requiring passwords for all future meetings. This does not affect meetings already scheduled. To set a password on an existing meeting, see KB 1039 (link)

Guide from MSU

MSU has put together a comprehensive guide for securing Zoom on the remote.msu.edu website: Secure Zoom (link).

It provides information and instructions on the following topics to secure Zoom:

  • Enable Waiting Rooms
  • Require Meeting Passwords
  • Keep Your Personal Meeting ID Private
  • Allow Authenticated Participants Only
  • Mute Participants Upon Entry Default
  • Disable Participant Screen Sharing
  • Disable Participant-to-Participant Chat (Or Disable the Chat Altogether)
  • Disable File Transfer
  • Hide Telephone Numbers
  • Enable Virtual Backgrounds

Details

Details

Article ID: 1038
Created
Sat 3/18/23 10:30 PM
Modified
Fri 8/4/23 2:35 PM

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Zoom is a cloud-based platform for video and audio conferencing, mobile collaboration, and simple online meetings. MSU Zoom uses OKTA log-in.