Security News > 2020 > April > Zoom Announces Better Encryption, Other Security Improvements
Zoom on Wednesday announced a series of security improvements designed to address many of the concerns raised in recent weeks.
Zoom has now announced that account administrators will be able to choose which data center regions they want to use for real-time meeting traffic.
The vendor says the upcoming Zoom 5.0, scheduled for release within the next week, will introduce AES 256-bit GCM encryption, which should provide better protection for meeting data.
"This provides confidentiality and integrity assurances on your Zoom Meeting, Zoom Video Webinar, and Zoom Phone data. Zoom 5.0, which is slated for release within the week, supports GCM encryption, and this standard will take effect once all accounts are enabled with GCM. System-wide account enablement will take place on May 30," Zoom said in a blog post.
Zoom also announced recently that it has teamed up with Luta Security to revamp its bug bounty program.