Security News > 2024 > May > Zoom adds post-quantum end-to-end encryption to video meetings
Zoom has announced the global availability of post-quantum end-to-end encryption for Zoom Meetings, with Zoom Phone and Zoom Rooms to follow soon.
Meetings is a popular video conferencing service that allows users to host and join virtual meetings with high-definition video and audio, featuring screen sharing, chat, and participant management, making it a popular choice for businesses, virtual events, and online classes.
Today, Zoom has announced the introduction of the Kyber768 quantum-resistant encryption to its already encrypted end-to-end communications, which makes all data traveling between its servers and clients undecipherable even by advanced quantum computers.
Zoom was heavily criticized in the past for its lack of end-to-end encryption while it enjoyed a meteoric rise in popularity and deployment in corporate environments during the COVID-19 era when large swaths of the workforce were pushed to work remotely.
The company added E2EE to Meetings in 2020, with Zoom Phone following in 2022.
This time, Zoom says it's the first unified communications as a service provider to offer quantum-resistant video conferencing, showing the company's intention to assume a leading role in the field.