Zoom Video Communications, Inc has announced robust security enhancements with the upcoming general availability of Zoom 5.0, a key milestone in the company’s 90-day plan to proactively identify, address and enhance the security and privacy capabilities of its platform.
Zoom, which has soared to 200 million daily users from 10 million in less than three months, had faced backlash from users after security researchers found bugs in its codes and the company failing to disclose that its service was not end-to-end encrypted.
Sam Curry, Chief Security Officer at Cybereason, said:”Congratulations to Zoom for hitting their 90-day security goals, and as an industry we look forward to watching their future success and growth. Overall, the backlash facing Zoom over the past few weeks was overhyped and unfair in many regards, because the security vulnerabilities, while certainly nothing to sneeze at, were much less severe than their competitors would actually admit. Look, hackers tend to gravitate towards actions that have widespread consequences. So inevitably, as Zoom’s user base grew, so too did the attention of hackers.”
Eric S. Yuan, CEO of Zoom, said in a statement: “I am proud to reach this step in our 90-day plan, but this is just the beginning. We built our business by delivering happiness to our customers. We will earn our customers’ trust and deliver them happiness with our unwavering focus on providing the most secure platform.”
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