Common Security Risks in Video Conferencing Platforms: Identifying Vulnerabilities.
Video conferencing is a standard in today’s business world, but the practice presents myriad data security risks if endpoints are not secured. Unencrypted connections mean any information transmitted during the conference can be intercepted by malicious actors or accessed by unintended recipients, putting intellectual property at risk.
Since users access video conferencing on their own devices, their apps or operating systems may lack updated security patches, making them susceptible to malware-infected files or phishing attacks from unauthorized users in the conference.
Other risks include eavesdropping, data leakage, and impersonation, which has become more prevalent with the advent of advanced AI. Deepfake impersonation attacks may look and sound exactly like a colleague. The Anti-Phishing Working Group (AGWG) reported more than five million attacks in 2023, collectively the worst year on record, with 15% of attacks targeting SaaS, the basis of video conferencing tools.
If video conferencing is part of your day-to-day, protecting your endpoints—and your users—is essential. Identifying vulnerabilities is critical to conferencing security, and that’s what Sunscreen™ is all about. Sunscreen™ is a guardrail for video conferencing that detects and conceals all private, sensitive, and confidential data during the event and prevents it from being accessed or shared.
Legal Implications of Data Breaches in Video Conferencing: What Organizations Need to Know.
Data privacy is a critical concern for all organizations. Any scenario where a business holds or processes user information—whether they are a customer, patient, employee, or a third-party vendor—must be protected and indexed so that it can be accessed and deleted from the system if requested.
Data breaches can happen in many ways, and any type of breach puts the organization at risk of fines, sanctions, and loss of trust. But what about video conferencing? Are the legal implications the same as those for other data breaches?
It’s important to note that video conferences are often recorded and stored on company drives, the video platform’s servers, or individual participants. Such recordings can include chats, sidebars, shared files, links, and other sensitive information, which, in the eyes of the law, become electronically stored information (ESI). Should the conference become a point of litigation, those files could become evidence in a lawsuit.
Fortunately, keeping video conferences safe and secure from data breaches is as simple as installing Sunscreen™. Sunscreen™ automatically shields sensitive information, including items that might be visible in the user’s background.
How Guardrail Sunscreen Can Help Protect Individuals and Organizations:
Businesses can protect confidential information and trade secrets from being shared during video conferences without proper authorization.
Private data can be detected and users can be notified before disclosure.
When disclosure is warranted, a record is maintained of the time, meeting participants, and confidential nature of the disclosure which has been approved.
Sunscreen™ acts as an automated filter between confidential information and the meeting participants to detect, monitor, and retain evidence of disclosures.
The Sunscreen™ platform works on all video conferencing platforms.
Integration with other company technology platforms provides seamless coordination and protection of private information.
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