Zoom CEO Eric Yuan put in a place a 90-day plan, on April 1, to address the company’s. Zoom has also worked closely with legal officials and concerned customers to specifically address their security concerns. Zoom is acquiring Keybase, a 25-person start-up in New York, to add end-to-end encryption to video calls. Thousands of participants are supported for team-based file sharing, chat, and open-source version control. Besides featuring a PGP-based public key directory, Keybase has its own platform capable of interacting with multiple collaborative apps across a range of devices. And on May 6, Zoom shared a 90-day security plan progress report status update. On the surface, Zoom and Keybase seem a great match. The company in April 2020 created a security advisory panel - which features former Facebook Security Chief Alex Stamos. In a blog post, Zoom called the acquisition, another milestone in its 90-day plan to further strengthen the security of our video communications platform. The companies did not disclose the price tag. Zoom CEO and founder Eric Yuan has taken multiple steps in recent weeks to address the security concerns and further safeguard the company’s video conferencing system. Zoom has acquired Keybase, a security and cryptography company, weeks after the teleconferencing platform faced a backlash over concerns about its privacypolicies.
The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The acquisition of Keybase, according to Zoom, will help the company build a planned end-to-end encryption service. Zoom Video Communications (Zoom) acquired Keybase, a secure messaging and file-sharing service, on May 7. Since I’m a user of Keybase, I thought that I’d offer up my thoughts on the matter. Zoom needed the experts from Keybase to optimize the platform's security. It’s hard to escape since it’s been all over the news. Moreover, Verizon jumped into the video conferencing market and acquired Bluejeans Network. Day 14 of the 100DaysToOffload Series: I’m guessing that most people who care about privacy have heard about the recent aquisition of Keybase by Zoom. Rivals such as Cisco Systems WebEx and Microsoft Teams have attempted to capitalize on Zoom’s security missteps - though the rivals have been careful not to publicly bash the security lapses.
The latest black eye involves hackers posting Zoom user account credentials on the Dark Web. Zoom: Addressing Video Conferencing Security ConcernsĪmid booming demand for video conferencing, Zoom has faced some customer defections and pushback because of rampant security issues.
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