Zoom meeting platform is only for private individuals and not for use of government offices or official purposes, warned the Cyber Coordination Centre (CCC) of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

‘Officials in the Home Ministry said that Zoom meeting platform app has some specific weaknesses so it is necessary to avoid its use for official purposes as it can encrypt meeting data.’

In a set of guidelines for the safety of private users, the CCC division of the MHA mentioned that "those private individuals who still would like to use Zoom for private purposes" should follow certain guidelines like prevention of unauthorized entry in conference room and unauthorized participants to carry out malicious activity on terminals of others in the conference. The advisory also suggested to "avoid 'DOS' attacks by restricting users through passwords and access grant". 




Zoom app has apparently become a favorite and famous tool among people during the lockdown and it is being used by schools and many private players. "Most of the settings can be done by logging into users zoom account at website, or installed application at PC/Laptop/Phone and also during conduct of conference," the guidelines from MHA mentions.
Source-IANS