Zoom allows customers their own encryption keys to protect data

New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Video-conferencing platform Zoom on Friday introduced a brand new providing that can permit customers to protect sure data saved at relaxation throughout the Zoom Cloud infrastructure utilizing their own encryption keys.

The platform mentioned its latest superior safety providing — Customer Managed Key (CMK) — is designed to assist customers deal with stricter compliance necessities.

“Every trade grapples with its own distinctive regulatory necessities — the healthcare trade faces HIPAA, whereas monetary providers establishments should deal with Gramm-Leach Bliley Act, NY DFS, and extra. All organisations have a distinct method to safeguarding vital info and remaining compliant, and a few want tailor-made safety options to achieve this,” Karthik Raman, Group Product Manager, mentioned in a press release.

“That is why we’re excited to announce the launch of Zoom Customer Managed Key (CMK),” Raman added.

The firm mentioned that CMK is a paid providing and Zoom’s Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) answer.

With Customer Managed Key, customers can choose to use their own encryption keys to encrypt sure Zoom property equivalent to cloud recordings, voicemails, and calendar entry tokens.

The listing of property lined by Zoom CMK contains — Zoom Meeting cloud recordings (together with transcripts and chat texts), Zoom Webinars cloud recordings, Zoom Phone voicemails and recordings, Calendar entry tokens for Zoom Rooms, User calendar entry tokens, Microsoft Teams entry tokens, and many others.

(Except for the headline, the remainder of this IANS article is un-edited)

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