Zoom hires former Facebook security chief to beef up privacy, safety (updated)

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08/04/2020 14:39

(Adds details on Zoom's plans)
    April 8 (Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc  ZM.O  has
tapped former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos as an adviser
and set up an advisory board to improve the privacy and security
of its rapidly-growing video-conferencing app amid a global
backlash.
    The company is facing widespread criticism from users
worried about the lack of end-to-end encryption of meeting
sessions and "zoombombing", where uninvited guests crash into
meetings.
    Taiwan and Germany have put restrictions on its use, while
Elon Musk's SpaceX has banned the app.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N2BH023  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BV4F2
    To address the concerns, Zoom has formed https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/04/08/update-on-zoom-90-day-plan-to-bolster-key-privacy-and-security-initiatives
 a CISO Council, which includes chief information security
officers of HSBC, NTT Data  9613.T , Procore  PCOR.N  and Ellie
Mae, to discuss about privacy, security and technology issues. 
    It has also set up a board to advise Chief Executive Officer
Eric Yuan on privacy issues. The initial members include
security chiefs from VMware  VMW.N , Netflix  NFLX.O , Uber
 UBER.N  and Electronic Arts  EA.O .
    One of the key moves was to hire Stamos, who handled the
security of Facebook Inc's  FB.O  social media platform until
his departure in 2018. He is currently an adjunct professor at
Stanford's Freeman-Spogli Institute.
    

 (Reporting by Akanksha Rana and Supantha Mukherjee in
Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty and Sriraj
Kalluvila)
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