MHA issues Advisory on Secure use of ZOOM Meeting Platform

The Cyber Coordination Centre (CyCord), under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has
issued an advisory on secure use of ZOOM Meeting Platform by private individuals. This advisory
states that the platform is not for use by Government officers/officials for official purposes.
The document makes reference to earlier advisories of the Indian Computer Emergency Response
Team(Cert-In) and states that Zoom is not a safe platform. The guidelines have been issued to
safeguard private individuals who would still like to use the platform for private purposes.
The broad objective of this advisory is to prevent any unauthorized entry into a Zoom Conference
Room and prevent the unauthorized participant to carry out malicious attacks on the terminals of
other users in the conference.
The details of protective measures to be taken by individuals mat be accessed at the document
attached at this link.Advisory by MHA, GoI, on ZOOM_16042020 (4)