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Excerpt from securitybrief.asia
Zoom has announced the enhancement of its security framework by introducing post-quantum end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in Zoom Workplace. This development makes Zoom the first Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) provider to implement such advanced encryption in video conferencing.
The rollout of post-quantum E2EE is presently available for Zoom Meetings, with Zoom Phone and Zoom Rooms expected to follow suit. This move addresses the increasing necessity to safeguard user data against advanced adversarial threats. One significant threat, identified as “harvest now, decrypt later,” involves attackers capturing encrypted network traffic with the intent to decrypt it later once quantum computing becomes more powerful.
Zoom’s initiative aims to protect user data from potential future threats posed by quantum computers capable of breaking classical encryption. While these potent quantum machines are not yet generally available, Zoom’s proactive stance upgrades its encryption algorithms to withstand such advanced threats whenever they materialise, be it five years from now or later.
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