Protection of collaboration and communication applications

Zoom, Cisco Webex Meetings, and Microsoft Teams are now widely used for video/web conferencing and communications. Cyber Protect allows you to protect your collaboration tools.

The protection configuration for Zoom, Cisco Webex Meetings, and Microsoft Teams is similar. In the example below, we will consider configuration for Zoom.

To set up Zoom protection

1. Install a protection agent on the machine where the collaboration application is installed.

2. Log in to the Cyber Protect web console and apply a protection plan with one of the following modules enabled:

   • Antivirus and Antimalware protection (with the Self-Protection and Active Protection settings enabled) – if you have one of the Cyber Protect editions.
   • Active Protection (with the Self-Protection setting enabled) – if you have one of the Cyber Backup editions.
3. [Optional] For automatic update installation, configure the Patch management module in the protection plan.

As a result, your Zoom application will be under protection that includes the following activities:

• Installing Zoom client updates automatically
• Protecting Zoom processes from code injections
• Preventing suspicious operations by Zoom processes
• Protecting the "hosts" file from adding the domains related to Zoom