Zoombombing: follow-up and update

October 7, 2020

As was suggested last week (see below), to help ensure that “Zoombombing” does not interfere with classes, CUNY now requires using a password and suggests using a “waiting room” on Zoom sites.

Follow-up:

Two additional suggestions also may be helpful:

Go to your settings for the Zoom site (at baruch.zoom.us/signin) and, at the bottom of the page, under “Meeting Options,” click the box for “Only authenticated users can join.”
Then, in the dropbox, select “Baruch Users Only.” This will mean that students to have to log in to Zoom on the Baruch website using their Baruch email address. It also helps to track who is in the room in case some other inappropriate behaviors occur.

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From: Home <dennis.slavin@baruch.cuny.edu>
Date: Monday, September 28, 2020 at 2:20 PM
Subject: Zoom security changes starting September 27

From: Mike Richichi, Assistant Vice President of Information Technology and Deputy CIO

UPDATE (this applied to other types of accounts): Please note that as of Sunday, September 27, Zoom is requiring all meetings to have a passcode or a waiting room enabled. (The announcement is available at https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/bctc/2020/09/25/zoom-meeting-changes/.)

Also please note that per the CUNY Zoom Security Protocol (https://www.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/page-assets/about/administration/offices/cis/it-resources-for-remote-work-teaching/Zoom-Security-Protocol.pdf), CUNY requires all meetings to use a passcode, and strongly recommends the use of the waiting room as well.

Instructions on how to use passcodes may be found at: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360033559832-Meeting-and-webinar-passcodes

Instructions on how to set up waiting rooms: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115000332726-Waiting-Room.…

Mike Richichi
Assistant Vice President of Information Technology and Deputy CIO

Baruch College, CUNY

(646) 312-1125, Michael.richichi@baruch.cuny.edu

Dennis Slavin, PhD
Associate Provost and Assistant Vice President
Baruch College, CUNY
dennis.slavin@baruch.cuny.edu
https://provost.baruch.cuny.edu/about-us/leadership/