Cisco Cisco WebEx Event Center WBS31 Maintenance Manual
Cisco WebEx
Best Practices for Secure Meetings
for Site Administrators and Hosts
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10/6/2014
Overview of
WebEx privacy
WebEx privacy
Cisco WebEx online solutions help enable global employees and virtual teams
to meet and collaborate in real time as though they were working in the same
room.
to meet and collaborate in real time as though they were working in the same
room.
Businesses, institutions, and government agencies worldwide rely on
Cisco WebEx solutions to simplify business processes and improve results for
sales, marketing, training, project management, and support teams.
sales, marketing, training, project management, and support teams.
For all of these organizations and their users, privacy is a fundamental
concern. Online collaboration must provide multiple levels of security; from
scheduling meetings to authenticating participants to sharing content.
concern. Online collaboration must provide multiple levels of security; from
scheduling meetings to authenticating participants to sharing content.
Cisco WebEx is a very secure environment yet it can be configured as a very
open place to collaborate. Understanding the privacy features as site-
administrators and end-users can allow you to tailor WebEx to your business
needs.
open place to collaborate. Understanding the privacy features as site-
administrators and end-users can allow you to tailor WebEx to your business
needs.
WebEx Site
Administration
Administration
Effective privacy begins with WebEx Site Administration; which allows
administrators to manage and enforce privacy policies for host and presenter
privileges. For example, an authorized administrator can customize session
configurations to disable a presenter’s ability to share applications or to
transfer files on a per-site or a per-user basis.
administrators to manage and enforce privacy policies for host and presenter
privileges. For example, an authorized administrator can customize session
configurations to disable a presenter’s ability to share applications or to
transfer files on a per-site or a per-user basis.
Cisco recommends use of following features for protection of your meetings:
Feature
Benefits
All meetings must be
unlisted
unlisted
Even meeting titles can reveal sensitive information. For example a meeting
entitled “Discuss acquisition of Company ‘A’” can have financial impacts, if
revealed ahead of time. Creating unlisted meetings maintains the privacy of
sensitive information.
entitled “Discuss acquisition of Company ‘A’” can have financial impacts, if
revealed ahead of time. Creating unlisted meetings maintains the privacy of
sensitive information.
For listed meetings, the meeting topic and other information is displayed on
your site for authenticated users as well as unauthenticated users and
guests
guests
to see. Unless your organization has a specific business need to
display meeting titles and information publicly, all meetings should be
marked as unlisted.
marked as unlisted.
To enable this setting for all users: From the site administration portal, check
the following box: