Cisco Cisco WebEx Meeting Center WBS30 Manuel De Maintenance
Cisco WebEx
Best Practices for Secure Meetings
for Site Administrators and Hosts
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10/6/2014
passwords before sharing them to keep the information secure. Password-
protected recordings require recipients to have the password in order to view
them
protected recordings require recipients to have the password in order to view
them
Delete Recordings
Delete recordings after they are no longer relevant.
WebEx Personal Conferencing (PCN Meetings)
Personal
Conferencing
(PCN) in site
administration
Conferencing
(PCN) in site
administration
Do not enable “Join before Host” for PCN for any user unless you fully
understand the security impact and require this functionality. .
PCN Meetings use two randomly assigned 8-digit access codes for controlling
and accessing a personal conference (a host access code and an attendee
access code). These codes are static and are always available without prior
scheduling. If a PCN meeting is scheduled in advance, the host receives an
invitation with both host & attendee code while invitees receive a separate
invitation which includes (only) the attendee access code.
access code). These codes are static and are always available without prior
scheduling. If a PCN meeting is scheduled in advance, the host receives an
invitation with both host & attendee code while invitees receive a separate
invitation which includes (only) the attendee access code.
With “Join before Host” disabled (recommended), a host must dial the WebEx
Access number for the audio bridge and enter the host access code and host
PIN before attendees can join the meeting.
PIN before attendees can join the meeting.
With “Join before Host” enabled, attendees can join the meeting without the
host being in attendance. Enabling this setting can result in unintended
consequences including misuse of teleconferencing minutes.
consequences including misuse of teleconferencing minutes.
Personal
Conferencing
security for hosts
Conferencing
security for hosts
Create a strong Host PIN and protect it.
Your PIN is the last level of protection for prevention of unauthorized access to
your personal conferencing account. Should a person gain unauthorized
access to the host access code for a PCN meeting, the conference cannot be
started without the host PIN. Protect your host PIN and do not share it.
access to the host access code for a PCN meeting, the conference cannot be
started without the host PIN. Protect your host PIN and do not share it.
Conclusion
Taking a few extra steps when configuring site settings and when scheduling and
participating in a WebEx meeting can greatly enhance the meeting’s security and
privacy.
participating in a WebEx meeting can greatly enhance the meeting’s security and
privacy.
User Guides
and Knowledge
Base articles
for enhancing
security and
and Knowledge
Base articles
for enhancing
security and
privacy