Cisco Advises Users To Lock Down WebEx To Prevent Snooping

Cisco has warned customers to lock down WebEx after a security researcher and journalist found many big-name companies left some online meetings open for anyone to join.Brian Krebs wrote on his blog that he found companies and organizations that failed to password protect WebEx meetings, which allowed anyone to join daily meetings about apparently internal discussions and planning sessions.Meeting schedules for organizations were available through WebEx’s Event Center,he wrote.

Cisco has a variety of options for WebEx that are intended to accommodate sensitive meetings and ones intended for the public.For example, Cisco requires a password to be set by default for a meeting, but that option can be turned off, wrote Aaron Lewis, who works in global social media marketing, on a company blog.The safest sessions are always protected by a complex password, Lewis wrote.Companies may publicly display,that a meeting Webinars anyone can join,but if the WebEx site administrator or IT department enables sessions listed,then the inclusion of the meeting only if a real business it is recommended that Lewis wrote.

Another tip is to turn off before it, so that you have visibility host connected host.Moreover,the establishment of which is host to host prevents anyone other way to the meeting and join the exchange content,wrote Lewis.Krebs wrote that he can not be found protected by a password for a variety of companies and organizations,including Charles Schwab,CSC,CBS,CVS,the Department of Energy of the United States,Fannie Mae,Jones Day,Orbitz, Paychex and Meeting Services Union Pacific.