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Pentagon Issues New Guidance on Zoom Use

Carla Babb

   The Department of Defense has issued new guidance on the use of the
   popular videoconferencing application Zoom following a week-old FBI
   warning about security issues and a [1]VOA report Thursday that
   military and government employees had continued to use the app.

   In an email to VOA on Friday, a Pentagon spokesman said, "DOD users may
   not host meetings using Zoom's free or commercial offerings."

   The spokesman said the new guidance permits use of Zoom for Government,
   a paid tier service that is hosted in a separate cloud authorized by
   the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, when
   videoconferencing about "publicly releasable DOD information not
   categorized as 'For Official Use Only.' "

   It was unclear, however, how many government employees have
   differentiated between the two services to date.

   "Just because senior leadership enacts a policy does not automatically
   mean that everyone in every corner of an organization immediately gets
   the word," a defense official said.

   Rise in popularity

   Zoom has seen a surge in activity during the coronavirus pandemic as
   office workers across the country have turned to the free app to
   quickly arrange video calls with dozens of participants.

References

   1. https://www.voanews.com/silicon-valley-technology/us-military-government-workers-still-use-zoom-despite-fbi-warning

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