14 April 2020
The Ministry of Education suspended the use of Zoom by teachers when security on the Zoom platform was recently breached.
But Zoom is not the only platform where this could happen. All commercial video call platforms are also at risk. Businesses that moved into “work from home” in a hurry are now realising that their employees are connecting office laptops into poorly secured home networks.
Work from home, home-based learning, video calls and online purchasing, to name a few, are all useful tools that help us carry on with life without leaving home. We have to take additional steps to ensure that everyone is safe. This requires educating ourselves on safety measures.
The need for good cyber hygiene applies not only to schools and students, but also to businesses, employees, their families, and everyone who is using info-communication technology.
Schools can consider engaging volunteer teaching assistants to help teachers in monitoring online classes. They could look out for strangers, and also for undesirable behaviour between students, such as cyber bullying.