Intro to end-to-end encryption for RingCentral Video
Intro to end-to-end encryption for RingCentral Video
Product:
RingEX
RingCentral
Video offers End-to-end encryption (E2EE) to ensure that your video meeting data is accessible only to meeting participants. End-to-end encryption is a privacy protocol that prevents third parties from accessing data when it’s transferred between devices. With E2EE, data is encrypted on the sender’s device and is decrypted only by its intended recipient. E2EE serves three main purposes:
- Maintaining the confidentiality of your meetings’ audio, video, screenshares, and chat.
- Protecting the contents of your meetings, even from your internet service provider.
- Preventing anyone from accessing your data, even ifRingCentral’s cloud servers are compromised.
Like many other online services,
RingCentral
Video uses Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption as a first line of defense. However, TLS encryption can still leave data vulnerable to privacy breaches. RingCentral
offers E2EE as an additional level of privacy protection for video meetings. Learn more about RingCentral
’s data security practices.Note: TLS encryption remains active at all times, even when E2EE is off.
Key features of end-to-end encryption in RingCentral Video
RingCentral
Video- Hosts can apply extra privacy protection to any part of a meeting by turning E2EE on and off during the meeting. .
- Only hosts can adjust E2EE settings before or during meetings. The green shield icon lets all participants know that E2EE has been turned on.
- Hosts can turn on E2EE for scheduled and instant video meetings.
- Participants can join an end-to-end encrypted meeting even if they arrive before the host.
- Using E2EE in aRingCentralVideo meeting protects the privacy of all participants, regardless of whether they join using theRingCentraldesktop, web, or mobile app.
- Anyone with aRingCentralaccount can join end-to-end encrypted meetings. However, only users with paid accounts can initiate and schedule end-to-end encrypted meetings.
Limitations of end-to-end encryption in RingCentral Video
RingCentral
Video- Certain meeting features aren’t available when E2EE is turned on:
- Dialing into meetings using the Public switched telephone network (PSTN)
- Live transcription
- Closed captioning
- Breakout rooms
- Notes
- Whiteboard
- Participants also won’t be able to joinRingCentralVideo meetings on devices that use the SIP/H.323 protocol, because such devices don’t support E2EE.
- Guest users and phone participants will have to re-join after authenticating with theRingCentralapp.
In this article
Key features of end-to-end encryption in RingCentral Video
Limitations of end-to-end encryption in RingCentral Video