For its collaboration programme Teams, Microsoft is developing a new security feature that will provide you additional information about who is attempting to contact you.
Users of Microsoft Teams will soon be "prompted with the choice to acknowledge or leave the group chat" when they receive an invitation from someone outside of their business, according to the most recent addition(opens in new tab) to the Microsoft 365 product roadmap. The modification is scheduled to go into effect sometime next month.
Although the roadmap article provides few details, it nonetheless draws attention to an unnecessary hole in the security system that might be exploited by cybercriminals to obtain private information.
Chats on Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams has permitted users have group chats and calls outside your organisation and with personal users for some time now, but it’s never been very effective at telling them about where an invite has originated from.
This is a common problem. Because of how large their workplaces are, many who work in busy organisations may not be able to remember names and may mistake a stranger for a coworker.
The biggest security solution Microsoft has implemented to date to shield Teams users from this specific problem is the requirement that external access capabilities be turned on. This implies that the decision to allow any Teams user, regardless of organisation, to contact them rests with the user's organization's leader.
While the trend toward remote work makes this a very useful feature, enabling businesses around the world to seamlessly collaborate online, the new update will be welcome news for employees of larger organisations and anyone concerned about their online security.
Over the past year, Teams has experienced its fair share of security problems. It may seem strange that a straightforward heads-up feature has taken this long to be implemented, particularly though Microsoft has a reputation for promptly addressing these issues once they are made public and has even gone so far as to enable end-to-end encryption for one-to-one talks.
Although bugs in software are unavoidable, it is simple to understand how Teams' external access features could be abused when they reveal user files and information.
While the impending upgrade still necessitates some user awareness, it will definitely shield many discerning users from workplace intrusions.
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