Data Residency & Digital Sovereignty: Why It Matters for Big Meetings
The Chief Compliance Officer reviews the quarterly risk register. Standard items: data backups, vendor management, access controls. Then a new entry catches attention: “Online meeting platform compliance.” The Head of IT added it after discovering their collaboration tool stores recordings in three countries simultaneously, processes transcripts through US-based AI services, and maintains logs subject to […]
Government Video Conferencing Security Audit Checklist: Complete Assessment Guide
Introduction The IT security manager of a federal agency received an email that made his stomach drop: “Your video conferencing system failed our security audit. 23 significant findings. Your Authority to Operate is suspended effective immediately. All video meetings must cease until deficiencies are remediated.” The agency had conducted video conferences daily for two years […]
How to Prevent Data Breaches in Online Meetings: Your Complete Security Guide
A senior partner at a law firm called me last month, his voice tight with stress. “We just discovered,” he said, “that recordings of our client strategy sessions from the past six months were accessible to anyone with the meeting link. Anyone. For six months.” The breach happened because someone shared a meeting link on […]
Best Video Conferencing Solutions for Government 2025: Complete Comparison Guide
Introduction The CTO of a cabinet-level federal agency faced a decision that would affect 15,000 employees: selecting the agency’s enterprise video conferencing platform. “We spent six months evaluating every major solution,” he told me. “We needed something that checked every box: security, compliance, usability, cost, and reliability.” “The challenge wasn’t finding options—it was that every […]
Secure Video Conferencing for Defense Agencies: Complete Security Implementation Guide
Introduction The Director of Communications for a defense agency showed me the aftermath of a security incident that nearly compromised a classified operation. Their video conferencing system—marketed as “military-grade secure”—had routed classified discussion content through commercial cloud infrastructure in three foreign countries before anyone realized the architecture flaw. No data was confirmed stolen. But the […]
Government Video Conferencing Procurement Guide: Complete Acquisition Strategy
Introduction The Procurement Director of a federal agency sat across from me, visibly frustrated. “We just completed an 18-month procurement for video conferencing,” she said. “We followed all the rules. Conducted a thorough RFP. Evaluated proposals rigorously. Selected what we thought was the best vendor.” “Six months after deployment, we discovered the selected platform can’t […]
5 Security Threats in Video Conferencing (and Fixes): Protect Your Business Today
A law firm’s senior partner was midway through a confidential client strategy session when an unknown participant suddenly appeared in the video call. Before anyone could react, the intruder started screen sharing—displaying the firm’s own confidential case documents they had somehow accessed. The meeting descended into chaos. How did they get in? What else had […]
What Is a Sovereign Meeting Solution? Your Complete Guide to Digital Independence
Introduction A government agency’s IT director sat in my office, visibly shaken. “We just discovered,” he said, “that our confidential national security discussions from the past year have been stored on servers in three different countries. We have no idea who accessed them.” His agency had been using a popular video conferencing platform—one with “enterprise […]
Data Sovereignty in Video Conferencing Explained (2025)
Introduction When leaders meet online, the conversation is more than talk. It becomes data—audio, video, chat, transcripts, and minutes. In 2025, many organizations must keep that data under local law. This idea is called data sovereignty. If you work in government, defense, finance, healthcare, or higher education, understanding sovereignty is not optional. It’s how you […]
Enterprise-Grade Security You Can Trust
Secure. Compliant. Government-Ready. Data breaches and surveillance threats loom large; organizations especially governments and large enterprises need more than convenience in their communication platforms. They need control, compliance, and uncompromising security. That’s exactly what Convay delivers. Convay is a secure, enterprise-grade collaboration suite combining real-time video conferencing, decentralized messaging, and encrypted file sharing designed for […]