Security issues within virtual worlds such as second life
conference contribution
posted on 2007-01-01, 00:00authored byChia Yao Lee, Matthew Warren
The advancement in Internet and bandwidth has resulted in a number of new applications to be developed. An area of advancement has been in the development of virtual worlds, where people can interact together via virtual characters. Virtual World systems have been so complex that virtual lives can be lived, including all aspect of life such as education, commerce, social activities etc. Not surprisingly, the problems that exist in the real world such as theft, fraud, vandalism and terrorism, also exist in the virtual worlds. The more developed these virtual worlds become the greater the breaches of security will be in the virtual as well as the real world.This paper explores and categorises several security issues within the Virtual World of Second Life. It contributes to practice and research by emphasising the importance of security awareness for businesses and the general public in Virtual Worlds.
History
Event
Australian Information Security Management Conference (5th : 2007 : Perth, WA)
Pagination
142 - ?
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Location
Perth, Western Australia
Place of publication
Perth, W.A.
Start date
2007-12-04
ISBN-13
9780729806473
ISBN-10
0729806472
Language
eng
Notes
This paper is located on the 146th page in the attached pdf.
Publication classification
E1 Full written paper - refereed
Copyright notice
2007, Edith Cowan University
Editor/Contributor(s)
C Valli, A Woodward
Title of proceedings
Proceedings of the 5th Australian Information Security Management Conference