{"id":113,"date":"2022-01-25T13:39:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T13:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/?p=113"},"modified":"2022-03-08T02:30:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T02:30:23","slug":"113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/index.php\/2022\/01\/25\/113\/","title":{"rendered":"Metaverse and cyber issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Metaverse \u2013 an exciting immersive world and cyber issues<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its astounding to be in the world beyond us, some sort of a parallel world where we don\u2019t have the physical world restrictions and can really has enormous potential for a true immersive experience, innovation, recognition of talent in different corners of the world. I believe the pandemic in many sense has pushed to remote work and acted as a catalyst for a metaverse experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"415\" src=\"http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"114\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image004.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/?attachment_id=114\" class=\"wp-image-114\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image004.jpg 780w, http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image004-300x160.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image004-768x409.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">metaverse<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see your family, friends, office, business colleagues in person with their avatars and with the advancement of different immersive technologies you shall see the person in his avatar exactly the way you see him\/her in person\u2026..like their facial, eye expressions and reactions etc\u2026 isn\u2019t that cool and much better than seeing a person in a box in 2D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So what is it in there for us, there are different perspectives of the metaverse :-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>As a creator \u2013 working on the digital art pieces through NFT\u2019s powered by blockchain<\/li><li>As a collaborator \u2013 to work on the technologies related to AR, VR, Immersive experience<\/li><li>As a security &amp; privacy professional \u2013 to safeguard the data point captured, ensure privacy and safety for metaverse users<\/li><li>As a hardware provider \u2013 build more form factor than ever before at a much lesser price<\/li><li>As a user \u2013 to gain that immersive experience&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>All of the above have immense potential to bring out the best to the world, its also not about sticking more to your oculus and the screen but its essentially about spending the same time as before more effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of now we have four to five major metaverses to experience as a user and to contribute to in different capacities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"779\" height=\"441\" src=\"http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image005.jpg\" alt=\"few popular metaverse\" class=\"wp-image-115\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image005.jpg 779w, http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image005-300x170.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image005-768x435.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><figcaption>                                                     Examples of few popular metaverse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>The Meta<\/li><li>The Decentraland&nbsp;<\/li><li>The Axie infinity metaverse&nbsp;<\/li><li>The sandbox&nbsp;<\/li><li>The Zionverse \/ Lakshmi NFT Zionverse which is very much Indian version of metaverse<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You might have seen me using the NFT lingo a too much, we shall cover that in a separate article in detail but till then remember these are non-replaceable token using the block chain technology in order to avoid ensure the originality of the NFT which can be an digital art piece, accessory, clothes, any other form of digital asset which though a digital signature is linked to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The journey to reach out to every common person on this planet is an evolution for the metaverse concept, this will necessarily mean we as humans have the following in place to have the true metaverse experience:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Acceptance amongst the masses<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Better connectivity \u2013 with embb as an emerging use case of the 5G SA technology, this shall really be a catalyst to the connecting people. Affordability is something we need to have a close look at.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>For those readers who are new to 5G, kindly read my old article on the blog name :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/index.php\/2020\/11\/02\/5g-service-based-security-architecture\/\">http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/index.php\/2020\/11\/02\/5g-service-based-security-architecture\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/index.php\/2020\/12\/30\/security-issues-and-chain-of-trust-in-5g\/\">http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/index.php\/2020\/12\/30\/security-issues-and-chain-of-trust-in-5g\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"2\"><li>Cost of hardware to enter in the metaverse \u2013 The oculus for example cost somewhere between 299$ for 64gb version to 399$ for 128gb version. Now in order for adaptability to increase the cost of quest needs to go down further below 100$ for a 64gb pair<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Security issues<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"3\"><li>Identity \u2013 How will be validated in the metaverse, will it be a single factor, dual or three factor authentication. As someone with your identity can do a lot of mischief using your digital identity in form of avatars in the metaverse world<\/li><li>Privacy \u2013 While metaverse gives us the freedom to freely roam in the virtual room etc, at the same time, it shall from day one take care of ones privacy and consent about ones data, time etc..<\/li><li>Data security \u2013 there is lot of data about yourself and your home that shall be captured, in order to have areal immersive and personalized experience, techies managing the infrastructure and data behind the scenes need to really have a shift left approach towards security<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"6\"><li>Awareness as a society \u2013 this new concept though is fascinating, however needs to be exercised with caution as for certain age groups like the kids and elderly are really prone to identity hijacks, cyber bullying, cyber harassment, financial frauds etc\u2026.<\/li><li>Financial frauds \u2013 The metaverse is centered around the NFT\u2019s which are though powered by blockchain but still have way to be mature enough to secure the whole digital creation concept and how the wallets needs to be securely connected and protected against theft by cyber criminals, who are equally excited to enter the metaverse as their new market place&nbsp;\ud83d\ude0a<\/li><li>Regulations \u2013 safety and security needs to be built into the metaverse world from day one and so are the applicable regulations\/compliance across different geographies. The role of government and their bodies is prime importance as metaverse is evolving technically right now, it\u2019s the correct time to join the bandwagon of regulations globally, as there aren\u2019t going to be any borders of this evolution. Hence governments across need to prepare accordingly.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"353\" src=\"http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image006.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"116\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image006.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/?attachment_id=116\" class=\"wp-image-116\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image006.jpg 780w, http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image006-300x136.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cybersecinfinity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image006-768x348.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">The picture above depicts cyber security issues that the metaverse shall inherit and needs a shift left approach to solve<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now a big shout out to government bodies and regulators across to have a shift left approach to security in the metaverse space. We don\u2019t want to retrofit security as we did for the internet or SS7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metaverse \u2013 an exciting immersive world and cyber issues Its astounding to be in the world beyond us, some sort of a parallel world where we don\u2019t have the physical world restrictions and can really has enormous potential for a true immersive experience, innovation, recognition of talent in different corners of the world. 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