Security issues within Virtual Worlds such as Second Life

Proceedings of the 5th Australian Information Security Management Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 142-151

  Lee, Chia Yao ^a   Warren, Matthew ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Security issues; Virtual World

Indexed keywords

GENERAL PUBLICS; NEW APPLICATIONS; SECOND LIFE; SECURITY AWARENESS; SECURITY ISSUES; SOCIAL ACTIVITIES; VIRTUAL CHARACTER; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

CRIME; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; SECURITY OF DATA; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84865646360     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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