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Federal Interest and Cyber Security: Government Takes a Serious Look at Virtual Worlds

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How is government using virtual worlds? What platforms are emerging as standards? How are security concerns being addressed? Are proprietary or open source solutions the preferred approach?

Federal agencies are increasingly looking to virtual world technologies as both an opportunity and a potential threat. On this episode of Metanomics, we are joined by Dr. Paulette Robinson and Dr. Robert Young, leading figures in the adoption of the metaverse at all levels of government.

Dr. Robinson will discuss insights into the types of applications and uses for virtual world technology for training, collaboration, and data visualization. She will discuss what she saw as the major trends and issues arising from the recent Federal Consortium of Virtual Worlds meeting in Washington D.C.

Dr. Young will address the current and emerging issues around security, including specific approaches being taken to make virtual world environments secure from hacking or griefing, and the broader issues around cyberterrorism and identity or commercial fraud.

Join us in Second Life or on the Web for this look at how federal agencies are embracing virtual world technologies.

Guest Biographies

Dr. Paulette Robinson

- Dr. Paulette Robinson, Assistant Dean for Teaching at the Information Resources Management College of National Defense University. Dr. Robinson has organized the Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds, a newly formed group of federal government employees and contractors interested in exploring the use of virtual worlds in government.

Dr. Robert Young

Robert Young is Director of the National Defense University Information Assurance Lab and teaches Information Assurance at the IRM College. He hold numerous certifications including: Physician Assistant (PA) – Certified, National Association for the Accreditation of PAs, Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified HIPAA Security Professional (CHSP), Information Security (INFOSEC) Assessment Methodology (IAM) Certificate, CISSP – Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP)(c), CISSP – Information Systems Security Architecture Professional (ISSAP), CISSP – Information Systems Security Management Professional (ISSMP).

Robert Young earned a BS and MPAS from the University of Nebraska and his Doctorate from Nova Southeastern University.

Areas of Expertise: Information security (INFOSEC) and information assurance (IA) expert; extensive knowledge of network and systems security principles, safeguards, and practices; analyzing security requirements, auditing security practices and procedures, designing and implementing security policies, and managing and maintaining an ongoing and effective security infrastructure; common criteria and DoD Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Process (DITSCAP); Communications Security (COMSEC), Computer Security (COMPUSEC), EMSEC, Unit Information Assurance Manager (UIAM), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Certificate Authority Workstation (CAW) and Security Awareness Training and Education (SATE); Windows 95/98/NT/XP/2000, firewalls, trusted operating systems, and trusted facility management; server, workstation, peripheral, and LAN hardware maintenance.