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BAY, Fla., Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KnowBe4, the
provider of the world's largest security awareness training and
simulated phishing platform, today announced its support of the
Metaverse Safety Week initiative.
The Metaverse is designed to transform human engagement and
interactions and push the boundaries of commercialization. It is
also a whole new world with security risks, vulnerabilities and
legitimate user concerns. People currently interested in the
metaverse are already being duped by phishing scams peddling
fraudulent NFTs, metaverse land-sales and other dubious Web3
projects via social media, Discord channels, email and comments on
popular YouTube videos.
Anna Collard, SVP of Content
Strategy and Evangelist at KnowBe4 Africa says: "Security issues in the metaverse
include trolls, sexual and racial harassment, which are all
problems we are faced with right now on most digital platforms, but
the immersiveness of VR can have a more devastating effect on their
victim's mental well-being. The risks for children are especially
high as they are more likely to explore the metaverse before their
parents will, exposing them to inappropriate content without us,
the parents or caregivers being aware of it."
As an industry we have an opportunity to address these risks
proactively and reduce harm to humans and societies by coming
together to build awareness and safeguards. This is why KnowBe4 is
sponsoring the Metaverse Safety Week, a virtual event, which is an
international community effort, led by the XR Safety Initiative,
featuring industry leaders from around the world and spanning five
days from Dec 10th to Dec 15th,
2022.
The event will explore the challenges of these brave new worlds
in critical areas of the immersive ecosystem and ensure that we ask
the uncomfortable questions now. It will help to bring to light the
opportunities to create a better and safer Metaverse for all,
spreading awareness and promoting policies, guidelines and
research. It will explore core issues such as bias, transparency
and data ownership through art, panels, debates and workshops,
bringing global perspectives to advance our shared ecosystem.
Register for the event
(https://www.eventbrite.com/e/metaverse-safety-week-2022-tickets-395485727457).
About KnowBe4
KnowBe4, the provider of the world's
largest security awareness training and simulated phishing
platform, is used by more than 54,000 organizations around the
globe. Founded by IT and data security specialist Stu Sjouwerman, KnowBe4 helps organizations
address the human element of security by raising awareness about
ransomware, CEO fraud and other social engineering tactics through
a new-school approach to awareness training on security.
Kevin Mitnick, an internationally
recognized cybersecurity specialist and KnowBe4's Chief Hacking
Officer, helped design the KnowBe4 training based on his
well-documented social engineering tactics. Tens of thousands of
organizations rely on KnowBe4 to mobilize their end users as the
last line of defense.
About the XRSI - XR Safety Initiative
XR Safety
Initiative (XRSI) is a global non profit Standards Developing
Organization (SDO) that promotes privacy, safety, security, and
ethics in immersive environments. Founded in 2019 by Kavya Pearlman, known as the "Cyber Guardian,"
an award-winning cybersecurity professional with a deep interest in
immersive and emerging technologies. Headquartered in the
San Francisco Bay Area, XRSI
currently has over 150 diverse and multidisciplinary advisors from
around the globe. The Metaverse Safety Week 2022 (#MSW2022) is an
international community effort, a safety awareness campaign, led by
the XRSI - XR Safety Initiative, featuring industry leaders from
around the world at a week-long conference inside an exclusively
created #VirtualWorld.
Media Contact
Amanda Tarantino
Public Relations Officer
KnowBe4
amandat@knowbe4.com
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