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Managing , protecting and guaranteeing digital identity in the metaverse The metaverse ’ s distinguishing quality is the level of complete immersion that it achieves for users .

“ Businesses have a different opportunity here , because it ' s not a binary journey . Being ‘ out ’ of the metaverse or ‘ in ’ the metaverse is not as clear cut ,” O ' Connor explains .

It ’ s precisely this level of immersion that gives the metaverse both its value and its highest area of risk . Nevertheless , experts also believe that it can also be utilised to achieve the rigid cybersecurity measures that such personal data necessitates .

“ Digital identity will form a critical part of the metaverse . How we do it is something that we are exploring today . For example , Twitter is actually building a solution where they ' re trying to use facial recognition to identify the age of the person who ' s going to come into the metaverse ,” Kagoo outlines .

“ The technologies that we use in digital identity to date , like NFTs , will be combined together to help us to secure the identity crisis that we have today .”

In short , ensuring a secure metaverse will necessitate a harmonious network of technologies , sophisticated user access securities , and careful stewardship of the data that is collected .

“ All these technologies need to come together to form that secure ecosystem in the metaverse . So blockchain will ringfence it and digital identity will be our passports in the virtual world ,” Kagoo recommends .

“ There ' s tonnes of data that can be collected , but we should only be collecting what we need for the experience , and then act as good stewards and custodians of what happens next with that . I think those are the questions we should be asking as we put our feet in the water ,” O ' Connor advises .

48 January 2023