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Peter Cruickshank
Teaching & researching information systems management
Lecturer and sometime Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University. I teach topics around e-commerce, information and social media strategy, knowledge management and security & governance of information systems. My interests include governance of information systems, risk management, identity and privacy, citizen engagement, and open source for egovernment.
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Found along the way- The TREsPASS Project
- Producing Open Source Software
- Social Tools in the Workplace: a Microsoft survey « Learning in the Social Workplace
- 12 Papers on Social Media and Political Participation | DemocracySpot
- IS Theory
- Wiki VOIS Database - The SROI Network
- Mining the Social Web - Github code examples
- Hiding in Plain Sight: A New APT Campaign | Security Intelligence Blog | Trend Micro
- Certificate in Information Security Management Principles | Certificate in Information Security Management Principles | Foundation | IT Governance and Information Security | Certifications | BCS Certifications
- How do we escape the hysteria that threatens to erode public debate? | Peter Beaumont | Comment is free | The Observer
Category Archives: Security
Risk & control issues around social media in local government
…in Scotland I was invited to do a brief talk about the changing risk environment in local government caused by the continuing impact of social media. What made the invitation particularly attractive was that I would be speaking to SLACIAG, which you … Continue reading
Posted in e-government, Security, UK
Tagged Audit, communication, e-inclusion, scotland, social media
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Open data and personal data systems in the UK and England (+ Scotland and Wales and NI?)
A couple of months ago, Mydex (via William Heath) published a brief UK list of government initiatives on the Ideal Government site, looking at applications of personal data systems (PDS). The motivation is the belief that: Only the addition of … Continue reading
Security for signatures: petitions and the European Citizens’ Initiative
The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) is a potentially significant change coming out of the Lisbon Treaty: here, I try to see how general security principles could be applied to the process from signing up (online) to validating an entire ECI … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Links, e-democracy, e-participation, Europe, Security
Tagged ECI, eParticipation, eu, EuroPetition, petitions, Security, signatures
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Some work if you’re interested: on authentication, identity and privacy
Request for people to contact Smart Cities project if they’re interested in doing work to create a tailored brief covering authentication & identity management or privacy regulations as they affect cities in the North Sea Region of Europe. Continue reading
Posted in Europe, news, Privacy, research, Security
Tagged Europe, smartcities, tender
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Links: Identity management
As part of SmartCities, we’re thinking about the issues that arise out of itentity management. This p[iece has relevant links to Iain Henderson of mydex.org (he was at scotweb2 on 19 June), together with a mention of (and links to) Kim Cameron’s seven laws of identity management Continue reading
