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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- 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
- How I became a password cracker | Ars Technica
- Gamasutra - News - Valve wants to see you sweat - in the name of game design
- ASCC Local Community Councils
- DMBOK2 Framework - DAMA International
- Design-Led Innovation in Government | Stanford Social Innovation Review
- Internet Census 2012
Tag Archives: identity
Identity, local citizenship and a modest proposal
Starting from the overlap of geography, identity and citizenship online – and how it relates to e-identity. Raises questions including: what does it mean to be a ‘citizen’ of a place (city) when you’re online? Can a location decide you are not a citizen? How can a city know if it’s dealing with a real person? How do we define who is entitled to participate in a local space, and to what extent? Continue reading
Posted in e-government, UK
Tagged citizens, identity, local democracy, local government, UK
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Next challenge for petitioning software: the ECI
It is times like this that it is frustrating to live in a city that’s (let’s face it) at the periphery of the EU, and to be working in times of budgetary constraint. There are a lot of exciting developments … Continue reading
Posted in e-democracy, e-government, e-participation, Europe
Tagged e-petitions, ECI, EuroPetition, identity
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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
Becoming a Smart City: policy setting, a case study and planning core infrastructure
I’ve come across some items that a relevant to city governments looking to plan for strengthening or widening their delivery of e-government services. Starting with the high-level: an attempt by David Osimo to co-create the agenda for an EU get … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Links, e-government, Europe, Privacy, Security
Tagged co-creation, identity, service delivery
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OneScotland update: National Entitlement Card system is now live
Back in November, I noted the existence of the OneScotland project. Well, there’s been progress! It’s being sold as part of the Scottish National Entitlement Card, “just one element in a wider Scottish Government sponsored programme called Customer First”. The … Continue reading
