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Mining the Social Web - Github code examples

Tue May 21 08:29:47 +0000 2013

Code examples covering mining data from twitter, facebook, linkedin and google+

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Hiding in Plain Sight: A New APT Campaign | Security Intelligence Blog | Trend Micro

Mon May 20 10:06:41 +0000 2013

APT initiated by spear-phishing. This white paper has been written to help understand and document the tools, tactics and techniques used in this campaign. Our full findings, including indicators of compromise and recommendations, are contained in our research paper

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Certificate in Information Security Management Principles | Certificate in Information Security Management Principles | Foundation | IT Governance and Information Security | Certifications | BCS Certifications

Wed May 15 09:28:30 +0000 2013

"With an ever changing climate of technology and threats (both technical and human), the need for trained security personnel to protect our information becomes increasingly critical. This certification proves that the holder has a good knowledge and understanding of the wide range of subject areas that make up information security management including risk management, technical and management controls, legal framework, people and physical security, security standards (e.g. ISO 27001) and business continuity."

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How do we escape the hysteria that threatens to erode public debate? | Peter Beaumont | Comment is free | The Observer

Mon May 13 20:44:50 +0000 2013

Peter Beaumont in Observer: "How do we escape the hysteria that threatens to erode public debate? The blogosphere, increasingly fuelled by toxic language, is hindering honest engagement rather than encouraging it"

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How I became a password cracker | Ars Technica

Mon May 13 20:43:19 +0000 2013

"It sounded like an interesting challenge. Could I, using only free tools and the resources of the Internet, successfully: Find a set of passwords to crack Find a password cracker Find a set of high-quality wordlists and Get them all running on commodity laptop hardware in order to Successfully crack at least one password In less than a day of work?"

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Gamasutra - News - Valve wants to see you sweat - in the name of game design

Tue May 07 11:45:55 +0000 2013

Valve has been experimenting with biofeedback in video games, exploring how a player's physiological signals can be used to determine their emotional state, and in turn potentially affect the game design.

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ASCC Local Community Councils

Tue May 07 09:34:59 +0000 2013

Map of current active Community Councils in Scotland

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DMBOK2 Framework - DAMA International

Tue May 07 09:15:34 +0000 2013

The DAMA Guide to the Data Management Body of Knowledge - DAMA-DMBOK Guide - is now launching the “DMBOK2” project."

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Design-Led Innovation in Government | Stanford Social Innovation Review

Thu Mar 28 16:57:21 +0000 2013

MindLab the Danish government’s innovation unit, .A small team of ethnographers, designers, and public policy with mission of involving citizens and business in co-designing new public solutions.

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Internet Census 2012

Wed Mar 20 12:14:41 +0000 2013

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Welcome - PublicData.eu

Tue Feb 12 22:34:37 +0000 2013

Search Europe's public data

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Local Authorities With Opened Up Data :: Scotland :: Openly Local

Tue Feb 12 22:31:15 +0000 2013

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The Data Hub

Tue Feb 12 19:16:47 +0000 2013

Directory of open data sources

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Spreading the Benefit of Digital Participation in Scotland | The Royal Society of Edinburgh Inquiry into Spreading the Benefit of Digital Participation in Scotland

Tue Feb 12 17:22:03 +0000 2013

The aim of this Inquiry is to ensure that digital technologies help to narrow the social divide, rather than widen it, and that the opportunities for economic development presented by digital technologies can be realised across Scotland. The ways we communicate, work, consume, grow our economy, are active in our communities, deliver and access public services, community planning, education and healthcare, are evolving. Digital information and communications technologies are changing the ways we live, work, and play, and the pace of change will continue, but many individuals, businesses, and communities are not engaged.

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pci dss - Our security auditor is an idiot. How do I give him the information he wants? - Server Fault

Tue Feb 12 08:23:17 +0000 2013

Wow, it's difficult to deal with a persisitently wrong auditor.

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scottish statistics news - government news scotland – Scottish Executive Departmental News

Mon Feb 11 20:13:09 +0000 2013

Browse and search statistics - underlying data is available, in XLS format though

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Health, Social Care & Housing - Data linking

Mon Feb 11 18:02:51 +0000 2013

In order to improve and plan future social care, housing support and health services, we need to use information about these services, including some information about the people who utilise them. The joining up of certain information from these services will enable planners, to develop an improved understanding of the important interactions between social care, housing support and health services in people's care and support.

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Geodemographics of Housing in Great Britain

Mon Feb 11 17:01:12 +0000 2013

Showing finegrained relative deprivation

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Empowered: The Social Technographics Profile Of Your Customers

Mon Feb 11 15:16:34 +0000 2013

"What's The Social Technographics Profile Of Your Customers? Forrester's Social Technographics data classifies consumers into seven overlapping levels of social technology participation. Based on our proprietary Consumer Technographics survey data, we can share with you how social participation varies among your consumers globally and help you plan a targeted social technology strategy. Use this tool to get a high-level snapshot of the social technology behaviors of consumers."

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Booming data economy puts EU to the test | EurActiv

Fri Feb 08 14:59:03 +0000 2013

"An explosion in the data-driven economy offers crisis-stricken Europe hopes of recovery, but policymakers who lack the means to measure the phenomenon face challenges in a sector bracing for new regulation."

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