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This section covers work where external professional expertise meets public institutions, regulation and public digital systems. An article may also belong to a technical topic at the same time.
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Public participation
Proposals, submissions and analysis of public systems arising from practical civic participation.
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Articles and analysis from participation work
Cybersecurity
7 publicationsAnalysisCybersecurity
Election resilience starts before the incident: what I proposed to the CEC and what Latvia's 2026 election showed
Before the election I submitted a resilience checklist to Latvia’s CEC. Election week showed why fallback modes, readiness evidence and feedback loops matter.
AnalysisCybersecurity
Can Ethical Hacking Be a Form of Civic Participation?
A governance model for treating some good-faith security research as operational civic participation — without turning public interest into a licence to test anything.
AnalysisCybersecurity
Can Public-Sector ICT Prove What Was Approved, Built and Actually Deployed?
How public-sector ICT can prove what was approved, accepted and actually deployed without creating another central evidence warehouse or compliance document.
GuideCybersecurity
Cybersecurity in Public ICT Procurement: From Contract Clauses to Verifiable Outcomes
How to turn cybersecurity requirements in public ICT procurement into verifiable outcomes through evidence, acceptance, remediation and lifecycle controls.
AnalysisCybersecurity
Permission Is Not Participation: Building a Sustainable Security Researcher Ecosystem
A legal right to report vulnerabilities is necessary but insufficient. Sustainable participation also needs trust, feedback, recognition, progression and closure.
AnalysisCybersecurity
Security Research as a Layer of National Cyber Resilience
How independent security-research signals can connect to CVD, CSIRTs, remediation and vulnerability intelligence without outsourcing state responsibility.
Case studyCybersecurity
The CSDD Security Research Case: What It Actually Says About Vulnerability Disclosure in Latvia
A documented Latvian case study on vulnerability discovery, reward demands, disclosure threats, extortion, clemency and safer coordinated disclosure.
Cloud & Architecture
1 publicationsAnalysisCloud & Architecture
Can Public-Sector ICT Prove What Was Approved, Built and Actually Deployed?
How public-sector ICT can prove what was approved, accepted and actually deployed without creating another central evidence warehouse or compliance document.
Digital Governance
7 publicationsAnalysisDigital Governance
Election resilience starts before the incident: what I proposed to the CEC and what Latvia's 2026 election showed
Before the election I submitted a resilience checklist to Latvia’s CEC. Election week showed why fallback modes, readiness evidence and feedback loops matter.
AnalysisDigital Governance
Can Ethical Hacking Be a Form of Civic Participation?
A governance model for treating some good-faith security research as operational civic participation — without turning public interest into a licence to test anything.
AnalysisDigital Governance
Can Public-Sector ICT Prove What Was Approved, Built and Actually Deployed?
How public-sector ICT can prove what was approved, accepted and actually deployed without creating another central evidence warehouse or compliance document.
GuideDigital Governance
Cybersecurity in Public ICT Procurement: From Contract Clauses to Verifiable Outcomes
How to turn cybersecurity requirements in public ICT procurement into verifiable outcomes through evidence, acceptance, remediation and lifecycle controls.
AnalysisDigital Governance
Permission Is Not Participation: Building a Sustainable Security Researcher Ecosystem
A legal right to report vulnerabilities is necessary but insufficient. Sustainable participation also needs trust, feedback, recognition, progression and closure.
AnalysisDigital Governance
Security Research as a Layer of National Cyber Resilience
How independent security-research signals can connect to CVD, CSIRTs, remediation and vulnerability intelligence without outsourcing state responsibility.
Case studyDigital Governance
The CSDD Security Research Case: What It Actually Says About Vulnerability Disclosure in Latvia
A documented Latvian case study on vulnerability discovery, reward demands, disclosure threats, extortion, clemency and safer coordinated disclosure.