Collin B. George, CISSP
Founder and principal of Sanctir. His work focuses on national security analysis, cybersecurity, economic statecraft, export controls, sanctions, and structured analytic methodology. He is the author of the WP-2026 research series, an open-source policy research corpus published under CC BY 4.0.
Published work
The published corpus is the durable credential — work a reader can evaluate directly rather than take on assertion.
Author of the WP-2026 research series, an open-source policy research corpus published under CC BY 4.0, organized as a modular analytical system with a governing series architecture and documented analytic standards.
Research spans threat finance and sanctions enforcement architecture, export controls and technology security, defense industrial base and supply-chain resilience, cybersecurity governance and attestation, counterterrorism financing, and structured analytic methodology.
A curated Sanctir research library is in development. Current publications and the analytic methodology are available on this site.
Research Domains
- Threat finance & sanctions
- Export controls & technology security
- Defense base & strategic sourcing
- Cybersecurity & attestation
- Statecraft & policy analysis
- Structured analytic methodology
Identifiers
- ORCID 0009-0007-8162-6839
- CC BY 4.0 licensed corpus
Experience and education
Cybersecurity and national security
Professional experience includes cybersecurity, national security analysis, regulatory compliance, and intelligence analysis. Prior work includes support to the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of State in cybersecurity and national security-related roles.
Degree and graduate coursework
B.S. in Cybersecurity, summa cum laude. Graduate coursework in intelligence analysis at Johns Hopkins University. Graduate coursework in security studies and digital forensics at the University of Central Florida.
Professional certification
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), ISC2. Certification status is independently verifiable through the ISC2 member registry.
Methodological approach
Sanctir publications distinguish factual findings, analytic judgments, confidence assessments, and stated limitations. Probability and analytic confidence are labeled on separate axes rather than collapsed into a single term. Sources are classified by reliability, and the evidentiary basis for each judgment is made explicit.
Every assessment names what it does not cover and what would change the judgment. Advocacy language is excluded: the work informs a decision rather than arguing for one. Publications pass documented release and quality review before public release.
The full standard is documented on the methodology page.
Independence & Ethics
- Privately operated practice
- No current government affiliation
- Represents no agency, political organization, or commercial sponsor
- All engagements subject to conflict-of-interest review